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Re: [SG] Plants to replace hostas

I might add that it depends upon your location and climate as well.
I have a small patch of Aegopodium podagraria (Variegated
Bishop's Weed or Goutweed) that has stayed small for several
years.  In my climate many plants like this or Mazus that are
considered invasive up north will grow just well enough here to be
desirable garden plants.  Even Lythrum will stay contained here --
in fact Florida is one of the few states where it is not illegal.   Of
course we have our own problems here that are not a problem in
the north -- like water hyacynths.

On 3 Sep 98,, Claire Peplowski wrote regarding Re: [SG] Plants to
replace hostas:

> In a message dated 9/3/98 10:20:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nursery@IAW.ON.CA
> writes:
>
> << you pay for one and pray to get rid of it. >>
>
> Awful as it is, bishop's weed has a some uses.  If used as a ground cover and
> curbed by a lawn mower it could be more attractive than weeds.  Many of these
> invasive ground covers can be used if they do not connect with other
> cultivated areas.  We have lamiastrum, the one called yellow archangel ( not
> Herman) under trees and this plant will grow where all others fear to tread.
> It has a variegated leaf and yellow flowers.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> East Nassau, NY
> z4


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