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THE REGISTER-GUARD•SUNDAY,APRIL 7,2002
<br /> IVY •I ♦ .1. Continued from Page1OA
<br /> on Jan. 28, nurseries burned or • / G�� I!
<br /> otherwise destroyed thousands of Eugene-Springfield homeowners /
<br /> plants-although some are risking ,f.,,� t"°r" would .follow his example and K rz
<br /> a civil penalty while they're ® ,,-y- 4.+'`r mulch over their lawns and put in j 4, 4 ,
<br /> for their remaining stock waitingto sell. j .a--� �. ..,$•,. native mosses,grasses and berries. k ,i,11.4..,,-.,'e:9 t i' -
<br /> The maximum fine is stock �� T,ti - 3,�-,7'j " ,-- Ninety percent of nursery stock , s ip j «�..�
<br /> Native plant society members I „� would be propagated from plants ' • z i+ ,
<br /> couldn't be happier about '6•. � �N s> t -t ..„...'e,, ; native—not just to Oregon—but a.€ d iJ
<br /> commandeering the state's r �rj ,, to the Willamette Valley,preferably r;;;:,;..i../.y • '• 'r> ] '° fi'
<br /> regulatory 4 the Southern Willamette Valley. L $. »
<br /> gu y guns in their war '/ ..� i ,.� - _f t
<br /> '.against ivy. + . Apr He'd allow for a few supplemental rt
<br /> Although it doesn't get the ivy ,pt exotic pleasure plants, tulips•
<br /> out of the woods, the quarantine - !,- _` A� perhaps, as long as they were ' • r • '�
<br /> �� proven not to spreadwild. s
<br /> means that the battle is seen as - t. in the t
<br /> legitimate. It's no longer for the _ - - Aguirre, the nurseryman, says S
<br /> "ecofreaks”alone, Cook says. "It's that would eliminate virtually all ' - '
<br /> in the mainstream now." nursery stock. v
<br /> This is a major step forward, - "There's clearly a dividing line r 4�'
<br /> says Diedrich, the No Ivy League " '! between gardeners who want a full R HLLu"x•-,w 'DIRECT
<br /> founder. "It's kind of like palette of plants,and gardeners— "Good timing is always OFFICE
<br /> righteousness." _. a - you might" characterize them as an important factor in 284-
<br /> NICOLEOeerrOtmeeegieler-Goers environmentalist—who are of the the marketplace.Coll
<br /> Establishing a precedent? Volunteers,including Rosa Gonzalez,recently worked to clear mind that only native plants should nre today for a property 4126
<br /> the poor nursery owners part of Hendricks Park of-ivy that is choking off other plants, be used,"Aguirre says.
<br /> Newhouse agrees, analysis and consultation-
<br /> Pitywho are caught in the crossfire inno cost or obligation" .74.__
<br /> this war on ivy. BEATING�� "Yeah,if noxious weeds are on „�,,�, /t v✓+'V
<br /> They're people such as Mary and your'palette'it probably shouldn't
<br /> Milt Decker,who've just celebrated Plant experts offer no easy way to get rid of ivy.It has no natural pests,its be there," he says. "I want the
<br /> their rd year in the nursery waxy leaves resist herbicides,and poison strong enough to kill It will wipe health of the ecosystem to take
<br /> business they bought in their early Out everything else around.The only alternative is to grub it out precedence over human aesthetics."
<br /> Recipes i n si d
<br /> 20s and built into a 10-acre success ■Cut from trees:Clip each vine at shoulder and ankle height.Pull what
<br /> in Alvadore,northwest of Eugene. , you can from the trunk.Ivy vines higher up will die without roots in the
<br /> For a quarter-century or more, ground.This stops the vine from reproducing.' ; ' r. 1 21
<br /> they've propagated English ivy, ■Don't be Intimidated:Pick a spot in the mass.Get on your hands and 1- YQ,- Mill�ei sal
<br /> growing and selling 300 to 400 flats knees,cut out a section and—starting on one end—pull and roll the x tar
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<br /> a year,which they sold to the city, mass like a big carpet. `' A/
<br /> county and state as well as their II Be careful:Delicately clip around the native plants that have managed AV yv A OF SDE'.
<br /> retail customers—at$16.99 a flat to survive and lift the rolled mass over them.
<br /> or$1.99 an individual plant.
