Posted by Eddy on March 10, 2008, 6:09 am
Just found this interesting page on New Zealand's Christchurch Council
website. Some people think the plants listed here as weeds are a
delight. However, there is a strong movement in New Zealand to rid
natural areas of non-native species.
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/parks/TheEnvironment/weedguide_weed_of_the_month.asp
At the same site is a guide to Christchurch's magnificent Botanic
Garden. I have never visited a more extensive and splendid Botanic
Garden anywhere on my travels.
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Parks/BotanicGardens/tour.asp
Eddy.
Posted by Stewart Robert Hinsley on March 10, 2008, 6:58 am
>Just found this interesting page on New Zealand's Christchurch Council
>website. Some people think the plants listed here as weeds are a
>delight. However, there is a strong movement in New Zealand to rid
>natural areas of non-native species.
>http://www.ccc.govt.nz/parks/TheEnvironment/weedguide_weed_of_the_month .
>asp
It's been said that if dandelions were a rare, hard to propagate,
Tibetan, plant, then people would rave about them.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley
Posted by Nick Maclaren on March 10, 2008, 7:13 am
|> >Just found this interesting page on New Zealand's Christchurch Council
|> >website. Some people think the plants listed here as weeds are a
|> >delight. However, there is a strong movement in New Zealand to rid
|> >natural areas of non-native species.
|> >
|> >http://www.ccc.govt.nz/parks/TheEnvironment/weedguide_weed_of_the_month .
|> >asp
|>
|> It's been said that if dandelions were a rare, hard to propagate,
|> Tibetan, plant, then people would rave about them.
Not to say greater (and even field) bindweed! Curiously, they ARE
tricky to propagate - which is quite startling, considering how hard
they are to get rid of.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Posted by Stewart Robert Hinsley on March 10, 2008, 8:30 am
>|> >Just found this interesting page on New Zealand's Christchurch Council
>|> >website. Some people think the plants listed here as weeds are a
>|> >delight. However, there is a strong movement in New Zealand to rid
>|> >natural areas of non-native species.
>|> >
>|> >http://www.ccc.govt.nz/parks/TheEnvironment/weedguide_weed_of_the_month .
>|> >asp
>|>
>|> It's been said that if dandelions were a rare, hard to propagate,
>|> Tibetan, plant, then people would rave about them.
>Not to say greater (and even field) bindweed! Curiously, they ARE
>tricky to propagate - which is quite startling, considering how hard
>they are to get rid of.
>Regards,
>Nick Maclaren.
Not to mention the American attitude to Paulownia tomentosa (foxglove
tree) and Ailanthus (?altissima) (tree of heaven).
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley
Posted by Alan Jones on March 10, 2008, 9:43 am
>>Just found this interesting page on New Zealand's Christchurch Council
>>website. Some people think the plants listed here as weeds are a delight.
>>However, there is a strong movement in New Zealand to rid natural areas of
>>non-native species.
>>
>>http://www.ccc.govt.nz/parks/TheEnvironment/weedguide_weed_of_the_month .
>>asp
> It's been said that if dandelions were a rare, hard to propagate, Tibetan,
> plant, then people would rave about them.
My late grandfather, a keen gardener, greatly admired dandelions, and
usually allowed at least one to grow to full maturity in a pathway as if it
were a cultivated plant, carefully weeding round it. Grow - but not seed!
Alan Jones
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>website. Some people think the plants listed here as weeds are a
>delight. However, there is a strong movement in New Zealand to rid
>natural areas of non-native species.
>http://www.ccc.govt.nz/parks/TheEnvironment/weedguide_weed_of_the_month .
>asp