tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post4296993556272146495..comments2024-03-01T20:10:19.114-08:00Comments on ROCK ROSE: A NOXIOUS WEEDRock rose http://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-53421035425225032862008-08-30T15:44:00.000-07:002008-08-30T15:44:00.000-07:00I had some in my garden when I arrived here. It bl...I had some in my garden when I arrived here. It bloomed last year and seems to be able to subsist without watering. I have not noticed it spreading and I've been here five years now. Perhaps it is an invasive in a more congenial environment but it's not my experience. I transplanted some to a flower bed and will watch carefully for signs of invasion as it's only been there two years.Wooded Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08256269077808570398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-38583682956571432042008-08-25T03:06:00.000-07:002008-08-25T03:06:00.000-07:00Oh, I remember when I did the same thing with Miss...Oh, I remember when I did the same thing with Missouri primrose in my Wisconsin garden. It was small consolation that the primrose had spread densely enough to keep out the encroaching lawn. ;PLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233060833186241702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-66200948075159853042008-08-23T13:54:00.000-07:002008-08-23T13:54:00.000-07:00I am going to do my best to get it out. I'm sure t...I am going to do my best to get it out. I'm sure that's about as easy as the pink primrose which I have also been working on for years.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-33742541975837500132008-08-21T17:48:00.000-07:002008-08-21T17:48:00.000-07:00Oh - Evil St. John's Wort!! We had that stuff back...Oh - Evil St. John's Wort!! We had that stuff back home in the Northwest and it took over like nothing you have ever seen! It rivaled English Ivy in its invasiveness. Once those runners get in the ground, you will never get them out.It DID have these pretty yellow flowers on it all summer though...Lee17https://www.blogger.com/profile/13585316725404778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-37018789801158893972008-08-20T18:59:00.000-07:002008-08-20T18:59:00.000-07:00I had some Hypericum prolificum shrubs, I think th...I had some <I>Hypericum prolificum</I> shrubs, I think the variety was 'Sunburst' and they were very pretty. Bluish-green foliage, bright yellow flowers that turned a chocolate brown as the seeds formed. I loved them! But sadly they were attached by bagworms and died. Perhaps that's what you saw growing in St. Louis.<BR/><BR/>I have some of this 'noxious weed', too, but have contained it to one Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-41303858123391245242008-08-20T07:00:00.000-07:002008-08-20T07:00:00.000-07:00I might be inclined to like it better if it would ...I might be inclined to like it better if it would just flower. It has been 3 years and nothing so far. I think I just have the wrong variety. n ancient times it was supposed to ward off evil.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-58771227572899669532008-08-19T22:53:00.000-07:002008-08-19T22:53:00.000-07:00It is pretty, and isn't a health cure of some kind...It is pretty, and isn't a health cure of some kind? Maybe you can bottle it up and sell it!<BR/>AiyanaAiyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525758484165324330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-64612095290815751152008-08-19T20:49:00.000-07:002008-08-19T20:49:00.000-07:00Oh, but it is so very pretty. I was coveting a var...Oh, but it is so very pretty. I was coveting a variety I saw on my East Coast trip this summer. Can it be contained by planting it in a pot with the bottom cut out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com