Re: Re[2]: Prize Pest

>No, but we have Hedera canariensis (Algerian Ivy)...everywhere.
>Not one to turn your back on. It will smother anything in its path

Plain old English Ivy (H. helix) has become a serious problem here.  In much 
of the U.S. it rarely "goes sexual", but here it does with regularity and 
then is deposited in bird droppings in wooded areas, where it covers the 
ground and prevents native plants from being established - "ivy deserts" as 
they are called.  It doesn't have a 100-pound tuber like kudzu, but it's 
still a bear to dig out.  I bet we can expect restrictions on its 
cultivation in the near future.

Re Kudzu:  I was walking through a neighborhood looking at gardens the other 
day, and what did I see in a front yard, but...yes, the dreaded legume 
itself.  However, in the Northwest, it's too cool for it to really take off, 
and it looked pretty pitiful.  Still, I was tempted to sneak by at night and 
commit covert kudzucide.

bob
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