RE: Troublesome plants - buttercup?
- Subject: RE: Troublesome plants - buttercup?
- From: M* D*
- Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 08:41:17 -0700
Claire,
"Pest", like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. I love my Ranunculus
'Brazen Hussy', Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' and never met a Coreopsis I
didn't like. 'Moonbeam' is especially nice in containers.
But I must admit I had a "Buttercup" that was scary. When I moved here 24
years ago, there was (and still is) 3 rows of wonderful heavy producing
raspberries with Buttercups growing all around and through the crowns.
Mercy! It took me ten years of persistent, faithful hand digging to rid the
berry patch of it. It is very pretty while in bloom, but could become a
solid mat, robbing the berries of all soil goodies.
Now the Stachys...if you mean Lamb's Ear....that's another story. It will
take a nuke or worse to get it out of the gravel paths in the nursery!
Ditto the Alchemilla mollis - but I love it as edging around the rose
garden. And yes, Maianthemum (false lily of the valley) is a terrible pest
for me as are the early Violas that have naturalized and throw seed
everywhere!
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of ECPep@aol.com
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 8:36 PM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: Troublesome plants - buttercup?
In a message dated 5/24/02 11:16:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Meum71@aol.com
writes:
<< group. They managed to kill off a group of small Hosta I had planted out
a
few feet from a few "free range buttercups >>
Must be a vigorous lot, Paul. Almost nothing can kill a hosta here. I
think
I have hostas older than the age of my house. I did not have the buttercups
in good soil or in the sun. I will keep a more careful eye on them as they
are now in sun where a tree was cut down. When people look at them, they
often comment on why I would have them in the garden regarding the double
buttercups as pests.
Other pests according to some gardeners are Vinca minor, all forms, monarda,
Hemerocallis 'Stella d' Oro', Digitalis, Coreopsis 'Moonbeam', malva, all
kinds, Lunaria rediva, Stachys, catchfly, comfrey, and the most curious of
all to me Lysimachia mummularia aurea. That last one is also grown in a
common green form and for years I thought it was a weed until I saw it in a
fine nursery for sale.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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