Re: Re:Filler plants/Asparagus fern warning

Bob is proabably right.  Jessica -- since you asked the question
originally, WHERE ARE YOU???  Maybe talk to your friends who grow asparagus
fern to find out if it becomes invasive in your region.

Nan


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

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