Re: Invasive perennials

We're in NYS zone 5ish, and just now beginning to see what has lived and
what has not.  Several years ago I had a windfall and bought lots of
plants from WFF, but many of them have not lived, and others just don't
seem to behave like one wants perennials to.  That is they haven't taken
off and spread, so that one has not only the plants one paid for, but
actually has to take them up and divide them, for their sake.

The perennials that have been most healthy for me are penstemon*, rose
campion*, maltese cross*, sanguinaria*, phlomis*, violets, ajuga, vinca,
mallow*, phlox.  Also, one of the plants from WFF, an early spring
anemone, which I put in a quite dappled-shade area, has spread and
spread, just like I hoped.

Isabelle Hayes

*grown from seed

Marge Talt wrote:snip
> 
> So, your thug may be my precious child who is hanging on to life by
> it's toenails and one list does not fit all:-)
> 
> Key words to keep in mind in plant descriptions that could indicate
> that you might have a potential problem are:
> 
> Vigorous
> Easy
> Spreads
> 
> Anybody got any others?  If a plant is easy to grow, chances are it
> bears watching until you know how it will behave in your garden.  The
> *only* way to really know is to grow it.

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