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oyster plant
HI,
has anyone had much experience with the oyster plant?? (Acanthus) I wanted to plant some adjacent to our back verandah - faces East and gets shade from about11-12 onwards. It can get a bit dry, depending on the weather but we are able to water from the tanks we put in b4 the rains came. Does this plant spread and become a problem? any terrible pests apart from snails? will a garden bed 60cm wide be big enough? was wanting to interplant with other things for some variation - got any suggestions here?? we're in Hawkesbury area of Sydney ??? zone 6 ?? gets v. hot and vv.cold cheers all |
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:37:45 +1100, "nagem et al" wrote:
HI, has anyone had much experience with the oyster plant?? (Acanthus) I wanted to plant some adjacent to our back verandah - faces East and gets shade from about11-12 onwards. It can get a bit dry, depending on the weather but we are able to water from the tanks we put in b4 the rains came. Does this plant spread and become a problem? any terrible pests apart from snails? will a garden bed 60cm wide be big enough? was wanting to interplant with other things for some variation - got any suggestions here?? we're in Hawkesbury area of Sydney ??? zone 6 ?? gets v. hot and vv.cold If you live near the bush, don't plant acanthus mollis. It is a weed. Otherwise it is a very tough plant. |
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oyster plant
But does like water and gee it can spread like wildfire if not kept in check
if you dig it up get rid of it in the compost bin - its all over my yard now not a bad thing really Lushy wrote in message ... On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:37:45 +1100, "nagem et al" wrote: HI, has anyone had much experience with the oyster plant?? (Acanthus) I wanted to plant some adjacent to our back verandah - faces East and gets shade from about11-12 onwards. It can get a bit dry, depending on the weather but we are able to water from the tanks we put in b4 the rains came. Does this plant spread and become a problem? any terrible pests apart from snails? will a garden bed 60cm wide be big enough? was wanting to interplant with other things for some variation - got any suggestions here?? we're in Hawkesbury area of Sydney ??? zone 6 ?? gets v. hot and vv.cold If you live near the bush, don't plant acanthus mollis. It is a weed. Otherwise it is a very tough plant. |
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