RE: Hot Weather/Gardening style
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- Subject: RE: Hot Weather/Gardening style
- From: V* M*
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 16:00:45 +0100
- Importance: Normal
>>Valerie, beware of Verbena bonariensis. A lovely purple haze one year is
an
>>infestation the next. In my late, lamented Kansas garden I planted a
single
>>Vb one year, had the purple haze the next, and I'd still be working on
>>getting rid of the stuff if we hadn't moved. It is a dangerously
>>enthusiastic self-sewer.
Many thanks for the warning, Laura. I have had 4 x V. bonariensis in the
garden for some time now and, I am sorry to say, it has not self-seeded for
me, whereas many other plants have. I will keep an eye open, though, in
case this should happen once I get my purple haze.
>>I will have to agree on the Verbena. I have the same problem. I planted 4
small
>>plants last year in one of my beds and it has taken over. I give it to
every
>>one that comes to visit, and afterwards you cannot tell where it has been
>>pulled up. It's pretty but very invasive. haven't decided how to
solve this
>>problem as of yet. I hate the thoughts of killing a plant.
>>happy gardening
>>Donna in NE Mississippi zone 7
What am I doing wrong? Why won't they self-seed for me? :-(.
Valerie, South Yorkshire, England (Zone 8)
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