Neil. A few ducks will make short work of all your slugs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crawford Neil" <Neil.Crawford@volvo.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:14 AM Subject: [pbs] Worst invasives > Thats funny, here in Western Sweden ivy (Hedera helix) is quite rare > and we're pleased to find ivy growing wild. Scotch broom (Cytisus > scoparius) > is more common but nontheless we were pleased when it turned up in our > garden > a few years ago, bird spread I imagine, it's doing well and as it's > growing in > a wild part it can stay. Our problem-invasives are for instance (I'm sure > I'll > >> >> Incidentally, what are the worst invasives in your area? >> Around here, Scotch >> broom (Cytisus scoparius) and ivy (Hedera helix) are pretty >> bad. Broom has been >> an issue since the 1850s when six of twelve seeds planted at >> Sooke BC by an >> homesick early settler from Scotland germinated one spring, >> but ivy has only >> begun to cause serious trouble in the last ten years or so. >> Sure, it was around >> before then, but you didn't see it taking over the forest >> floor in parks, >> clambering up trees, and so on. >> >> >> >> -- >> Rodger Whitlock >> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada >> Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate >> on beautiful Vancouver Island >> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/