Re: Garden thugs
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Garden thugs
- From: N* S*
- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 12:19:43 -0800
>Last fall I put in a 2" pot of oenethera speciosa-- now it's 2 x 3 feet
>and spreading rapidly. It's so gorgeous though I can't bring myself to
>pull it out-- like little pink poppies, and it's been blooming for 5
>weeks and hasn't stopped. Am I letting myself in for big trouble?
If you lived in Southern California, I'd say you were in for trouble....
don't exactly know about your climate, though. I'd say ask around...
Regarding the catnip that is giving Myrna hedaches... is it catnip or
catMINT? I have that problem with catmint (nepeta sp). The cat does like
it but not enough to keep it in check. My biggest headache is the
perennial morning glory vine that I tore out last year (or maybe it was the
year before...) and keeps coming up in the vegetable garden -- even in my
raised beds. Then there is that weedy plant that looks like queen annes
lace but has these stickery seeds that spread everywhere. I even paid
money for that headache!
Others that spread like wildfire but I can tolerate are scabiosa ochrelata
(or some such spelling), the one with the cream colored flowers, salvia
lyriata (a good replacement for ajuga which I despise based upon
overexposure to it in my childhood home), california poppies, and a
voracious groundcover known as brass buttons (don't know the botanical
name). Then there are the pumpkins that sprout everywhere....
Oh well, that's what makes it fun!
Nan
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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