tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205789828720292919.post8862340912713696138..comments2023-05-07T05:45:56.854-04:00Comments on The Violet Fern: Going Native: BellflowerKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694829333592209275noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205789828720292919.post-36009269382464097752010-09-21T09:36:42.921-04:002010-09-21T09:36:42.921-04:00Thank you for stopping by and commenting. It is in...Thank you for stopping by and commenting. It is interesting to read your views on going native. I feel we can strive to be native but nature, by nature, will be introducing and spreading herself around anyway. Michael Pollan makes a similar point in his book the Botany of Desire. That bellflower is looking pretty on purpose so we don't pull it up - interesting, yes? And Jean makes a valid argument on how do we define native? If a plant has naturalized here for a hundred years or more and is in balance with the environment, is it still not native? I am pretty sure what I have is not creeping bellflower because they do pull up easily and as long as I don't let them go to seed, they behave quite well.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07694829333592209275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205789828720292919.post-91116380557526812002010-09-11T10:58:22.875-04:002010-09-11T10:58:22.875-04:00Hello Violet Fern, I think it is lovely you have n...Hello Violet Fern, I think it is lovely you have named your blog after your grandmother. I too fall in a similar place as you in regards to natives. I add more native to this country each year... but will never give up my peonies and other lovely plants that manage to survive in my jungle. I have inherited some nasty invasives that are impossible to be rid of... such as bishops weed. You bring up a very interesting point with this post. Lovely sun lit bells! ;>)Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067132532095325169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205789828720292919.post-65786186446785840962010-09-10T11:31:03.868-04:002010-09-10T11:31:03.868-04:00I'm all for growing wildflowers -- native or n...I'm all for growing wildflowers -- native or not -- in the garden, so long as they're not invasive exotics that damage local ecosystems.<br />The problem I have with a purist natives-only position is that plants and ecosystems are dynamic, not static. At what point do we freeze the frame and say, 'okay, plants that were here at this time are natives?' In the northeast US, are we talking about only those plants that colonized this area in, say, the 1st 100 years after the glaciers retreated? the first 1000 years? What about plants that arrived with the first "native" settlers? What about those that were brought here by the first European settlers and have naturalized? <br /> So I guess the question I would be asking about your bellflowers are: Will they spread and force out other plants that you want to keep in your garden? Will they escape from your garden and do damage to regional ecosystems? Good luck figuring out what you've got and what to do with it. -JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205789828720292919.post-47027858548423828422010-09-09T19:56:13.131-04:002010-09-09T19:56:13.131-04:00now this is a topic close to my heart. There are n...now this is a topic close to my heart. There are noxious weeds that are beautiful and we should definitely avoid them. But as for natives or no - give me multiculturalism any day.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205789828720292919.post-17458202008431541462010-09-09T17:36:20.809-04:002010-09-09T17:36:20.809-04:00I'm sorry to hear you have this plant!
I just...I'm sorry to hear you have this plant!<br /><br />I just did a post last week on getting rid of it (it took me 3 years in my yard)<br /><br />Heather<br />RestoringTheLandscape.comHeather Holmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614164765858960174noreply@blogger.com