Even though you may admire still them, what plants (that you've either
seen, or so far just read about) 'scare' you the most (however you
define that) and please say why, for any one/s named ?

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:05:43 -0700, cyan999 wrote:

Even though you may admire still them, what plants (that you've either
seen, or so far just read about) 'scare' you the most (however you define
that) and please say why, for any one/s named ?

Heracleum lanatum
http://ywgc.com/resources/faq/cowparsnip.html

--
Yard Works Gardening Co.
http://ywgc.com/resources.html

Timothy wrote in message news:1120008872.99aae12f89a0984d87686f3fb4199c06@ teranews...
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:05:43 -0700, cyan999 wrote:

Even though you may admire still them, what plants (that you've either
seen, or so far just read about) 'scare' you the most (however you define
that) and please say why, for any one/s named ?

The North American Satan Bush!
this is truly an evil Bush totally obnoxious and highly invasive, a
threat to all life on earth!

Venus Fly Trap - definitely!
Jeff Goldblum

"Gary" wrote in
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Venus Fly Trap - definitely!
Jeff Goldblum



There is the lesser known Pinus Fly Trap. Used to discourage things
from urinating on your property. Make sure all zippers are closed
before handling. It's not called the Lorena Bobbit plant for nothing.

Desmodium gyrans. Because plants that dance are creepy.

http://www.kirjon.com/dancing_plant.htm
http://www.yohea.com/dancing.shtml

In my neighborhood of N.E. Los Angeles (Mt. Washington), the tree of
heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is rapdily encroaching on vacant hillsides
on both sides of my property and attempting to invade my own garden, as
well. Left unattended in a neighboring lot, this weedy tree has
already created a little thicket of about a dozen trees now reaching
over 30 feet tall.

The hillsides of Highland Park and Eagle Rock are spotted with these
pesty plants and it's a nightmare to think what these rolling hills
will look like 10 years from now if we don't somehow directly attack
their progress.

The California Invasive Plant Council has listed this species as one of
the Most Invasive Wildland Pest Plants and Widespread. Any suggestions
on how to restrain or destroy these heavenly devils will be
appreciated.

EWIRM: Know your weeds to control your weeds...

raycruzer wrote:
In my neighborhood of N.E. Los Angeles (Mt. Washington), the tree of
heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is rapdily encroaching on vacant
hillsides on both sides of my property and attempting to invade my
own garden, as well. Left unattended in a neighboring lot, this
weedy tree has already created a little thicket of about a dozen
trees now reaching over 30 feet tall.

The hillsides of Highland Park and Eagle Rock are spotted with these
pesty plants and it's a nightmare to think what these rolling hills
will look like 10 years from now if we don't somehow directly attack
their progress.

The California Invasive Plant Council has listed this species as
one of the Most Invasive Wildland Pest Plants and Widespread. Any
suggestions on how to restrain or destroy these heavenly devils
will be appreciated.

EWIRM: Know your weeds to control your weeds...

Why don't you ask the California Invasive Plant Council what to do.

--

Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

In the Southeast, kudzoo [Pueraria montana] can cover your house and
trees if you don't fight it back.

Here in the Northeast and Oregon, the mile-a-minute plant [Polygonum
perfoliatum] will cover you if you don't walk fast enough. In reality
it will cover and kill other plants. It looks like a wild squash vine,
really wild. It is called the kudzoo of the Northeast.

Some bamboo is known to grow at a rate of 91 cm per day. It is more fun
than watching grass grow.

--
Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to
Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman

Stephen Henning wrote:
In the Southeast, kudzoo [Pueraria montana] can cover your house and
trees if you don't fight it back.

Here in the Northeast and Oregon, the mile-a-minute plant [Polygonum
perfoliatum] will cover you if you don't walk fast enough. In
reality it will cover and kill other plants. It looks like a wild
squash vine, really wild. It is called the kudzoo of the Northeast.

Some bamboo is known to grow at a rate of 91 cm per day. It is
more fun than watching grass grow.

Bamboo is a grass.

--

Travis in Shoreline Washington

raycruzer said:

In my neighborhood of N.E. Los Angeles (Mt. Washington), the tree of
heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is rapdily encroaching on vacant hillsides
on both sides of my property and attempting to invade my own garden, as
well.

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Any suggestions
on how to restrain or destroy these heavenly devils will be
appreciated.

Cut them down and swab the stump with brush killer.
Even then, be on the lookout for sprouts from distant roots.

This plant aggressively resprouts from any bit of root. And I've had
apparently dead stumps send up shoots after a whole year of inactivity
(however impossible that seems, I swear it happened).

The seedlings grow deceptively slowly the first year. All their energy
seems to go to producing a massive root system.
--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

Thanks to Pat and Travis for your suggestions. You have given me the
motivation to communicate with local neighborhood groups to deal with
the tree of heaven in an organized fashion.

Yesterday I also noticed a number of these trees growing in the freeway
landscaping near downtown Los Angeles. I spotted over 100 young
A.altissimas in only one quarter mile stretch of the freeway.
CalTrans also needs to take notice of this rapid infestation of the
tree of heaven.

_____
Talk about weeds: World of Weeds www.ergonica.com
Nature makes plants, humans make weeds.

wrote:
Even though you may admire still them, what plants (that you've either
seen, or so far just read about) 'scare' you the most (however you
define that) and please say why, for any one/s named ?

I'm scared of poison ivy for the obvious reasons. And giant hogweed just
frightens the bejeebus out of me. (Heracleum mantegazzianum)

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from DrLith contains these words:

wrote:
Even though you may admire still them, what plants (that you've either
seen, or so far just read about) 'scare' you the most (however you
define that) and please say why, for any one/s named ?

I'm scared of poison ivy for the obvious reasons. And giant hogweed just
frightens the bejeebus out of me. (Heracleum mantegazzianum)

Get a life, both of you. Normal people are not scared or frightened
of plants.

Janet.

In North Florida, the common version of smilax (greenbriar) is a nasty
thorny thing that will swing 20 feet across a path through long-leaf pine
forest to snag the unwary walker with fierce scratches along bare arms and
legs.
Throughout the Northwest and inland west, knapweed, a particularly ugly
centaurea (plants related to bachelor buttons) appears to spread into every
bare patch of earth, and eventually shoves asides all attractive and hardy
natives to make way for its ugly gray-green leaves and spiny dull-purple
flowers. I own an empty lot on the outskirts of town, and I fear inspecting
it to see the extent to which knapweed has taken it over.
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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The message
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wrote:
Even though you may admire still them, what plants (that you've either
seen, or so far just read about) 'scare' you the most (however you
define that) and please say why, for any one/s named ?

I'm scared of poison ivy for the obvious reasons. And giant hogweed just
frightens the bejeebus out of me. (Heracleum mantegazzianum)

Get a life, both of you. Normal people are not scared or frightened
of plants.

Janet.