Re:Filler plants/Asparagus fern warning

Do you have a picture of this horrible fern?  I have a small plant that has
been called Asparagus fern I am wondering if I will have this problem as well.


At 08:59 AM 4/19/99 , you wrote:
>>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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