Re: Tamarix
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Tamarix
- From: M* L*
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:44:46 -0600
At 06:06 PM 8/13/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi All
>
>Just got back from a visit to an antique market, where I bought, of all
>things, some plants. No one claimed they were old! Anyway, one of the
>plants was a Tamarix. Lacy silver green foliage, pinkish plumes, lady said
>full sun to partial shade, and will grow as a shrub to about 8 feet high.
>I have no idea what kind it is. Checked my reference, and it kind of
>sounds like T. aphylla. Has anyone grown this? What should I do for it and
>what will I end up with?
>
>Saw lots of purlpe loosestrife on the drive...
>
>Thanks for any help you can give me
>
>Lillian
>Zone 6a
I don't know where you live, but in the American Southwest and in the
Pacific Northwest this is regarded as an undesired invasive plant. It
crowds out native plants that give food and shelter to native insects,
etc., for instance. Sort of a minor league loosestrife. Try running a
search on it. Margaret L
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