I once bought the seeds from Thompson & Morgan! Took a while to get rid of
the plants when I realised how invasive they were.
But they weren't a problem.
Our soil is very sandy, so it's easy to pull the plants up before they set
seed.
I kept the white ones for a while.
Haven't seen one in our garden for years, so must have done a good job :-)

Grenou

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"Mad Cow" wrote in message ...

Himalayan balsam may be waist-high or it may be over three metres tall
with stems as thick at your wrist - that's enormous for an annual. It
can blanket whole floodplains. Animals won't eat it.

It usually arrives as a seed: it floats down rivers, lurks in the mud on
walkers' boots, is carefully brought home by children to surprise you by
popping the pods.
If you find it on your patch, don't let it seed. Pull it up and compost
it. If you've bought a place with a lot of it, check your government's
advice on the best way to get rid of it.
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