Re: Re:thugs

Patty
I have limited resources here at work, and had never heard of your Campanula
rapunculoides, so I checked the RHS database.  It came up with several
entries including one you suspected.  A plant called Adenophora  'Afterglow'
is a synonynm (invalid name) for Campanula rapunculoides 'Afterglow'.

We have grown Adenophora liliifolia for several years, which other MGs tell
me is indistinguishable from A. confusa.  I'm sure botanists could tell the
difference but most gardeners can't. Our Ladybells behaved well for a couple
of years and then it, too, "exploded".  Remember the old addage: First year
they sleep, 2nd year they creep, and 3rd year they leap!"?  Well, that's
Ladybells.  We dug them out and potted them up for sale.  Same the next
year.  Once established, they'll keep on coming.

As to your mention of Hemerocallis fulva, I agree they can be qyuite pushy,
but I love them - one of those childhood things I guess.  This is the
perfect plant to stop erosion on a steep grade, as you said, where nothing
else will grow.  I've given away 60 potted plants to one person and 50 to
another and sold hundreds at my private plant sale.  They always seem to
find homes.  And this keeps my small area of them manageable.

Kitty



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patty Tam" <pattytam@comcast.net>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 8:32 PM
Subject: Re:thugs


> It seems everyone has their favorite thugs. I shipped boxes of H. fulva to
a
> friend in New Jersey last year to fill an area where nothing else would
> grow. She happened to call on a Sunday when I was ripping it out with
great
> gusto. Who knew someone might want it?
>
> I had the complementary Aegopodium  in the yard as well, but with constant
> vigilance for a few years it disappeared, unlike Creeping Charlie which is
> my personal bane.
>
> With all the recent talk about Campanula, I now have another problem. A
> friend mentioned Campanula rapunculoides (creeping bellflower) as one of
the
> most horrendous weeds with underground rhizomes, and when I looked it up,
I
> realized it looks identical to a plant growing under my lilacs, and also
is
> indistinguishable, as far as I can tell, from what I thought was
Adenophora
> confusa, purchased from WFF a few years ago. What worries me is the A.
> confusa has exploded in growth in the last few years. Does anyone have any
> experience or advice about these plants?
>
> Patty
> Golden Valley MN, zone 4
>
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