Thanks--that is good information. As much time as I
have spent over the years battling invasive plants, I wouldn't want to introduce
another one. Guess I'll abandon the idea of Akebia.
What I'd really like is a plant that has intensely
fragrant flowers for a long season, and which is easy to grow. I know
about honeysuckle, but it grows wild everywhere already, so I don't care to
plant it. I won't have a fence for it anyway. Can anyone recommend a
good plant for my area? I'll be in a well-drained, clayey soil over
limestone in zone 6. I may try to propagate some of my Viburnum judii
plants and take them with me, but they only bloom in early spring. I'd
love to have fragrant summer flowers. (I don't want kiwis--they are too
much work!)
Eddie Earles
> Eddie, > > I see that Chocolate vine (Akebia) is
classed as an invasive in the state of > Kentucky. I have one
that's been growing a couple years out back and it's > looking pretty
invasive here in Mississippi. I will probably have to hit it > with
glyphosate. > > Bob Kelly > Aberdeen, Mississippi (Zone
7B/8A) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From:
<jas39a@earthlink.net> > To:
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> >
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 6:34 AM > Subject: [NAFEX] Akebia
vines > > > >I will be moving to a new property soon, and
am thinking about what to > >plant. I like fragrant flowers, and
the Akebia vines in the Raintree > >catalogue cot my eye. >
>