Re: What is this flower

enigma <enigma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote :

> Popcorn Lover <popcorn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:Xns9696EAD08A757popcornN0TSPAMCOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> Ann <annbal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote :
>>
>>> Popcorn Lover <popcorn@xxxxxxxxxxx> expounded:
>>>
>>>>If it's all over the neighborhood already and they think
>>>>it's pretty, they would want it.
>>>
>>> Education is key. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
>>> Purple loosestrife is 'pretty' yet it's decimating our
>>> native wetland plants, like Lobelia cardinalis, the
>>> cardinal flower. I just hate to see anyone spread such an
>>> invasive plant.
>>
>> This isn't the wilds, it's the burbs of Lakewood, Colorado.
>
> right. and it's an *invasive* plant. the point being that you
> canNOT control it's spread.

So what. The world is full of such plants. We have a pretty red-
flowering purslane planted in the garden. So what?

If I wanted, I could plant bamboo that would be "invasive". So
what?

Invasive is just a hardy plant that someone else doesn't like.

> you may think it's pretty, but
> will your neighbors?

Not my problem. I worry about my property.

> how about the people in the next town
> over? or in the next state? you can't keep it from invading
> the wild.

Well here in Colorado the cold weather does a decent job of that.
I'm hardly worried that something is gonna take over the whole
world from my backyard.

> and yes, invasive weeds *do* travel that far. purple
> loosestrife expands it's range at something like 25
> miles/year.

Cool. It's very pretty.

And it's already out there, there isn't a thing anyone can do
about it.

And I want some. :)

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