The more immediate problem is that highly invasive Bush currently residing
in the White House. Are there any pesticides that you would recommend for
its immediate removal? Can we survive four more years of that wacky weed and
the damage in its wake? The dude is crazy enough to boast of a booming real
estate market. He forgets to mention its because scores of Americans are
losing their homes because they are unemployed in the current recession
because big business is sending their jobs overseas to low paid laborers.
Only a kook would disapprove of the annual cherry blossom festival in DC.
Its a rather tame event and the flowering cherries are sterile hybrids and
not a threat to national security in any way.
Regarding the total lack of imagination of North Americans and their poor
choice of favorite plants, four states and the District of Columbia have
roses as their official flower, two states have the apple blossom, and
others have the camellia, carnation, crocus, lilac, orange blossom, peach
blossom or peony. None of them are native.
"David Hershey" wrote in message
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The annual Washington D.C. Japanese cherry blossom festival is a good
example. An equally spectacular display could be had with American
native trees such as dogwoods and redbuds.
Not a good example. The cherry trees were a gift from Japan. We could
hardly
have turned them down. And they are certainly not invasive, that I know
of.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the
oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
This is classic example of taking something out of context. Here is
the complete paragraph:
"If federal or state governments wanted to demonstrate leadership in
the area of invasive ornamental plants, they would require that all
new trees and shrubs used to landscape government properties are U.S.
natives. American native plants don't get much respect in the USA, and
planting native plants is not widely considered patriotic. Europeans
often seem to appreciate American flora more than Americans. The
annual Washington D.C. Japanese cherry blossom festival is a good
example. An equally spectacular display could be had with American
native trees such as dogwoods and redbuds."