Re: Invasive pseudo
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Invasive pseudo
- From: t*@Lanl.GOV (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 11:02:54 -0600
Debbie writes
:
:I've become convinced it should never be planted in most of the US--even
:the supposedly "sterile" garden varieties are thought to facilitate the
:spread of the plant. Don't buy it! Pull it out if you have it.
:Encourage your state to invest in eradication programs before valuable
:habitat and native species are lost!
:
I saw on "Gardening Naturally" that many of the garden hybrids do
in fact cross with the wild, invasive kind. One might pause and think,
if the wild one is already present in the environment, the game is up
anyway...But nevertheless, there are so many wonderful garden plants
to choose some that there seems to be little reason to contribute
(even in a small way) to this problem. Never planting any form of it
seems like a good policy to me.
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