TheGardenLady received this comment from Susan: My mother planted [Snow on the Mountain] 37 years ago. We bought her house 21 years and we are still trying to get rid of it. I am at my wits end!! But I have decided this year is gonna be the end of it! I have made it […]
2007.09.02 金é‡èŠ± / 赤科山 / Day Lily by MaxChu TheGardenLady received this question from Nikki. I have seen orange sillies resembling tiger lilies growing wild. I think they might be day lilies. I am wondering if it is possible for day lilies to spread from from your garden and become wild lilies. Do you think […]
bug of the day by urtica Most catalogs have a limited area they can ship seeds or plants because of all the different countries’ rules and regulations regarding seeds and plant material coming into their country. In the United States some seeds or plants cannot even be shipped into certain states. With all the international […]
TheGardenLady received this comment on her post “Eradicating Oxalis Corniculata“. This article does not do justice to the invasive and aggressive nature of Oxalis. If you try this what is described above you will FAIL (guaranteed). If Oxalis has become such an invasive problem in your area of the country, you should call your county […]
TheGardenLady received this question from Dan. I have question about dead transplant. While transplanting some baby peppermint plants one of them got their tops broken off. I was wondering if the plant is technically dead or will it sprout new leaves around the base of the stem/root? The roots and stem is still strong 1 […]
In the last two posts (here and here) TheGardenLady explained the problem with invasive plants and how they came to the United States respectively. In this post TheGardenLady will give a list of 10 of the invasive trees and shrubs in great parts of the US: 1. Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima – This might […]
In the last post, TheGardenLady explained the problems caused by invasive plants – that is, plants that have come into the environment and take over the native plants’ environments, eventually choking out the native plants. In this post, TheGardenLady explains how invasive plants came to this country. Some invasive species came accidentally in ship ballast, […]
This May TheGardenLady attended a lecture called “Weeds in Nature’s Garden…the problem of invasive species” given by Bruce Barbour who is a Rutgers Cooperative Extension Environmental Agent. There are invasive plant species, invasive animal species and invasive disease species. This is a fascinating and scary topic. For example, the April 20th, 2009, New Yorker magazine […]
TheGardenLady received this question from Gay. What do you recommend to eradicate Oxalis in coastal climate (SF Bay area)? This is not the ornamental type, it is invasive with a succulent flower stem and yellow blossom. Oxalis – Oxalis corniculata L. , yellow wood sorrel is an invasive plant in California. This GardenLady always tries […]
                         Photo taken by urtica One of the subjects TheGardenLady has been planning on writing about is invasive plants. Today she received this notice of a seminar at Rutgers on this very topic. If you are interested in learning how you can help in preventing foreign plants and insects from crowding out our natives, please […]