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Old 25-03-2006, 04:04 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Klara
 
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Default Rosebay Willowherb

In message , MaC
writes
it's prolific with it's seeds and if you leave them to develop
healthy

roots they're a real pain to remove. They seem to have a
preference for

tubs full of soil but otherwise empty, waiting for
bedding plants;

probably the *light* needed for germination mentioned
in another post.


We had some in the greenhouse one year when we were too busy to do
anything about it: and with them the most wondrous, magical elephant
hawkmoth caterpillars, and then the moths...


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Klara, Gatwick basin