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  • From: "Jeffery Blake" <echoecho AT bedford.heartland.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: market-farming Pond Plants
  • Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:41:07 -0500


Its against the law to plant purple loosestrife in many states. I know it
is in Iowa.

I would argue that planting a noxious weed like loosestrife is very,. very
unsustainable.


> Cattails are also edible and ornamental, and they naturalize nicely.
> Horsetail, iris, joe-pye weed, boneset, horseradish, elderberries, and
> rampion are other plants that prefer damp feet. If you're doing pond
> plantings don't neglect Purple Loosestrife.
>






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