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Bestofour
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Member # 1423

posted

That it will take over and crowd out everything. It's so pretty. Is it true?

[ 04-30-2005, 04:38 AM: Message edited by: Bill ]

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Plants: 3667 | From: Monroe, NC | Registered: Aug 2003 | Seeded: 64.12.116.68

weezie13
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Member # 772

posted

That's Transcendia/Spiderwort..
Come's in a couple of colors..
Purple, Hot Pink, White..and maybe blue>??

I have never heard of it being a bad plant,
other than it gets gangley looking, or lays down.

I've read you can get one of those flower holder uppers, a thing you stick over it before it starts to grow and the plant grows up between it
and it holds it up....

Weezie

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Weezie

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Bestofour
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Member # 1423

posted

Thanks Bill. What did I do wrong and why does it say 4/30 AM when it's really 4/29 PM?

And thanks Weezie. This plant just showed up, in a couple of places. I don't remember planting it. I'm happy to keep it. It's pretty.

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obywan59
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posted

Weezies right, I've seen it growing wild along the Appalachian Trail.

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Terry

May the force be with you

Plants: 1370 | From: Copper Hill, Virginia | Registered: Apr 2004 | Seeded: 207.69.136.204

tkhooper
Official Blabber Mouth
Member # 4875

posted

Cool God sent you a present. I like the flower it's pretty.

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Gardencrazy
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Member # 709

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I have had it in my gardens in 3 different locations for several years now and it seems to actually be a well behaved plant. It doesn't seem to reseed babies all over the place or nothing.
IMHO it is a nice addition.

Gardencrazy [flower]

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Plants: 1002 | From: Virginia USA | Registered: Apr 2003 | Seeded: 216.145.85.130

phoenix
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Member # 4950

posted

THOSE ARE SOO PRETTY. WHEN I WAS A LITTLE CHILD WE LIVED ON A LAKE IT WAS GROWING EVERYWHERE

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Plants: 2418 | From: Pawtucket R.I. | Registered: Mar 2005 | Seeded: 68.163.252.194

Bestofour
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Member # 1423

posted

Thanks everyone. It's staying.

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melcon6
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Member # 85

posted

Yes, spiderwort, I have it in pink. My friend always called it "mother-in-law's tongue". It can be invasive, mine spreads by runners underground. Personally, invasive to me means lots of divisions to fill my yard up with gardens or plants to give my friends!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!!!!!!!

Plants: 3901 | From: Coastal Maine | Registered: Sep 2002 | Seeded: 216.195.147.190

afgreyparrot
Official Problem Child
Member # 1991

posted

quote:
lots of divisions to fill my yard up with gardens or plants to give my friends!

Hey, friend! [wayey]

Send me some of that and I'll send you something good!
[grin]

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rozy221
Dream Gardener
Member # 3850

posted

I agree-I had some sprout up on me a few years ago-actually, I think I had been pulling it up before that, thinking it was a weed. It seems to travel, whether by seeds or roots, and the clumps get bigger over time, but it's a nice little plant. Pretty flowers, nice filler, and I read that if you cut down the foliage after it finishes flowering, it will reflower in the early fall-mine regrew, but didn't flower. I'd keep it definately!

Plants: 236 | From: Coastal CT | Registered: Oct 2004 | Seeded: 64.252.69.211

Bestofour
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Member # 1423

posted

Cindy, I tried to PM you that I'd send you some of the plant but I got an error. I'm not sure if it's my computer, which has been acting wierd or the forum, but I get an error no matter what I tried to post today. Anyway try to send me your address and I'll send it.

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