tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post7158217117078061811..comments2023-09-20T11:00:37.211-05:00Comments on The Phytophactor: Never plant this plant #1 - plume poppyThe Phytophactorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064894836161407416noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-50776530123111612192011-10-30T17:19:54.707-05:002011-10-30T17:19:54.707-05:00Houttuynia is definitely on my list, although pres...Houttuynia is definitely on my list, although presently growing within a concrete confinement where little else grew.The Phytophactorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064894836161407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-74197607107749335002011-10-30T12:46:49.229-05:002011-10-30T12:46:49.229-05:00After nearly 30 years, our lily of the valley has ...After nearly 30 years, our lily of the valley has taken over a dry shade area and is most welcome there. I love its tight-knit carpeting and the spring fragrance. Control is easy. (On the other hand, a much younger clump of the double-flowered form ranges far and wide in its offsets and so far just looks scruffy, although not a true pest.) I think we've tilled this patch before, but my all-time most hated plant is <i>Houttuynia cordata</i>. The plant is stinky when pulled, the blossoms are insignificant, it crowds in the most unwelcome places, and it responds to just about every herbicide I've reluctantly tried (including 2,4-D) as though it only had a bad cold, rather than with the death rattle I hope for. I've fought it for over 20 years. All because I fell for some catalogue hype. Talk about youthful indiscretion!Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-22486922100424938182011-10-29T17:00:58.929-05:002011-10-29T17:00:58.929-05:00I'm sorry to hear . . . most of that, actually...I'm sorry to hear . . . most of that, actually. I'm fond of sycamores (never owned one, though), and lily of the valley (we inherited some as well), and had been admiring some plume poppies a year or two ago.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.com