Morning Glories: Prohibited plants ..., 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
And lastly, I need to know about Ipomoea fistulosa ... It's also on the Prohibited plant list for Florida!

Is this the same convolvulaceae species as I. carnea? Are they the same plant or different?

This plant is grown as landscape bushes in Florida. I saw one at Disney World several years ago. I got my seeds from another Floridan. You can buy the seeds and plants at nurseries and online stores in Florida!

I love my little I. carnea bush! It is not aggressive growing. I prune it to get it to become bushier. I can only get seeds if I hand-pollinate the blooms, otherwise no seeds at all. It is slow growing. Does not appear to throw underground runners. So ... why is it on the prohibited list? Anyone know? Or is I. carnea and I. fistulosa two different species?

I would not have ever even known about these plants being prohibited or having a 3 year quarantine period if another member hadn't recently informed me.

And yes! I am making myself very transparent here by bringing this up. But I bet a lot of folks don't know if what they are growing are on the prohibited plant list for their state. I sure didn't!

So if USDA or APHIS wants to pay me a visit, I will welcome them. And while they are here, I would really like to show them the vacant lots surrounding my house. There are somewhere between 30-50 Brazilian Pepper Trees encroaching upon my property. (There are probably over a 1000 total pepper trees growing on those vacant lots!!) And on some of those very invasive trees, I am seeing Virginia Creeper vines attached to and growing right up and along with the Pepper trees! Ack!

My dh and I have to go out there behind our privacy fence and hack back all those trees. We have to do that TWICE a year! My dh is allergic to the sap from those trees and has to wear long sleeves and long pants! And to make matters worse ...those dang Pepper trees drop thousands upon thousands of seeds every year all over my backyard! I hate them!!! It would be so nice to see something done about those horrible trees!! Who do I call???