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Seeking IDs of three invaders
Today I'm curious about three plants on my District of Columbia
property, where my only gardening implements since I bought my house have been shears, clippers and saws. http://cpacker.org/a1.jpg This vine seems to be blooming early this year. Both my wife and I enjoy the fragrant flowers. The leaves are heart-shaped and a little shiny -- I think that's what made the bluish areas in my digital photo. http://cpacker.org/a2.jpg This vine is mixed in with the first. I like the subtle colors of the berries. http://cpacker.org/a3.jpg These invade a flower bed in which my wife has tried to impose more structure -- when she has time. Hey, it's her problem. -- | (Charles Packer) http://cpacker.org/whatnews |
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Seeking IDs of three invaders
Not sure of #1. The berries on #2 look like porcelain berry, but the leaves are
wrong. It is in the Vitaceae. #3 is probably lily of the valley. It is very invasive. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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Seeking IDs of three invaders
Charles Packer had this to say...:
: Today I'm curious about three plants on my District of Columbia : property, where my only gardening implements since I bought my : house have been shears, clippers and saws. : http://cpacker.org/a1.jpg Looks like Virgin's Bower - Clematis virginiana - a sort of weedy native Clematis. : This vine seems to be blooming early this year. Both my wife and : I enjoy the fragrant flowers. The leaves are heart-shaped and a : little shiny -- I think that's what made the bluish areas in my : digital photo. : http://cpacker.org/a2.jpg : This vine is mixed in with the first. I like the subtle colors : of the berries. It's a grape. Vitis sp. - maybe someone can come up with the species. : http://cpacker.org/a3.jpg : These invade a flower bed in which my wife has tried to impose : more structure -- when she has time. Hey, it's her problem. ?? Looks sort of like Lily of the Valley. Have they ever flowered? : -- | : (Charles Packer) : http://cpacker.org/whatnews -- kathy at fred net |
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Seeking IDs of three invaders
wrote in message ... Charles Packer had this to say...: : Today I'm curious about three plants on my District of Columbia : property, where my only gardening implements since I bought my : house have been shears, clippers and saws. : http://cpacker.org/a1.jpg Looks like Virgin's Bower - Clematis virginiana - a sort of weedy native Clematis. : This vine seems to be blooming early this year. Both my wife and : I enjoy the fragrant flowers. The leaves are heart-shaped and a : little shiny -- I think that's what made the bluish areas in my : digital photo. : http://cpacker.org/a2.jpg : This vine is mixed in with the first. I like the subtle colors : of the berries. It's a grape. Vitis sp. - maybe someone can come up with the species. : http://cpacker.org/a3.jpg : These invade a flower bed in which my wife has tried to impose : more structure -- when she has time. Hey, it's her problem. ?? Looks sort of like Lily of the Valley. Have they ever flowered? Kathy is spot on - Clematis virginiana, wild grape and lily of the valley (Convallaria). There are a few species of wild grape, but most are considered to be somewhat weedy pests (although the birds love 'em). http://www.weedalert.com/weed_pages/wa_wild_grape.htm pam - gardengal |
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Charles Packer wrote:
Yes, they bore small white flowers earlier in the year, as I recall. They figure in the only amusing moment during a meeting with the city yard inspector. He had tersely cited my "whole yard" for excessive vegetation, so I asked him to visit and be more specific. Yard inspector? What next. He'd like my yard, a mixture of grasses recently scythed, with hayfield-like windrow trails seven feet apart. What to do with the windrow trails the next time you scythe is the problem at the moment. If you scythe at right angles, they're swept up into new windrow trails but with twice the content, old plus new. I need a goat or something. I was thinking of constructing a haystack in the driveway. -- Ron Hardin On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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Seeking IDs of three invaders
# 1. appears to be Clematis terniflora, aka Sweet Autumn clematis.
#2. appears to be Ampelopsis brevipedunculata, aka Porcelainberry Vine (get some hail damage out your way?) #3. appears to be Convallaria majalis, aka Lily-of-the-Valley. Dave in Fairfax "Charles Packer" wrote in message om... Today I'm curious about three plants on my District of Columbia property, where my only gardening implements since I bought my house have been shears, clippers and saws. http://cpacker.org/a1.jpg This vine seems to be blooming early this year. Both my wife and I enjoy the fragrant flowers. The leaves are heart-shaped and a little shiny -- I think that's what made the bluish areas in my digital photo. http://cpacker.org/a2.jpg This vine is mixed in with the first. I like the subtle colors of the berries. http://cpacker.org/a3.jpg These invade a flower bed in which my wife has tried to impose more structure -- when she has time. Hey, it's her problem. -- | (Charles Packer) http://cpacker.org/whatnews |
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