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Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 14, 2012 at 9:44am

Thanks Michael. Yes, one must be careful when transporting plants and animals. Think kudzu.

Comment by Steph S. on May 14, 2012 at 7:59am

I have some blackberries and other pictures from my yard. I just need to transfer the pictures from the camera to the computer. I'll post them here for all of you!

Comment by Michael R Mills on May 14, 2012 at 6:13am

Category 1 plants are

Invasive exotics that are altering native plant communities by displacing native species, changing community structures or ecological functions, or hybridizing with natives. This definition does not rely on the economic severity or geographic range of the problem, but on the documented ecological damage caused.

http://www.fleppc.org/list/11list.html

Comment by Joan Denoo on May 13, 2012 at 10:05pm

I have two kinds of compost: one is covered and I use for kitchen vegetables and fruit waste; the other is open and I throw garden waste in there and eggs shells. I often find the open compost disturbed and broken egg shells scattered around the ground, probably by  birds; I have seen birds eating egg shells at the feeding station. 

Comment by Joan Denoo on May 13, 2012 at 9:57pm

Dallas, thank you for The Natural History of the Chicken"; I sent it off for my grandsons to see. 

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 13, 2012 at 5:50pm

Is catagory 1 bad or not so bad? It probably grows rapidly down in Florida, with all that humidity. I wonder if it is truly from Mexico, or if this is one of those names that got applied for no apparant reason. (Which sometimes happens, I think, to plants and animals.)

Comment by Joan Denoo on May 13, 2012 at 5:36pm

Dallas, I ran across this article which confirms much of what you told us about Mexican petunia. At first I thought I might like it, but not if it so easily seeds. It grown in zone 5, if Dave's garden is correct, although he was describing Ruellia humilis, not Mexican petunia  (Ruellia brittoniana), which is on Category I list for the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (EPPC).

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 13, 2012 at 3:33pm

Great way to describe them.

Comment by Sentient Biped on May 13, 2012 at 3:05pm

One of my neighbors had a Gunnera.  It looks Jurassic, which I like.  Another had a hardy banana, which also looked like it should be harboring a Brachiosaurus.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 11, 2012 at 9:17am

Something else I'd love to plant. So impressive. The Gunnera:

 

 

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