Re: [SHADEGARDENS] A weed is a weed.

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• Subject: Re: [SHADEGARDENS] A weed is a weed.
• From: B* G* <b*@ALA.NET>
• Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 17:17:10 -0600

Hello One and All!

Just wanted to respond to this post if I may!



At 03:31 PM 1/19/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,, I mentioned earlier that the descriptions of this tovara plant
>remind me of a plant that i have in my garden, but I could not
>remember the name....I looked it up, and it is houttynia cordata. Any
>chance that these are one and the same?  And if not, I have gotten
>differing opinions about the wisdom of planting this plant, due to its
>invasiveness.  Does anyone have any more information about this?  I
>really love the way it looks, but would not like my entire garden to
>be made up of this....thanks.
>
>      Marilyn in Massachusetts
>
>Marilyn,

If your plant truly is houttnyia please don't plant it in any kind of
fertile ground.  It is very invasive!  I fully agree with Alex about that!
Plant it in a pot and planter!  I am still trying to rid some areas of this
beautiful plant and I just got it two years ago.  Spreads very fast and do
not let it's going dormant fool you because it will come up anywhere in the
spring!  It does make a gorgeous potted plant and is beautiful in a window
box!

Bibbs Gamber, Alabama Grandma

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