Re: Problems with Cortaderia (was Euphorbia and Cortaderia boo-boo?

Oops - I think I was unclear in my post.
Cortaderia jubata is the horrible weed in California.
Cortaderia toetoe is hardly grown here and as far as I
know it's not a weed, but because it's a Cortaderia,
people keep their eyes open about it.
Cortaderia selloana is sometimes a weed, I hear. But
I've not done the research.
Cheers,
Jason

--- Tony and Moira Ryan <tomory@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Jason D wrote:
> > Ah yes, Cortaderia jubata is such a horrible weed
> here
> > in coastal central California that even the NZ
> native,
> > Cortaderia toetoe, generates suspicion among many.
> > Besides fennel and broom, nothing is so
> dispiriting as
> > the sight of those cut-rate inflorescences raised
> on
> > hillsides over the sea. And even the luxurious,
> Afghan
> > hound-tail blossoms of C. selloana have a sinister
> > aspect in light of their cousin's proliferation.
> 
> Hi Jason
> My first reaction was that the NZ Cortaderia species
> are always very 
> well behaved, but it becomes increasingly more
> apparent to me over the 
> years that ANY  species may become a thug when
> lifted from its proper 
> context and separated from its natural controls.
> 
> Moira
> 
> -- 
> Tony & Moira Ryan,
> Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ.     Pictures of our
> garden at:-
>
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
>
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