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Old 03-06-2008, 10:17 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Stewart Robert Hinsley Stewart Robert Hinsley is offline
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Default What plant is invading me ?

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Ornata writes
Does anybody grow the white-flowered Epilobium angustifolium? Is it as
invasive as the pink-flowered one?


Common wisdom is that the white-flowered version isn't invasive.

There are two types of the pink-flowered version (diploid and
tetraploid). Back in the 19th century rose-bay willow-herb wasn't
invasive. I wonder if only one of the two types is invasive, and that
type didn't occur in Britain until recently.
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