Re: NorthHill Symposium/Native PlantsStacey, it sounds like the whole symposium and tour was very interesting, I'm not familiar with Tres Fromme but agree that he's right about gardening being an unnatural act. A really natural garden would have an awful lot of undesirable plants (i.e. weeds) although the gardener wouldn't have to do anything to do it, either. If you do anything, you're interfering with nature, after all. That said, I think there are good reasons for using native plants, particularly in these times of drought and generally strange weather. "Natives" endure.But what are native plants? Tony Avent of Plants Delight has been quoted as saying that all plants were native before the continents split. True enough. Yet, as has been discussed on this list, some plants are terribly invasive when imported to new areas. Moderation in all things.
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- Subject: Re: NorthHill Symposium/Native PlantsStacey, it sounds like the whole symposium and tour was very interesting, I'm not familiar with Tres Fromme but agree that he's right about gardening being an unnatural act. A really natural garden would have an awful lot of undesirable plants (i.e. weeds) although the gardener wouldn't have to do anything to do it, either. If you do anything, you're interfering with nature, after all. That said, I think there are good reasons for using native plants, particularly in these times of drought and generally strange weather. "Natives" endure.But what are native plants? Tony Avent of Plants Delight has been quoted as saying that all plants were native before the continents split. True enough. Yet, as has been discussed on this list, some plants are terribly invasive when imported to new areas. Moderation in all things.
- From: S* V* <s*@geh.org>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 10:09:20 +0000
Oops! Sorry folks, I didn't mean to start a debate on the place of
native plants in our gardens. I certainly use them in my gardens. The
question of what exactly a native plant IS is a good one, I think. For
example, when I see a native plant such as trillium for sale at a
reputable garden center, it never looks the way it does in the wild, the
leaves and flowers are much larger, as if it has been improved
horticulturally. Perhaps these "enhancements" take away the purely
"natural" habit of the native plant, but it makes them better suited for
our gardens.
--Stacey
<< But what are native plants? Tony Avent of Plants Delight has been
quoted as saying that all plants were native before the continents
split. True enough. Yet, as has been discussed on this list, some
plants are terribly invasive when imported to new areas. >>
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