RE: Re:Invasive-was Background plantings for Shade

Whatever you do, DON'T plant unvariegated bishops weed (aegepodium, or
something like that).  It has very pretty foliage, and queen-anne's-lace
flowers, but it is incredibly, aggressively invasive, and does not
respond to Roundup.  It strangles everything in its wake.  Its roots are
huge and strong (like poison ivy in that respect, but they branch even
more).   It is a plant lover's horror movie, with no admission charge.
I don't know if the variegated stuff is as bad -- it certainly is
pretty.

If anyone has any suggestions about how to get rid of it, I'd be
delighted.  I have been trying desperately to eradicate it from my
garden for years (prior owners planted it).  It resprouts from the
tiniest of root bits, as well as from seeds (so you can't confine it to
the location where you plant it).  We have had much better luck getting
rid of poison ivy and mint, if that gives you a clue about the troubles
we face.

Are there other plants that are just AWFUL for this zone?  I LOVE plume
poppy -- that is not my idea of a nuisance.

Devon Miller, upper Zone 7 (Bethesda, Maryland).
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From: Robert Campbell
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re:Invasive-was Background plantings for Shade
Date: Sunday, January 11, 1998 5:37PM

Invasive really is in the eye of the beholder, and in how big a garden
you
have.  I'm waiting (probably only until spring) for my single plume
poppy
to turn into a dozen or so to fill a large hole in my garden.  I
actually
search out attractive plants listed as "spreading rapidly" or invasive,
depending on whether the writer is trying to sell them or not.  I have
to
do a lot of weeding anyway, since my yard is surrounded on all three
sides
by hayfields and pastures and every known weed in the province blows in
(
despite 3 inches of bark mulch), and if a plant really gets out of hand
I
just paint it with Roundup in the early season before it has a chance to
set seed.

Bob Campbell
Zone 4USDA,
Southern Ontario.

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> From: jaime <jknoble@warwick.net>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Background plantings for Shade
> Date: Sunday, January 11, 1998 2:34 PM
>
> > Anelle:
> >
> > I think I am in your same line of thinking.  I have heard so much
about
all
> > these so called invasive plants and I am of the school that beauty
is
in the
> > eye of the beholder.  What is invasive to some may be the light of
MY
life!!
> > I just plant what survives I love and appreciate!!
> >
> > FLO
>
> Want some plume poppies?
> Jaime
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