Dear Randy Than you for asking me to explain and Please forgive my poor English. Tody. Us goverment and United nation use abbriviation of Japan as JPN or JP. If nothing wrong to use "Jap" as abbriviation of Japan, Us goverment still use "Jap" About 32 years ago, I was at bar drinking beer with other regular customer who is native Indian. He teach me to play billiard. while I was talking with him, a cauian man came in and sat few stools away. he was drinking him self for awhile, then he figiur out that I am Japanese. he staretd talking to me "Durty Jap attacked Peral Harber" We exchanegd few wards and he swing punch at me. I am 5'5" 170 lbs at time but I was young and practicing Judo ( I can still lift 260LBs guy on my sholder^^ ) He miised punch and I thorw him hard as I can on concreat floor. He was calling me "Jap". I never met him before, I have not talked befoer. but he was swinging punch for no reason other than I am Jap. Two day ago, I talked older Japanese man. He came to USA 1952, he was invited by US goverment as special skiled technician. He is about 5'1 130 lbs or less. He tolad me that One day,( about 50 years ago) he went to store and white womam kicked him and told him "Get out Jap" During world War two, US goverment strip off all right of Japanese American's right and Put them in Concentration camp . They lost home and most of possetions. Only One suitcase allowed to carry. Many young Japanese American men drafted to serve the Country while his parents, brothers sisters were in concentration camp and called Jap. Many of Japanese American solders were sent to 100th Infantry battalion, 442nd regimental combat team. They were alway sent to front line of high causualty. 442 regiment had hightest causalty rate in US millitary history. They were sent to rescue 36th Texas Division of Army. 442nd lost much more live than 36th Texas battaloin which saved by 442nd. Many of 442nd battalion of mostly Japanese American awareded many medal for thir braveness. When they retune to mainland after the war, in US Army Uniform with many medals, many restaurant, barber, store refuse to serve then or told them "get out" If you are intrested, Please learn histrory of 442 Battalion. Some of you aguing that Jap is simply abbreviation. It is not. If you know how Jap word is /was used in US history, then you will know why we don't want to see or hear Jap word. They died for us, I have to speak out for them. I had a custmer who is third generation of Japanese American. When she talk about concentration camp, she still cry. I know Only one Japanese who never had hard time during serving US Amy almost 50 years ago. His best friend was son of president of United state, no high ranking officers nor solders never bothered him ^^. One day, my daughter and son came home from elementary school, They told me that " Dad, Japan fought against us " ^^ In thire mind Japan was the Enemy. History has two side stories... Man who swing punch at me 32 years ago, he din't know that before Parl harbor, Four Us navy ship came to Japan and sunk ships and fire canon from ship to our capital. Text book of US histry teach own children different than how we interpret Black ship( Us navy ship) attack to Japan. My nephew serving US Navy, My son want to go US Navy too. Japanese man who was kicked by white woman and told get out, his revenge was give good education to his children and do well in this society. Two of chidren become doctor and other is on the way to be sucessfull business man. My daughter also will be doctor near future.She is in medical school now. Randy We all proud being good and productive citizen of United state. Thank you again giving me a chance to explain. yama

Thanks again all. Have not yet had time to look at bed-of-nails, but I appreciate the link. Yes, novelty plays large in this biz. For purposes of having the ability to alternate color schemes within one site, I'd like to have the ability to have, say, magenta or similar color tone in one planter (with accompanying plants), and a blue or purple Buddleia with its accompaniments in every other pot............something like that. Who will speak up for a blue to purple flowering Buddleia with the vibrancy of either the 'Buzz' series or the 'Miss Molly' cultivar? 'Ellen's Blue'? 'Blue Micro Chip'? Any others? For whatever reasons, I'm a horticulturist for whom roses do nothing for me. It's the classic plant where, lens focused in tight against a blosom, the catalog pic looks great, but the actual plant out in the landscape-well that's another story: The rabbits finished off what winter didn't kill, then a late freeze finishes off the rest. I guess for me, they're just not all that. I need lots of color, not one or two exquisitely detailed rose blossom here, another one over there. Maybe I'm just a poor rosarian, but 'Knockout' makes me want to run in the other direction, I'm so sick of that look. May as well throw in the Russian sage and the feather reed grass and call it a day! No, I'm not a fan of any of those things. There is something about plants with inflorescences like Buddleia, that exact flowering habit, which lends itself well to my "frozen explosions" which are how I like to think of the designs we work up. Perfect for that! +oM

This Scientific American article is one of many linking the invasion of Japanese Barberry with the increased incidence of Lyme Disease. The prevalence of ticks infected with the Lyme Disease spirochete (Borrelia burdorferi) is greater in areas with Japanese Barberry than areas without. One of the ongoing limitations of forums such as this one is that there is nothing "local" about it. Posters have a tendency to never look beyond the end of their nose. In this thread for instance the OP is from NJ, I am from MD, the enthusiastic advocates for a weed like Japanese Barberry are from the West Coast. A few years ago we had the same issue with cultural practices advocated from an obscure extension office in Washington state, an assumption was made that they applied to the whole country which of course is absurd. It is the main reason why I never respond to a thread where the OP is from PNW or West Coast, I know nothing about that part of the country. Gas stations and convenience stores will always use cheap, mass-produced garbage like J.B. I am encouraging posters here to increase their palette of shrub selections and move beyond J.B., a noxious, introduced weed.

For me much of the appeal of deciduous Euonymus species is that they have a fresh and clean appearance when in leaf during summer - it's not just about fall color (and noticeable fruits, with those kinds that produce them). Fall color that is in fact amazing with E. alatus, hence burning bush. Burning bush reseeds out here too but I've never seen it spreading into the woods. With certain exceptions E Asian stuff like this apparently can't survive our dry western summers during the seedling stage on most sites. To name but two introductions Little Moses ('Odom') is supposed to be shy fruiting and 'Rudy Haag' is said to be seedless. With a sterile burning bush having been identified in 2011, search likely phrases for multiple hits.