On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:11:33 -0500, "Tom Desmond"
wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I took a look at the pictures on your link, and my
plant of interest looks like a Japanese privet. On the bottom of that page
was a propigation recommentation that said "Stratify the seeds for 3 months
at the bottom of your fridge." Could some kind person please tell me what
that means?

Tom

Steve" wrote in message
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In article ,
Tom Desmond wrote:
Please help me identify this common triangle shrub.

Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)? If so, please don't try to propogate
it. It does more then well enough on its own.

http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topic...gi&symbol=LISI

http://www.invasive.org/browse/subimages.cfm?SUB=3035

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Steve


Tom:
When seeds need to be stratified they need to experience a period of
cold temps before they will germinate. Iris's are like that. Usually
you can put them in a plastic baggie and keep in the frig for a month
or more (cold/dry).

If you are trying to grow Japanese Privet, look out. They can quickly
become an obnoxious planting and be invasive. My parents made two
lines of hedges when they first moved into their house in 1965. Dad
had to trim them weekly almost in the growing season to keep them in
check til about 2000 when his health started to go bad. They were dug
up and privets volunteered in an area of 3 feet to both sides of the
original position. Mowed down, pulled up, sprayed...they return.

I knew a guy that had a corner lot with an established privet hedge
that was about four feet inside the property from the road. This was
about 10 years ago and he wanted to remove it. He chainsawed it to
ground level. It grew faster. He dug it up making a 3 foot deep trench
where the hedge had been. He filled the trench with fresh topsoil. The
hedge started to grow back. He used several herbicides, it returned.
he redug the trench, filled it with gasoline and lit it (not
reccomended, forbidden by EPA too). He finally eradicated the hedge
but nothing would grow in that area for almost three years.He would
even plant flowers and other landscaping items but they would quickly
die.

So plan to be with them for some time!

whatsup!