Re(2): Albizia distachya
valhalla@iafrica.com writes:
> Now I know what you're talking about.
> Stay right away from it. Becomes weedy in SA is one hell of an
>understatement. Its one of our worst noxious weeds. A great water robber,
>very quick growing, very prolific & the seeds appear very longlasting in
>the soil. I don't find it attractive either. I can see no reason it
>wouldn't go the same way in California.
That's the odd thing. I drove by the one growing near the freeway, and in
all the years i've seen it, it's the only one anywhere along that highway.
It's small, stunted, and apparently half dead (i can see new leaves, but
theyre small, and it competes with ice plant). The other is growing near a
small brick building and is the only one i've seen in that area. Not in
the wild lands, not near where there's runoff from the road, but right at
this building (i've noticed it there for the past five years. It's now 20
feet high).
Speaking of weedy trees, the weediest trees i've seen are: Leptospermum
laevigatum, which i can see all up and down the highway. Noticeable when
it flowers (one at my high school used to have hundreds of small seedlings
under it). And, Acacia baileyana, which took over a percolation lot near a
school where a small wood of them grow (the percolation lot is where rain
water is sent from the streets to filter through the sand and replenish
aquifers).
But that doesnt mean I wont keep your warning in mind. I'll let the three
seeds I have remain in a pot and see what I can do with them (perhaps try
my hand at bonsai with these, see what I can come up with).
Speaking of potentially weedy plants, a neighbor has one of her chain link
fences covered in Ipomoea acuminata. From what I read, it can become very
weedy, sending up new vines from runners, or buried vines (no?). The
vine(s) she planted seem to have swallowed the fence entirely, are working
their way up a trellis, and are snaking across a neighbors yard (lawn and
gravel). I have to admit, the flowers ARE pretty.
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