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Author Garden: virginia creeper Carly Garden Pro! Member # 3052 posted                       I pulled a leaf outta' this slope down the street - this stuff sprawls all over the sidewalk every summer - the people never trim it. I just don't have the nerve to put my hand in there and grab a big root of it. I'm thinking of marching up to their door and asking if I can have the honour of thinning the stuff for them, 'cause it might make some nice ground cover on our lot.l I might even get the gumption to traipse in there tonight and ask the people. [ February 27, 2007, 04:07 AM: Message edited by: Jiffymouse ] * * * * When sorting seeds, do not whistle. Plants: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.194.112.206 Carly Garden Pro! Member # 3052 posted                       Gotta' bring this up, or it will get pushed to the second page. * * * * When sorting seeds, do not whistle. Plants: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.194.112.206 duckie Garden Pro! Member # 2067 posted                       looks like virginia creeper.my neighbors were wiggin' out about it,they thought it was poison ivy. http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/virginia_creeper.htm * * * * Plants: 1042 | From: Missouri | Registered: Mar 2004  |  Seeded: 64.192.65.168 Carly Garden Pro! Member # 3052 posted                       So, according to that page, it's not a good idea to cultivate the stuff, good ground cover or not. * * * * When sorting seeds, do not whistle. Plants: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.194.112.206 duckie Garden Pro! Member # 2067 posted                       hmmmmm......good question.I guess it just depends on location. I wouldn't want it in my perennial beds or my vegetable/flower gardens. But it is a very pretty ground cover between the trees in our park. And yes ,it will go up the trees.But so what?I hope no one (numbfuts)blasts them with chems,thinking it's poison ivy. sorry,personal rant * * * * Plants: 1042 | From: Missouri | Registered: Mar 2004  |  Seeded: 64.192.65.168 MaryReboakly Garden Pro! Member # 5551 posted                       I'm with you on that duckie - yaknow how many people around here call it PI? These are people who've been around it their whole lives...and here's me, this city slicker, telling em it's not. Seems like they do grow together though - so be careful that there's no PI in the area when you're messin with it. We have a bunch of va creeper on our fence, and it looks nice...it turns red in fall so it's nice pretty much 3 seasons. * * * * Plants: 1561 | From: z6 S. Illinois | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 66.82.9.48 Carly Garden Pro! Member # 3052 posted                       OK - I'm going to put my sneakers on right now and go down there armed with my knife, clippers, etc. It's Sunday morning - 11:15 a.m. I'll let ya' know how I make out. * * * * When sorting seeds, do not whistle. Plants: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.194.112.206

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