<br /> Mary Decker, a warm woman ■Timing is Important:In the forest,you don't want to pull ivy in the late 5-P I CE OAK 1 Solid Oak Ll;
<br /> who wears white sneakers,a pastel winter and spring if there are any native plants at all hanging on.The DINING ^/(� FiN'I'ERTAINMENT ('
<br /> pantsuit and a gold cross around young starts will be trampled.It is best pulled in fall after the rains start. 2f61 Jy
<br /> her neck, eyed about 150 English ■Make a long-term commitment:After Initial pulling,annual follow-ups PKG. 1 11E
<br /> ivy seedlings—the vestiges of a are needed to get the re sprouts. Includes: CENTER
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<br /> plant that helped build a life for her I I Check.out these Web sites: •42"Table with !
<br /> family.
<br /> ��„l �I'�� •Laquer Finish
<br /> "I don't have time to worry www.nolvyleague.com(includes photo illustration onremoval methods) •4 A mw_ 'I�h . •smoked
<br /> about that. I have so many other www ci.eugene.or.us/pw/parks/hendricks/volunteechtm l r -..4i---,------ 111' Glass
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<br /> things to worry about,” she says. www.npS.gOv/plants/alien/fact/hehel.htm Chairs •Holds p:
<br /> "It's a nice cash crop, but we'll
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<br /> work on something else." GOOD PLANTS,BAD PLANTS wa rm `'1�r�l 9
<br /> Besides, Decker says, she hadd "`666 ,'...
<br /> •Most pernicious plants:
<br /> '.: her own skirmish with ivy after 1.Himalaya blackberry i
<br /> plating it on a fencepost two years 2.Scotch broom(mre orrectlyre rcalled Scot's broom)rectly called n blackberry) Solid OakAS r Half Hex
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<br /> "It plants itself on your house 3.Regli canarygrass BOOKCASES I CURIOS
<br /> and leaves ridges where it tries[0 4.English ivy :�I Starting f��i fl, C lel l7 •
<br /> cling en the walls,"she says."I'm 5:Pennyroyal • 110.K61] I! •Lighted
<br /> •Good native substitutes: Wirh Lock
<br /> still trying to get it out." l ' h
<br /> The Oregon Association of 1.Pacific serviceberry,a medium-size shrub that attracts birds and I/r •Mirrored Back
<br /> Nurserymen chose not to oppose butterflies V
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<br /> the state's decision to ban the sale 2.Red flowering currant,good for hummingbirds if iid L' ��IL
<br /> of English ivy,Executive Director 3.Checkermallow,a leafy plant that attracts butterflies 2 3 .)
<br /> John Aguirre says. 4.Woods or hroadpetal strawberry,a toes-growing plant that provides _lAk=�fiul ' rs �,I ''
<br /> Nurserymen know the excellent round cover f �_t`i..
<br /> aggressive properties of the plant, 5.Mule's ears,a perennial that's also known as wyethia ' -
<br /> but they were spooked by the idea •Where to find them
<br /> 90 DAYS�� LAS CAS
<br /> of allowing a precedent to get Lorene Hills Farm and Nursery,344-8943
<br /> established in the fertile soil of Balance Restoration Nursery,Cottage Grove,942-5530 S.A.TT
<br /> urban environmentalism. Doak Creek Native Plant Nursery,Eugene,484-9206 II ) iS
<br /> "Where does this stop?"Aguirre Trillium Gardens,Pleasant Hill,937-3073
<br /> says. "What's disturbing isn't so Down to Earth,Eugene,342-6820 •
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<br /> much the regulatory process, it's y (99N&c8eltbnel - QCIaL�J; �"24�7ZZ�7'L
<br /> more the fickle winds of public •Oregon Association of Nurserymen:Log onto www.nurseryguide.com §: 68¢2772. SHOP:Mon:Thurs,106••Friday 10-4•Sunday
<br /> opinion,and when will an advocacy and search the nurserymen's handy online"Directory and Buyers Guide,"
<br /> group again target another plant?" which features 25,000 plant listings,3,500 varieties and the 500 growers
<br /> The nurserymen's fears are who produce them.
<br /> i justified.Banning English ivy was ■City brochure:Get your copy of"Native Plant Alternatives for T E
<br /> big, Diedrich says. But now ivy Landscaping"by calling 682-4800. H L
<br /> activists will push incrementally
<br /> until all the non-native varieties of
<br /> ivy are "bontana nongrata," she native willows that the butterflies Then, what about lawns, the
<br /> says. feed on in the larval stage. grass monoculture that's as much
<br /> Next, the plant society would The butterfly bush offers the of a desert as an ivy field? "It's
<br /> • like to talk about the butterfly insect empty calories, Newhouse worthless. It's basically carpeting
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<br /> bush, which is spreading to the says."It's candy.It's superfluous," outdoors,"Newhouse says.
<br /> river banks and squeezing out the he says. In Newhouse's dreams,
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<br /> Time: 7:00pm,April 8,2002
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