Re: akebia quinata

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• To: m*@uclink4.berkeley.edu, m*@ucdavis.edu
• Subject: Re: akebia quinata
• From: M* B* <f*@ozemail.com.au>
• Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:09:05 +1000

At 9:39 AM +1000 21/4/98, millicent yee wrote:
>I have read that akebia quinata is 1)  a garden thug and 2)  lovely if a
>tracery effect is wanted.  Which of these is true?  Is it considered a thug
>because it is, like japanese honeysuckle, vigorous and roots where it
>touches the ground?  I've just planted one on the north facing side of my
>5' high fence.  Would it be better to plant it along my 8' high fence
>adjacent to (about 3 feet away) the north side of my house?
 I find it a very pretty, slow growing, sparse climber.
Thr flowers are worthwile but mine never flowers prolifically


Michael Bailes.
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