Re: Yarrow, yarrow, yarrow


It's funny, but what can be invasive for some certainly isn't for others.
I have several varieties of yarrow -- none of which I would call invasive
in my garden.  They politely spread a little, but not anything like what
was described by someone else.

On the other hand, I've had some things that weren't supposed to be
invasive in my type of soil that have decided that they wanted to call in
the relatives.  Obedient plant comes to mind, as I tried in vain to pull up
most of it this past weekend.  It had quietly multiplied over the winter
and is coming up in the middle of my other perennial clumps.  Talk about
rude!  It is very hard to pry out of the ground... think of dandelions and
you have obedient plant.  I was under the assumption that it needed moist
soil, but it has proved me wrong.

Why is it that the plants you REALLY want are those that behave politely
and won't spread?


Val in KY
zone 6a

P.S.  I'm not a big fan of yellow daylilies, either.  Perhaps because
they've been used so much that they've become too common, much like
petunias or marigolds.

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