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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Would
you consider Butterfly Bush invasive (or, likely to be invasive) in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Hampshire</st1:place></st1:State>?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> The United
States Department of Agriculture - <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New
Hampshire</st1:place></st1:State> NRCS & the Cheshire County Conservation
District - just released the information below. I’m not a botanist nor am
I working in the field. Yet, from the reading that I have done about Butterfly
Bush, I think that the wide-scale planting of Butterfly Bush in one particular <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">county</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">New Hampshire</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> would be a mistake. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> What is
also difficult to understand is why the National Resources Conservation Service,
with a mandate to conserve each state’s soil, water, and other natural
resources, would sell a non-native plant known to invasive in several states
that are in different hardiness zones.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Thank
you for your help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=5
face=Garamond-Bold><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Garamond-Bold;
font-weight:bold'>2009 Conservation Plant <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sale</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=5
face=Garamond-Bold><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Garamond-Bold;
font-weight:bold'>Cheshire County Conservation District<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 face=Garamond-Bold><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;font-family:Garamond-Bold;font-weight:bold'>Plant Descriptions &
Other Offerings<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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18.0pt;font-family:Garamond-Bold;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2009 Conservation Plant <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sale</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cheshire County Conservation
District<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Plant Descriptions & Other Offerings</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Buddleia </span></font></i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Butterfly Bush<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Colorful attractive arching shrub
with 4-6" panicles of fragrant flowers in midsummer that are guaranteed to
attract zillions of butterflies,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>bees and hummingbirds. In <st1:place
w:st="on">New England</st1:place> treat it as an herbaceous perennial. Cut it
to the ground in early spring—or just let<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>it die back—and it will bloom
again on new wood come summer. Reblooms throughout the summer if spent flowers
are cut. Recommended<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>for shrub or perennial borders.
Grey-green foliage. Easy to transplant. Very adaptable but begs for full sun.
The renowned<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>plantsman <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Michael</st1:PersonName>
Dirr is a big fan of Buddleia. Usually considered to be a Zone 5 plant though
it may do well in Zone 4.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(well-rooted crowns)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>B. davidii </span></font></i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>‘Bicolor’ </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>6-8' x same. Selection of Honeycomb.
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Michael</st1:PersonName> Dirr intro. Each two-toned
panicle includes both butterscotch<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>yellow and lavender flowers. Compact
habit. ME Grown.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4990 Bicolor Butterfly Bush, $14.00<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>B. d. </span></font></i><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>‘Potter’s Purple’</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<a href="http://www.nh.nrcs.usda.gov/"></a></span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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