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Re: Buddleja davidii & Rubus spectabilis

> Date:          Mon, 17 Mar 1997 09:15:51 -0800 (PST)
> From:          William Bade <bade@math.berkeley.edu>
> To:            Jim Paterson <JPHP.Paterson@ulst.ac.uk>
> Cc:            medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject:       Re: Buddleja davidii & Rubus spectabilis

> Jim,
> You have an interesting project. 
> I have often wondered, also, how Fuchsia magellanica managed to escape,
> and what the history of that might be. Do you know?
> Elly 
> 
> 
>
Elly,

I have often seen the large areas of Fuschia magellanica in the west of 
Ireland and have often thought the same. It was originally planted 
here as a garden hedge and has subsequently spread along 
hedgerows and earthbanks. It propagates readily by vegetative means 
and to a lesser degree by seed. Clippings from hedge trimmings are 
dumped beside the hedge and from here they root and spread.
Another very common non-native (to Ireland) which spreads in a 
similar fashion is Symphoricarpus alba.
Neither of these species spread into semi-natural habitats to any 
great degree and so are not as "destructive" as Rubus spectabilis or Buddleja davidii.

Jim
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