Re: weeds :(

Claire,
I think someone has changed the name of Polygonum to Persicaria. I
noticed it in catalogs this year. There is a selected cultivar 'Crimson
Beauty' that is occasionally used as an ornamental in this area. Tony
Avent of Plants Delight Nursery was hawking it several years ago and I
have it in my shade garden. I only bought it after I made him SWEAR that
it would not be invasive. After 6 years, it has not taken over, but I
watch it carefully. When it blooms, it is spectacular. BTW, I have never
seen a seedling from it and I never cut it back in the fall until it is
dead. I noticed that Carol Warner has a nice clump of it in her garden
also.

I have seen knot weeds out of control in other places, but not this
cultivar. There was a cultivar that was given to me 3 years ago that I
ripped out after one growing season, even though I really liked the
foliage.

Now, I have some REAL bamboo that is a problem, but shredded bamboo
makes great long lasting mulch......

Dennis Hager
on Delmarva


> That would be Polygonun cuspidatum or Japanese knotweed also Mexican Bamboo
> Before you are are finished with the remvoval of this plant you will have
> other names for it.
> 
> We have some of this on a property where we do not live.  It grows at
> woodsedge and into the woods and under the neighbors fences.  Planted, no
> doubt, in innocence fifty yers ago the plant is kept in check by running the
> lawn mower around it's place.  No one gardens on this property/  Polygonum is
> capable of send runners underground fifty feet from the parent plus you need
> to know evey part of the plant can sprout a new plant.  Good luck to Andew.
> 
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
> 
> 
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