"Cereus-validus......." wrote :

Campanula rapunculoides

So how can someone bring it from the neighbor's lawn, to their own
yard?


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Popcorn Lover expounded:

So how can someone bring it from the neighbor's lawn, to their own
yard?

Why would anyone want to? This plant is horribly invasive and almost
impossible to irradicate.
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Ann wrote :

Popcorn Lover expounded:

So how can someone bring it from the neighbor's lawn, to their
own yard?

Why would anyone want to? This plant is horribly invasive and
almost impossible to irradicate.

If it's all over the neighborhood already and they think it's
pretty, they would want it.



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Popcorn Lover expounded:

If it's all over the neighborhood already and they think it's
pretty, they would want it.

Education is key. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. Purple
loosestrife is 'pretty' yet it's decimating our native wetland plants,
like Lobelia cardinalis, the cardinal flower. I just hate to see
anyone spread such an invasive plant.
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Ann wrote :

Popcorn Lover expounded:

If it's all over the neighborhood already and they think it's
pretty, they would want it.

Education is key. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
Purple loosestrife is 'pretty' yet it's decimating our native
wetland plants, like Lobelia cardinalis, the cardinal flower.
I just hate to see anyone spread such an invasive plant.

This isn't the wilds, it's the burbs of Lakewood, Colorado.


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Popcorn Lover wrote in
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Ann wrote :

Popcorn Lover expounded:

If it's all over the neighborhood already and they think
it's pretty, they would want it.

Education is key. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
Purple loosestrife is 'pretty' yet it's decimating our
native wetland plants, like Lobelia cardinalis, the
cardinal flower. I just hate to see anyone spread such an
invasive plant.

This isn't the wilds, it's the burbs of Lakewood, Colorado.

right. and it's an *invasive* plant. the point being that you
canNOT control it's spread. you may think it's pretty, but
will your neighbors? how about the people in the next town
over? or in the next state? you can't keep it from invading
the wild.
and yes, invasive weeds *do* travel that far. purple
loosestrife expands it's range at something like 25
miles/year.
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enigma wrote :

Popcorn Lover wrote in
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Ann wrote :

Popcorn Lover expounded:

If it's all over the neighborhood already and they think
it's pretty, they would want it.

Education is key. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
Purple loosestrife is 'pretty' yet it's decimating our
native wetland plants, like Lobelia cardinalis, the
cardinal flower. I just hate to see anyone spread such an
invasive plant.

This isn't the wilds, it's the burbs of Lakewood, Colorado.

right. and it's an *invasive* plant. the point being that you
canNOT control it's spread.

So what. The world is full of such plants. We have a pretty red-
flowering purslane planted in the garden. So what?

If I wanted, I could plant bamboo that would be "invasive". So
what?

Invasive is just a hardy plant that someone else doesn't like.

you may think it's pretty, but
will your neighbors?

Not my problem. I worry about my property.

how about the people in the next town
over? or in the next state? you can't keep it from invading
the wild.

Well here in Colorado the cold weather does a decent job of that.
I'm hardly worried that something is gonna take over the whole
world from my backyard.

and yes, invasive weeds *do* travel that far. purple
loosestrife expands it's range at something like 25
miles/year.

Cool. It's very pretty.

And it's already out there, there isn't a thing anyone can do
about it.

And I want some.

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