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Never underestimate the persistence of a weed
Some years ago we acquired a houttuynia. We were told it was an aquatic/bog
garden plant and wouldn't do well in our dry sandy soil. Not only is it now coming up from every gap between the slabs, but this morning I spotted it coming up in a container 2' tall. I pulled and pulled and pulled and got this- http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...f/23Apr001.jpg Be careful where you plant it. -- Steve Never shake the ketchup bottle. None'll come, and then a lot'll |
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Never underestimate the persistence of a weed
On Apr 23, 2:28*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-04-23 14:06:22 +0100, Chris Hogg said: On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:50:40 +0100, "shazzbat" wrote: Some years ago we acquired a houttuynia. We were told it was an aquatic/bog garden plant and wouldn't do well in our dry sandy soil. Not only is it now coming up from every gap between the slabs, but this morning I spotted it coming up in a container 2' tall. I pulled and pulled and pulled and got this- http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...20stuff/23Apr0.... Be careful where you plant it. We have something similar. When we moved here ten years ago, we brought a root of an Akebia quinata, a vine-like plant that has small pendent brownish-purple flowers with a heavy scent. We planted the akebia under a tall camellia, thinking it would scramble up through the camellia and perfume the garden on early-summer evenings. For several years not a lot happened, but in the last couple it's suddenly decided to take off, and is/was in danger of smothering the camellia. I've been out this spring cutting it off a ground level and pulling the vines out of the canopy. That won't stop it, of course, but it'll take another few years to get going again. The sad thing was that it never flowered, and my wife, who was keen that we bring it in the first place, has lost her sense of smell, so the reasons for growing it have gone. This sounds like some kind of mutant! *I'm not joking entirely. *Our A quinata and A quinata alba behave perfectly, climbing up posts and along ropes or pergolas and smelling heavenly. They have both just flowered and the alba which we planted about 3 years ago, started flowering in its first season. *What a strange but unhappy experience for you. -- Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com South Devon- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I remember giving a friend a winter flowering Jasmin which he planted by a wall, it grew agout 12 to 15 inches a year for 3 years then the wall fell onto it and it was broken off almost at ground level, The wall was rebuilt and that year the Jasmin grew around 3 ft, the next year another 4ft. |
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