Re: Garden thugs
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Garden thugs
- From: M* R* W*
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 12:40:31 -0500
I was looking at the o. missouriensis and was tempted.. these are really
pretty plants. I like the delicate look.
Mary
MO zone 6
> Don't know about your zone, but it is definitely a thug here in TX.
> It grows
> wild here by the roadsides, and I have seen it graded over by a
> grader and
> come back thicker than ever. Wouldn't let it go to seed, for sure.
> Have you
> tried the O. missouri (sp), the one with the large yellow blooms?
> It too is
> a spreader, but not as invasive as the pink species. The blooms are
> larger
> than the pink, and are a beautiful clear yellow. This one I would
> cautiously
> allow in my garden, but the pink, no way, relegate it to a nearby
> field or
> something where it can spread to it's heart's content!
>
> Good luck!
> Pam Adkins
> Houston, TX / Zone 9
>
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