In article , sahara
writes
thanks for all you enthusiastic replies! Particularly for victoria's
ideas (will be looking for camassia bulbs this weekend) and i like
alans approach too, although i can't say i'm planning to spend 25
years here (need a bigger garden!).
I wont let the lawn get long enough for rosebay willowherb or cows
parsley so hopefully i wont get anyone as upset as Franz seems to be.
Either way it will be an improvement on the vineweed infested space it
was before we moved in.
Although i am not planning to grow any of these what is so bad about
Leycestria formosa, euphorbias and cotoneaster?
And what is Leycestria formosa anyway?

L. formosa - a suckering shrub which has rather showy shrimp-like pink
bracts later interspersed with purple berries which seed freely.
Euphorbias and C horizontalis also spread by suckers. All three are
garden rather than wild plants, and i was gently making the point to
Franz that 'wild gardens' do not have the monopoly on spreading plants
across the boundary to their neighbours.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm