Re: My Garden Is On The Hit List For Eradication

At 12:29 PM 5/14/98 -0700, you wrote:
>.Jaime in NW NJ wrote:
>>
>>"Buddleias have become invasive in many parts of the PNW.  So .. 
>>buddleias, nice as they are, simply shouldn't be grown."
>
>REALLY?  There are lots of us here in the Pacific Northwest that would be
>very surprised if that were true!  How is it invasive?  Self seeding?  I
>grow 4 cultivars that bloom profusely and have yet to find a seedling. I get
>the newsletter from Oregon State University North Willamette Experimental
>Station and feel quite confident that if Buddleias were invasive and should
>not be grown they would notify the nursery growers of this state to stop
>growing it.  I would be interested in reviewing your source of information.
>Marilyn Dube'
>NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
>Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
>Portland, Oregon
>
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I was dismayed when I saw this info about invasive species, Marilyn,
principally because of the Buddleia listing and the absence of the Amur
maple, that is identified as invasive in the Middle West, according to
Audubon magazine.  Look at the complete lists at
http://www.wnps.org/eppclist.html  Best, Margaret

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