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Saw some at the beach once. There was a huge fine for picking it.
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Our neighbor has trees that have limbs hanging on our side of the fence. They have star jasmine growing in the trees. That stuff is overpowering when it is in bloom. It makes DD#2 & I nauseated when we smell it too long. DH was trimming limbs the other day & he said we should rename those vines California Cudzu.
It helps with the erosion of the dunes and stuff. I'm originally from Mobile and they weren't too happy with people who picked it. For awhile I thought it might be endangered but I think it's just b/c of the erosion thing.
VIOLETS!! :_| What the heck was I thinking? Transplanted them here and there over the years. Another big mistake! Filled two trash cans today with them. They're taking over everything and have seeded all over. Why didn't I dig them out earlier before they went to seed? They are a beautiful flower, purple and the white, but OK, enough already. I'm not sure whether I even want to compost them or not. If any seeds get anywhere else....... Judy
I inherited lots of violets, too. I don't mind them in the lawn, but they are pretty stubborn in the garden beds. There are many plants I've had to contend with, but not monsters that I was responsible for planting. Comfrey, spirea, anemone, some kind of ornamental grass that cuts a bare hand when being pulled, ... Personally, what was my biggest yep-I-did-that blunder? Evening Primrose. It spreads and spreads. Now I like such vigorous, happy, almost pushy growers, but not in this case. I thought it would be a lovely addition to a perennial bed, but it has outgrown it's spot and spread itself throughout the ornamental area and into the veggie patch. Even though the dog has eaten it many times, it comes back with a vengeance. I don't even like the flowers anymore.
I hate those $#&^%@!!*^%!)*%#@@!!ing things. And clients just looooved them. Gotta take a freakin chainsaw and bobcat to 'em to divide them or get them out, they slice your hands and corneas and everything else if you're not careful, omg, I hate them maybe as much as I hate commercial mulch and THAT is saying something.
*GARDEN JUNKIE* I have three seasons: GROW, *SEW*, and SEED CATALOG! "It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory." W. Edwards Deming "Stupid priorities." - Alaskan
Posts: 2965 | Location: Southern Ontario, Zone 5 | Registered: October 15, 2002
I've been hearing that about violets, and we have had them probably 30+ years, but I have never thought of them as invasive. I can't recall them ever crowding out something I really wanted--and they leave a little bit less space for weeds. --J--
You should always have a plant B.
Posts: 1740 | Location: Zone 9b, the OC, California | Registered: March 20, 2004
That's funny; we've never had that problem with our star jasmine. Of all the vines we've ever grown, it's probably the only one that hasn't been invasive. Also, several years ago, the owner of the house next door severely whacked it when it covered her little sheds, but it took a good 2 or 3 years for the bald patches on the chain link fence to fill in. --J--
You should always have a plant B.
Posts: 1740 | Location: Zone 9b, the OC, California | Registered: March 20, 2004
Why didn't I dig them out earlier before they went to seed? They are a beautiful flower, purple and the white, but OK, enough already. I'm not sure whether I even want to compost them or not. If any seeds get anywhere else.......
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