I had a dear friend, whom I warned about this plant. She bought it to decorate a special grave and was adamant that it would not go invasive. I do believe that's why the nursery trade calls it fallopia, so people don't connect it with knotweed. Well, it did go invasive on her and I was polite enough not to say "I told you so".

These are honey bees and somebody is going to get sugar syrup honey....no good. Some hummer feeders are bad, the syrup level should be low, so bees can get at it, perhaps your is leaking or a bad design? I would take it down and check, I use a feeder with bee guard. Konrad

Well I got my pacakge today and it was an avacado seedling. Hum....If I didn't figure out who my partner was from being a married male I sure know now...he he! An avacado.....I am sure that I will be the only one growing one of those in Wisconsin! My wife told me that it needs to grow up so we can make guacamole! I am sure she is going to have to wait because it is only a foot tall. I also recieved a bunch of herb seeds. I never buy dill but have always wanted to grow it because I love the smell and now I have the seeds. I also found a pillow stuffed with pine needles or rosemary or somthing that smells really good. I don't know what it is for exactly but I think it will make my socks smell good if I put it in my sock drawer! LOL I also see some copper tags in my box. Did I mention that I LOVE copper! I have been looking to by a shut off valve for my sprinkler hose so I can just shut it off at the hose and not at the house. Thank you gardening buddy ........who ever you may be! I will have a lot of fun watching your avacado grow!

That's a hard one. There are so many ornamental plants that get weedy here, and once they become invasive it's kind of hard to keep liking them. Miconia calvescens has been the target of an intensive eradication effort in Hawaii, and it is a really pretty plant. I don't know why they singled out that species with all the other things that are out of control, like Schefflera actinophylla, Spathodea campanulata, Schinus terebinthifolius etc. I talked to the people on the task force and they said that those others are impossible, but Miconia was still eradicable when they started the campaign. We're all supposed to call them if we see one growing anywhere. I'll do it, but I have to say I'd much rather have that growing everywhere than @#%&! Leucaena leucocephala!