Re Cyclamen coum as an invasive: in Oswego, NY, it escaped into my lawn and grew lustily and adorably. I then started hastening the process by tossing handfuls of seed around. I like to imagine some future owner (or the current one - it's been almost 5 years) cursing my memory as he pondered "them little pink things" and wondered how to get rid of them.... Ellen Hornig On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote: > Speaking of states that have inexplicable "invasive plant" lists, in > Oregon Cyclamen coum is on the list. > > Jane McGary > > Portland, Oregon, where C. coum has indeed invaded about a meter away. > > > > > On 3/20/2017 4:55 AM, Ellen Hornig wrote: > >> You can't import, sell, trade or distribute plants on the Massachusetts >> prohibited list. If they're already on your property, you aren't obliged >> to eradicate them (and even if you wanted to, good luck! Though I think >> you DO want to eradicate giant hogweed, if you possibly can). >> >> Some of the entries are laughable. Hesperis matronalis? It's already >> everywhere. Regulations will not make a dent. O well. >> >> Ellen (in Massachusetts) >> >> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 7:22 AM, Jane Sargent <jane@deskhenge.com> wrote: >> >> Here are some things I´m apparently not meant to grow. Some of them live >>> outside already, though I didn´t plant them, and the government will just >>> never be able to get rid of them by wishing. One of them (hogweed) was >>> planted here on purpose by the Evil Plantsman, a kind of inlaw who >>> usually >>> dismounts from his car, takes a shovel out of his trunk, and plunders >>> whatever of mine is blooming and rare, without even asking. Perhaps I >>> should extirpate the hogweed, but it reminds me of the Tromso Palm that I >>> so enjoy in northern Norway--might even be the same plant. I don´t know >>> what the government has against the lowly Myosotis or the somewhat >>> tropical >>> iris. >>> >>> My question is whether any of the plants on this list are bulbs I should >>> be steering clear of. >>> >>> Perhaps I should just extirpate the Evil Plantsman, but that´s against >>> the >>> law. >>> >>> http://mass.gov/eea/agencies/… >>> massachusetts-prohibited-plant-list.html >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >>> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Ellen Hornig 212 Grafton St Shrewsbury MA 01545 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/