Wanted for trade or postage......Variegated Bishops Weed.
Please dmail me for a list of plants that I have to offer as trade.
thanks,
jane
Wanted.....Variegated Bishops Weed
Hi Jane,
Is this the same as snow on the mountain? If so I have some to trade.
Thanks,Sue
Hi Sue,
Yes........ I think it's the same thing.
Hi Jane,
Great, let's do a trade! I would love to see your trade list. I can send you a nice little package of these.
Thanks,
Sue
Hi Jane,
You have d-mail!
Thanks,
Sue
Jane, I have some varigated bishops weed for trade. What are your trade items. I'm looking for small rock garden plants, such as unusual sedums, dwarf bulbs etc
Y'all, if Bishop's Weed is the same as: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/546/ , then it's got the same gobble-the-planet oompf horizontally as kudzu does vertically (not that kudzu isn't bashful when it comes to the horizontal, either).
Although some of the comments in above link indicate no problem, there are enough battle cries in there for some concern.
This message was edited Jul 20, 2007 8:47 AM
Yes, I'm with Bluespiral on this one!!! I've had this noxious invader and I can't imagine anyone willingly planting it!!
Pat
It has a nicely colored leaf and grows where some other things won't , as long as it you don't plant it where it will over run other plants I believe it can be a nice addition to your landscape.
Having said that I too would like some but only after Jane gets all she wants,If there is enough out there. Thanks Cinda
You are right Gardengus, it is attractive. I THINK perhaps the difference is NOT all the plants pictured and called "Bishop's Weed" are the same thing. The one I had was the first one pictured, posted by Joy. Some of the other do not appear to be identical, but who knows?? I've seen in other's people flower garden's taking to take up every available inch of bare of space. It also tried to invade the parts of my lawn that were not as dense. I had a brick edging boundary but that did not help.
Saying all that, I know I helped a friend move some of my spare ferns and Bishop's weed into a shady area in the far corner of her yard where nothing else seemed to grow. She had NO budget to plant "good stuff" or the capacity to maintain a shade flower garden, so it was a good choice for her.
Pat
It is rampant, but does not (in my experience) run under cement sidewalks, so if you carefully confine it where it cannot spread, you might be ok.
that said, I have some that stays put because it gets treated so badly & periodically run over with the mower.
I had to move to get rid of it! I would never recommend this plant to anyone no matter how pretty it looks.
I understand Bishops Weed is a plant that could very easily become invasive but I still think the beauty of the varigated leaves out weighs the effort of keeping it in control. If I can ever get it started....... I will probably confine it to burried containers. I have several places along the woods line that I really don't care if it overtakes.....in my opinion it would look a lot nicer than the blackberry brier's and weedy stuff that seems to grow there now. Try as I might, I just can't seem to keep the weeds at bay in these areas.
I am actually having trouble even getting it started....so I may never know if it's worth the effort or not.
Thanks for everyone's input...it's good to hear both sides....and who knows in a year or so I may of wished I paid closer attention.
I have it and it's starting to get scary as beautiful as it is. It's hard to get rid of - it even grows under my huge cedar trees.
Kathy
It is a very invasive 'WEED'... lol - at least to me. I had actually received a bunch from a friend's boss that was getting rid of it... well I didn't listen to my mom about it being invasive and I planted it in my flower beds - She still like to still bring that up to me.. lol - Now 5 years later & I am still fighting with that 'Weed' in my flower beds - that and the stupid purple obedient plant... I don't know what is so 'obedient' about it... lol
So all I have to say it plant with caution!
~Kim
This message was edited Aug 14, 2007 10:49 PM
Hey ya'll I could be wrong but I don't think Bishop Weed and Snow on the Mountain are the same plant. Might want to check before you get the wrong one!
I actually don't think they are. Researching . . .
And, I have White Obedient Plant in a bed next to the house. Should I be worried?
Kathy
Okay. It looks like "Snow on the Mountain" is used both to refer to Euphorbia Marginata (picture at http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week274.shtml) and to Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum' (picture at http://www.naturehills.com/new/product/perennialsdetails.aspx?prodid=2717).
Kathy
They look really different from each other. There is also a lot of heigth difference in the two. I have the Euphorbia Marginata and it is beautiful! I think the other is more of a ground cover. Just depends on what you are looking for. ~~Janie
janie1leigh -
I have the aegopodium and, while it starts out pretty low, it gets pretty high if the conditions are right (a little more shade and a little more water). And, when the seed heads pop up (warning: cut these off right away :-)), they are a few inches higher. It's a very pretty plant, but it definitely takes over.
They are very different, that's for sure.
Kathy
The euphorbia grows as an annual here, and readily self sows . It is in the white stage now in late summer., usually very tall around 36''.
The aegopodium, grows as a perennial ground cover about 16'',in shady areas with little or no attention . I have always cut the flower heads off,they seem to distract from the variegated leaves, maybe that is why it seems rather controllable to me.
Cinda
Kathy - I don't have the white Obedient Plant but I heard that it isn't invasive like the purple. But that is all I know.
~Kim
Gardengus - that's good to know. I'll be careful to keep the flower heads off of mine!!
Kimsgardenheave - I'll keep an eye on the obedient plant. I have it in a bed next to the house, so I can at least keep track of it on one side, LOL. It's just good to have a heads up about the purple.
Kathy