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Re: [SG] shadegardens Digest - 11 Sep 1998 (#1998-276)

At 07:52 PM 9/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Definitely beware of the Houttonia! Sometimes known as Hooten-Nanny!!!! It
>loves round-up, thinks it is some kind of plant food.... and it does seed!
>Have a number of non-variegated plants. Did plant it in a really poor area
>that is separated from everything else..... thank goodness. Can't get it
>out of there, and the odor when I try to dig it just about does me in.
>Makes me feel really ill. I can't imagine anyway that it could become a
>good neighbor.  Have heard of people planting it in a pot in the middle of
>a pond. Now that's a thought, but have decided that other things are
>prettier! Have decided that anything that grows out of the drainage holes
>in a pot is likely to be invasive.
>
>Nancy
>
In view of the fact that I can't get it to grow (probably not enough water,
and too much competition from lemon balm), and you're the second person to
remark on its bad odor, I'd like to inject the following into the dialogue:
Vap Ca -- Houttynia cordata -- Vietnamese herb used fresh on meat dishes
and in soups.  Unusual, but interesting, savoury flavour.  Very easy to
grow.  Shade tolerant." -- From p. 76, Richters Herb Catalog 1998.
Margaret, who would advise anyone wanting to try ingesting it to make
absolutely sure of its identity first.
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