Re: Heat--Tough Plants(Weeds)
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Heat--Tough Plants(Weeds)
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 23:09:32 EDT
In a message dated 8/2/99 6:20:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bpern@idcnet.com
writes:
<< How did all that crabgrass and oxalis get so big in just 2
weeks?>>
===>Isn't that a mystery? In the heat and drought, these continue to grow
rapidly and spread. By oxalis, do you mean the little wood sorrel that is
everywhere I turn?
<<The Virginia Creeper snuck out of the woods and is weaving its way among
this same bed. Tough vine! >>
===>It is indeed a tough vine. This year I have also noticed seedlings of it
nearly everywhere. I have not noticed such a rampant spread before.
The only thing that I think grows faster than crab grass, wood sorrel, and
Virginia creeper is ailanthus, the "Tree of Heaven". And it spreads by
shoots off of the roots many feet away from the mother tree as well as from
seed.
None of these plants believes in drought. They must be getting the moisture
from our near 100% humidity in the air.
Bill Lee
Cincinnati Zone 6a
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