[APWG] FW: Invasive plants

[gg lilly]

Hi,

 

Last month I posted my letter to Mr. Fell that explained the invasiveness of
several plant recommendations in his recent book, The Encyclopedia of Hardy
Plants. 

 

I thought that you would be interested in his response.

 

Happy New Year!

 

Grace Lilly

 

 

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From: Derek Fell [mailto:derekfell at verizon.net] 
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 3:02 PM
To: pembrokes at ne.rr.com
Subject: Invasive plants

 

Thank you for your thorough and thoughtful letter about invasive plants. I
agree that many 'hardy' plants in my book are considered invasive in some
areas, and I could have been more specific in those cases where a serious
problem exists. Your examples about the most problematic would certainly
make the book more useful and I'll have to consider your suggestion if there
is an opportunity to make revisions in the future.

    I did, in fact, consider placing a symbol against a potentially invasive
plant, with a footnote, but my publisher didn't like it because it
complicates matters with foreign distribution. In New Zealand, for example,
where the book has been well received, Russell lupines have been declared an
invasive species, and even in my township a local invasive plants group has
placed bamboo on the list even though there are very few stands of it. They
also debated a long time whether to include wayside daylilies before
deciding that although they were invasive their addition to the list would
be too controversial. 

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