[APWG] Invasive plants

[steveyoung at aol.com]

 Hi Grace, again, good for you that you wrote your letter to Derek Fell, and I find his response at least somewhat encouraging. This is an example of the ongoing efforts we need to make toward education on the invasives problem. Thanks again for your efforts, Happy New Year also, and cheers,

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From: gg lilly <pembrokes at ne.rr.com>
To: 'Wayne Tyson' <landrest at cox.net>; steveyoung at aol.com; apwg at lists.plantconservation.org
Sent: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 4:58 pm
Subject: FW: Invasive plants





























Hi,



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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. 



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I thought that you would be interested in
his response.



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Happy New Year!



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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






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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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