Re: Re:Filler plants/Asparagus fern warning
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- Subject: Re: Re:Filler plants/Asparagus fern warning
- From: R* C*
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:41:06 -0400
I think it may depend on the climate and soil conditions. One of my
neighbors has an asperagus fern in her garden. It's been there for more
than ten years and although it has formed a substantial clump, there's no
sign of it running all over the garden, and in fact she tells me it hasn't
really gotten amy bigger over the last few years.
Bob Campbell
USDA 4
southern Ontario.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jessica Wilson <boofy@bigfoot.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: April 20, 1999 12:06 AM
Subject: 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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