wildflowers and weeds (was Re: Eggcorn?)

[Duane Campbell]

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> when i had a real garden -- i'm now a container gardener -- i tended
> to work with moderately invasive plants, preferring to chop things
> back rather than nursing them along.  but i definitely had limits,
> and occasionally i made errors.  let me warn everyone against
> houttuynia cordata, for example.  (i grow it in a pot now, where it
> can be safely contained.)

As long as the pot is on six inches of concrete. Put it on the ground and
the Houttynia will escape through the hole and run. Or you can grow it in a
pot without a hole, certain death for most plants but not this one. In fact,
one of the best uses for it is in apot in a small pool. It will grow in
water.

For the record, a weed is a plant out of place, i.e., growing someplace you
don't want it. If your lawn is full of weeds, call it a naturalistic
landscape and enjoy it.

D