Re: Re-OT Thistles
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- Subject: Re: Re-OT Thistles
- From: M* H* <M*@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 12:11:58 -0600 (MDT)
Sally:
My advice is: watch them thistles! Like dandilions, the seed fluff of
all the thistles I know about will float on the wind & make baby
thistles wherever the seeds find a bit of soil. Unless you planted one
of the thistles that also increases by underground creeping roots, you
should be *fairly* safe if you religiously cut off all flower heads
before they turn into seed fluff -- but I personally would not give
garden room to any thistle. I worry that thistles have become or will
become the kudzu of the north!
There's a very popular plant known as Sea Holly (Eryngium spp.) that has
much of the look of some thistles but is (supposedly) benign re
invasiveness. However, I shudder whenever I see it potted up at the
nurseries & couldn't bring myself to plant it. Phobic, I guess.
Marte in the mtns
sdkeller wrote:
>
> To John, Jeff & Marte,
> Am I in big trouble here?
> I never had any thistles in my yard until last year. I saw some
> growing in a parking lot and cut some stems (with gloves) to take home
> and use in flower arrangements. I'm a floral designer by trade.
> Thought they lasted great in water and dried arrangements, saved some
> seeds and planted a few in my perennial garden, where they have grown
> quite well.
> Are they going to take over the world and become a problem?
> Sally in the Valley
> Zone 6 SE New York State
> Where the last iris bloom-DUSKY CHALLENGER got clobbered in a
> horrendous thunderstorm last night.
