Re: ground ivy was: worms /soil building
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- Subject: Re: ground ivy was: worms /soil building
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 03:40:44 -0400
Yep, in addition to runners fast as greased lightening above and below
ground, it also seeds with abandon.
There are lots of other almost equally vigorous plants, more or less
depending on where you garden and what kind of conditions you give them.
One, a really tough guy for dry shade, that comes to mind, is Lamiastrum
galeobdolon - the Yellow Archangel. Marvelous for that horrid spot nothing
else will grow in, but don't let in near a nice rich border!
The warning note in nursery jargon is anything that sounds like "easy to
grow", "vigorous", "grows anywhere". Always think twice about plants with
these descriptions, do your homework and then decide if you want/need it.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: ks <bayvu@worldnet.att.net>
> Date: Sunday, April 18, 1999 3:20 PM
>
> woe is me twice
>
> Woe 1
> Where were you when I laid out cash for my Glechoma last year? : ) It's
> variegated but appears to revert to the green. Is it weedy only because
> it grows fast and roots along the way or also because it reseeds?
> Fortunately I planted it in a pot. Are there other plants like this I
> need to know about besides Kenilworth Ivy=Cymbalaria muralis(reseeds and
> spreads vigorously)?
>
> Woe 2
> Roots and Rhizomes doesn't mail to CA
>
> Kris in northern CA
>
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