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Begging - Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife Seeds
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meadows 7 (
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Sun, Feb 27, 11 at 22:33
| Does anyone have any Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife seeds available? Unfortunately I do not have anything for trade as this is my first winter sow attempt.
Thanks
Dorothy (Meadow) |
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RE: Begging - Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife Seeds
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| Purple loosestrife is very invasive, a problem all over the country. Karen |
Here is a link that might be useful: purple loosestrife
RE: Begging - Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife Seeds
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| Even anything crossed with it will revert back to loosestrife. Great substitutes would be liatris spicata, lupine, delphiniums, salvia. What happens when plants become invasive is they displace native vegetation and destroy wildlife habitat. One one plant, they produce over 2 million seeds. And once they're in the ground, they are extremely difficult to pull up. |
RE: Begging - Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife Seeds
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| What color butterfly bush are you looking for? I may have some I can send! Jodie |
RE: Begging - Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife Seeds
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| I have some dark purple flowered butterfly bush seeds from this past fall. Email me at my wortk email Kim.Kaplan "at" ars.usda.gov (my home email is wonky again) and I'll give you an address to send a a stamped bubble mailer. Als take a lokk at my list and see if there is anything else you might want. |
RE: Begging - Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife Seeds
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| Dorothy, what kind of loosestrife are you asking about?? There are several genus that are all called loosestrife. Some as stated above are extremely invasive and actually prohibited to sell and distribute. Then there is some that is a totally different genus that is also called loosestrife that aren't invasive. Botanical by any chance?? |
RE: Begging - Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife Seeds
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| It is always good to check your state's list of Exotic Invasives before planting, especially shrubs. This sometimes becomes a problem with plants we love so much we all plant them. Currently Butterfly bush is on the "low threat" list here in NC. Purple loosestrife is listed as a "significant threat". I just yanked all my Nandina domestica "Firepower". I thought the berries were useful as food for birds. What I didn't know was the birds were planting them everywhere and they were choking out natives that have long been food sources for all wildlife. As gardeners we must act responsibly for the environment and try to educate others. Now I have to get off this box and go outside and hug my trees...Linda |
RE: Begging - Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife Seeds
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| What is that nadina that is even worse than firepower?? Oh my word the runners on that bad boy are crazy ridiculous!! I sure can't think of the name of it but it has berries, I wonder if that is the nadina you are referring to linda because if I am not mistaken firepower doesn't produce berries. If so that thing is EXTREMELY invasive around here!! |
RE: Let me rephrase that
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| Let me rephrase that... The nandina plants that we bought from a nursery for my sisters house that were labeled firepower do not produce berries. They are dwarf maybe at the most they get 3 feet high. The nandina I am thinking about that has feet long runners and berries that spread like wildfire gets to be anywhere to 6 to 10 feet tall. Growth of like a short tree large shrub in upright form but only maybe 3 to 4 feet wide and sparse looking. |
RE: Begging - Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife Seeds
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| No I didn't have "Firepower" after all. I had the tall one, Nandina Domestica Thun (thunbergii). They were covered with berries. The Firepower would be a good choice since it doesn't have berries. It turns very red in the fall through winter and stays short- right? Sorry about the error in name. |
RE: Begging - Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife Seeds
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| The firepower does have a beautiful fall color!! Yeah they don't get very tall and there not anywhere as aggressive as the taller one that produces the berries. The only thing I do not like about the firepower is that I can not say they are short lived but they start to look tacky 10 years down the road. They aren't my choice shrub, my sister loves them though. |
RE: Begging - Butterfly Bush or Loosestrife Seeds
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| Kim and Jodie, thank you. I have sent you each an email. Carolyn, I do not know what kind of loosestrife I had in the past but I was given one seedling - I had it for over 8 years and never had a second. Apparently whatever type it was, it was not invasive. |
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