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  • From: Lon Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Shrub with blue berries
  • Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:15:46 -0700

Actually, it's the birds that spread the plant so well. A great number of plants that have evolved with birds have fruits that attract them and seeds that can withstand a trip through their gut. In most cases, that even increases the germination of the seed. It's just that seedlings may not always show up right away. In many species, seed can lie dormant in the soil for years until conditions for germination are right. Then they show up in masses all at once. That was exactly what happened here in Oregon with multiflora rose. It was thought to be safe because no one found seedlings for a long time. But when a springtime came along that gave the right conditions for the seed to germinate, suddenly there were seedlings anywhere birds had roosted.

On Oct 15, 2004, at 1:10 PM, <miranda@tagoresmith.com> wrote:

Hens ran under the privet hedge that I knew and loved, so between them and the flocks of songbirds that fed on the berries in the winter, there was never a chance for invasiveness.





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