Re: Fallopia japonica 'Variegata' was japanese knotweed, thankslist :-)

Well, Alyce, I do not think you're alone in not knowing any name for
your plant...bet all of us have at least one plant we have yet to ID
for whatever reason; know I do and when you have no clue what it is,
names don't mean anything when you see or hear them.  Let's just hope
they don't switch it back to Polygonum or move it to Tovara or
somewhere else entirely, so you don't have to try to learn a new name
for it, now that you've found one:-)

Having a plant munched by some critter is NOT amusing under any
circs.  I am fond of wildlife in general and several critters in
particular, but I get highly annoyed and upset when they eat
something I particularly treasure.

I'm pretty sure sweet autumn clematis is currently Clematis
terniflora, but at the rate taxonomists are changing names, best we
write it in pencil and not indelible ink:-)

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Alyce Elliott <aete@northnet.org>
> Hi Marge,
> 	you wrote:
> >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?
> 
> This one will be easy for me because it's the only name I know the
plant
> by, after a few years of having no name for it at all.  Actually,
Claire
> mentioned Fallopia japonica in her original post on the polygonums,
but it
> was "polygonum" I did a search for, just out of curiousity.  I
thereby
> discovered the identity of my mystery plant when description of the
> variegated form turned up in the search pages.  I'm just glad that
the
> peculiarities of polygonum piqued my curiosity or I still wouldn't
know it
> was my plant that was being referred to; seems I'm the only one who
didn't
> know =any= name for it. 
> 
> >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.  
> 
> Perhaps my case.  However, some gardeners would be amused at how
distressed
> I was when chipmunks nibbled spring shoots of my fallopia down to
nubs --
> and then how surprised and happy I was to see vigorous shoots pop
up all
> around the center of the plant.  
> 
> As for name changes, even folks who don't like them must be pleased
that
> Clematis maximowicziana is presently Clematis terniflora -- at
least the
> last I checked.  :)
> 
> Alyce Elliott
> northern NY zone 4

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