Andrew wrote;
Of course - but my point was that people tend not to think of 150ft
trees as 'weeds.'
We have small forests of Eucalyptuses and Acacias here, if you'll come get
them, I'm sure I can get some folk to help get the Monterey Pine
back......but from others I've talked to, they'll put up opposition to
removal of their favorite trees, they feel they are welcome immigrants (and
the few who think the yellow flowered nearly impossible to kill Acacia is
nice) Though not all the Yukies here are invasive.
Rhodies were weeds where I grew up, but you had to state that quietly,
they're the state Flower of Washington State, here in Cullyfornia Poppy is
the same, though more appreciated than not.
Periwinkle and Ivy are terrible problems where I live, where the stuff was
planted to brighten up the landscape after the clear cutting and like the
two legged immigrants, never left.
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Andrew Fildes
Of course - but my point was that people tend not to think of 150ft
trees as 'weeds.'
And I have a serious rhododendron in my front garden - about 25ft
high by 20ft dia.
I believe that they were invasive in the English forests, what's left
of them.
You might be surprised by what's considered a noxious weed here.
The usual definition of a weed is broader than just 'wrong place' -
it involves some idea of rampant invasive growth as well.
My immediate list includes -
English Ivy
Agapanthus
Tradescantia
Angle Onion
Blue Periwinkle
Yorkshire Fog (grass)
Oat Grass
Bamboo (various)
'Sycamore maple'
and on and on - some would be welcome elswhere.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 17/03/2007, at 5:22 PM, Scott Peden wrote:
> A weed is something that is growing where you don't want it, to a
> cattle
> farmer, Rhododendrons are weeds.
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