Re: [CH] Companion planting to fight aphids
raincrone@juno.com
Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:14:43 -0500
> Oh, not morning glories! Ack! Those are one of the most >annoying
persistant plants I've ever fought with.
I don't know what kinds you're growing that are this unmanageable, or
where you live, but I've never had a problem with my hybrid types, mainly
Heavenly Blues and Pearly Gates, as opposed to the wild ones (and I
confess, I like even those.) True, you have to train 'em a bit, but
that's as simple as making sure they have something sturdy to climb on
and then periodically taking any wandering tendrils and draping 'em back
over that.
>I've been fighting some crawling up
> the front of my house (rented) for 6 years now.
Gawds, why fight 'em?!? They're gorgeous. If you have something that
pretty that _wants_ to decorate the front of your house, why
on earth not let it? I mean, gee, there's no blue in creation more
purely happy-making than the color of Heavenly Blues; even delphiniums
don't compare. And most of the others are nearly as lovely; the sheer
rice-papery elegance of Pearly Gates early in the morning will knock your
socks off, and the drama of Kniola's Purple-Black or dark-blue Grandpa
Ott's mixed into a stand of nearly any other color MG is wonderful.
Keep on rockin',
Rain, morning-glory freak
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