Re:Filler plants/Asparagus fern warning

>Jim
>Asparagus fern looks nice. Also, variegated vinca and spike plants. I use
>them regularly as fillers with my plants in hanging baskets.

I missed this one first time around -- in Southern California, Asparagus
fern is a terrible problem.  It spreads and self-seeds freely.  The plants
start out nice and soft, but as they age, they grow thorns so you end up
with huge massess of thorny plants that are nearly impossible to eradicate.
Even plants grown in baskets drop their red seeds which germinate on the
spot and send up new plants.   Use it sparingly!

Nan
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11

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