Weedy Ornithagalum

Blee811@aol.com Blee811@aol.com
Wed, 10 May 2006 21:23:41 PDT
 
In a message dated 5/10/2006 5:33:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
dells@voicenet.com writes:

Ditto  for me, a noxious, obnoxious, toxic weed. But the deer don't eat  it.


===>I have it in every bed and in the grass too. The bloom is pretty,  but 
the plant is terrible. I keep a large bucket beside me when I weed and every  
bulb of this I dig out goes in the bucket, ultimately to go in the garbage. I  
don't want to risk getting it into the compost too.
 
I believe I have also either read or been told that it may harbor narcissus  
viruses, another reason to rogue it out mercilessly. I think if you work  
diligently on it with a deep trowel and weeder, you may eradicate it in 25 years  
or so.
 
Bill Lee--in Cincinnati


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