Re: Re(2): Albizia distachya

Albizia distachya is definitely a weed in San
Francisco. Not a pernicious one, but it self-sows
readily, at the expense of native coastal plants. I
think it's limited by freezes, cool summers, and the
relatively low rainfall (20 inches) we get.
Cheers,
Jason
zone 10a


--- Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@monterey.edu> wrote:
> 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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> 
> This ain't a yes, this ain't a no, just do your
> thang, we'll see how it
> goes
> 


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