Re: Re: OT-CHAT: Invasive Plants
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: OT-CHAT: Invasive Plants
- From: D* E*
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:43:23 -0600
Okay, Walter,
>
> Donald, I still miss my favorite mesquite trees on the property I
>sold in Texas. :(
I'd gladly give you all mine and the neighbors' too!. I consider mesquites
the #1 pest plant here. They have no close competition. On the other hand,
I confess I love trumpet vine. I wouldn't dare plant it, because of its
habit of simply taking over an area, but I like those orange trumpets on
that dark, shiny green, thick leaf cover and think as a plant it is quite
nice. Also, I like to watch those hummingbirds buzzing around - and they
really love trumpet vines. I have found common honeysuckle and long
neglected wisteria vines to be equally pestiferous if they have ever been
allowed to run amuck. Wisteria is quite capable of preventing any ground
growth whatsoever in a hundred square foot area. Taking an axe and chopping
out the roots and plants did not do much to deter it at that stage. I never
tried poison. And for all the wonderful aroma, honeysuckle is probably not
something you'd want on a fence.
I do think Bill Shear is correct in defining an introduced pest plant as
being different than a native plant with aggressive habits when
circumstances allow. Presumably, if a proper balance is maintained
ecologically, the native plants will stay in balance with everything else,
whereas an introduced species that is not native can take over under any
circumstances.
Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA
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