Re: Re:Filler plants/Asparagus fern warning
Okay Jessica, you are in my neighborhood. I'm about 45 min north of you
and my advice is DONT plant the asparagus fern!!!! It will reseed all over
the place and you will live to regret it. By the way, what are your
favorite nurseries in the SD area?
Nan
>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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