Re: Seeds germinating

No! Nor do I go out of my way to pull every seedling in the beds. The leaves are a lovely thing to stroke and the seed pods make interesting additions to dried arrangements. Maybe 2-3 plants a year.
It is listed a wildflower in several of my guides; why a noxious weed?

Cheryl
Cheryl, do you mean that you cultivate it!?
Merri Morgan
Zone 5b, WV
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From: "Cheryl Isaak" <cherylisaak@adelphia.net>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Seeds germinating



 >Just to add to this thread, the seeds of velvet leaf, which is a noxious
 >weed of cornfields that sometimes shows up in commercial compost, is good
 >for 75 years.
 >Merri Morgan
 >Zone 5b, WV

 funny thing, I love velvet leaf, but I do not let al it go to seed!
 Cheryl
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 Londonderry, NH
 AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
 growing, stitching and reading in NH

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