UK gardening - Garden escapes [Was:Re: Tomato plants rotting?]

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Garden escapes [Was:Re: Tomato plants rotting?]

Mike Lyle

2005-09-30, 9:21 am

Malcolm wrote:
> In article <433c76b2$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, JP in Lon
> <noone@tisali.co.uk> writes
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> Tomato seeds are capable of passing through the guts of birds (1)
and
> still being viable, so I would guess one hitched a lift into your
> garden.
>
> (1) And humans! [...]

So much so that the Collins Field Guide to Wild Flowers lists, and
even illustrates, it as "a widespread escape from cultivation". This
kind of thing happens quite often, though the escapes don't tend to
establish viable populations. I got my first peony that way, though I
had to move house before it flowered.

A propos, how long have those Michaelmas daisies been growing beside
the M1?

--
Mike.

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