This isn't the place for invasive plants
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Comments (3)The potential for invasiveness of any plant is highly dependent on location. Generally it is associated with climatic conditions that promote the development and ripening of seeds that can contribute significantly to invasiveness but it is also aligned with cold hardiness overall. Euonymus alatus sets and ripens seeds very freely in some areas of the country and little, if at all, in other areas, like here in the PNW. It is therefore (legitimately) considered invasive in those areas of the country where it reseeds at will and not invasive (yet) in those areas where, because of climate, it is disinclined to produce and ripen seeds. Most of the midwest and east coast produce conditions that contribute to this plant's invasive properties and should probably be avoided in these areas....See MoreWhy isn't Parrotia persica planted more?
Comments (27)Tree is common in the Seattle area, where multiple individuals may be seen on some sites. However, many specimens show drought effects here as summer wears on, with growth stopping, leaves starting to curl over and become tinted. Big part of appeal is shininess of leaves, as well as bark interest that develops with age. Depending on propagation method and perhaps sometimes other factors a giant bush with multiple trunks from near the ground or a tree with an single stem and elevated crown may be produced. First habit type has been associated with reproduction by rooting of side branches while those with more definite tree shapes can be seedlings. However, the vegetatively propagated (presumably grafted, but maybe not) 'Vanessa' cultivar has always had a tree shape when I have come across it....See MoreI had a heck of a time finding this place....I'm so glad it isn't gone
Comments (16)I am here, too! I remember the glass "flowers" being a hot item when I checked in more often. There were many, many discussion on the best adhesive to use. I still have plates, cups, pieces of rebar,etc., "ready" to be made into a flower or two. This is hopefully this Spring will see the final stage of turning an early 1950s concrete birdbath into a colorful Fairy Garden. I got it sandblasted this winter but am waiting for warmer weather to take it outside for painting. I have all the basic furnishings - including a pair of tiny Napcoware rabbits, a teeny-tiny ceramic frog, a ceramic bird house that resembles an English cottage, a twig fence, a terracotta flower fairy, a pair of ceramic butterflies to attach to the painted base, and a "found" piece of old rusty barbed wire that resembles a seahorse - or dragon! I am going to be so excited to send "it's completed" photos to my young niece that requested this project be done."...See MoreWhat is working and what isn't ...
Comments (56)Lin, I'd be happy to send seeds of "Konjac" when they are ripe. Konjac not only grows easily from seed, but multiplies nicely from bulbs. The mother plant dies after setting seed and divides into several little potato like bulbs. I sometime reuse potting soil and have them coming up in the strangest places. Once a plant went out the hole in the bottom of a large black nursery pot I had inside a decorative pot and came up the side between the pots. I thought -- where the heck did that come from???? It was determined to grow! Pam, I'm fairly certain that all the plants you mention above would have no problem regrowing if you cut them back. I know Greg's mist flower can take it. And the others come back from the roots here in the spring. I'd do it. Nothing makes a flower bed look worse than half dead looking droopy plants -- definitely 'not working'. Anyone else want to venture an opinion on Pam's question?...See MoreMischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
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