Re: Re:Filler plants/Asparagus fern warning
I live in Spring Valley, right outside of San Diego, CA.
At 08:53 AM 4/20/99 , you wrote:
>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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