Re: Fallopia japonica 'Variegata' was japanese knotweed, thanks list :-)
- Subject: Re: Fallopia japonica 'Variegata' was japanese knotweed, thanks list :-)
- From: "Merri Morgan" m*@wcgnet.net
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 07:26:34 -0500
"Lordy, will
they ever sort out this genus names for once and for all?"
At least the Fallopia, Polygonum, Persicaria names are pronounceable. That
brief period when the Sweet Autumn Clematis carried that unpronounceable
slavic moniker "max something" was really discouraging.
Merri Morgan
zone 5b, WV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: Fallopia japonica 'Variegata' was japanese knotweed, thanks
list :-)
>
> Alyce, that's what I have...so now it's Fallopia, huh? Lordy, will
> they ever sort out this genus names for once and for all?
>
> The person who gave me my bit grows it in Virginia red clay and says
> it's pretty well behaved. I think, with some members of this clan,
> growing them in less than ideal conditions makes growing them
> possible. That's why I put my bit in major root competition with 3
> huge trees. If it survived this winter, we shall see what happens.
> I will be keeping an eye on it until I learn how it is going to
> behave.
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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