On 27 Sep 2011 18:41:00 GMT, "AL_n" wrote:

Jake Nospam@invalid wrote in news:vj14879a97a3g5ji3ileghvs6o13juagj5@
4ax.com:

Houttuynia is my guess (if that's how you spell it!). Your's looks a
bit sick but that's probably because it's too dry. This is a moist
soil loving plant - pond margins sort of thing. Trouble is it's as
invasive as hell. I planted one in a planter in a pond. It's now
coming up in my lawn a few feet away from the pond.


Yes, I think you have identified it correctly, because it looks just like
this one: http://tinyurl.com/6yv4chx

Thanks!

If you bought it labelled as ivy, take it back!

I wouldn't do that! I really like the plant; the leaf colouring was
spectacular when it was doing it's red-and-pink show in earnest, last
Summer. I also like invasive plants! I have a lot of ground that needs
covering up with something pretty to stifle the weeds! Unfortunately, I
don;t have a pond or any damp areas. I guess I could easily make a pond
though, or greate a deliberate leak in a drain-pipe or something...

Al

Just keep it well watered. By "invasive" I mean it spreads. However I
wouldn't call it "ground cover" - it just pops up where it feels like
it. In that little pot it probably feels a bit cramped as well so
allowing it freedom will give it a pick-me-up.

Cheers, Jake
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