Comments on: Wild Petunia vs. Mexican Petunia http://thenaturejunkie.com/2010/06/04/wildpetunia/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:00:39 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kristie http://thenaturejunkie.com/2010/06/04/wildpetunia/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Kristie Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:09:31 +0000 http://thenaturejunkie.com/?p=330#comment-61 ha! Yes, they are beautiful indeed. It is understandable that people would buy the non native version and think nothing of it. I would have done the same thing not too long ago! People need to be educated so that they can make the right decision for the health of the plants in their yard and see the outcomes if they do. It will be much easier to maintain and will attract butterflies and birds right in their very own yards :) ha! Yes, they are beautiful indeed. It is understandable that people would buy the non native version and think nothing of it. I would have done the same thing not too long ago! People need to be educated so that they can make the right decision for the health of the plants in their yard and see the outcomes if they do. It will be much easier to maintain and will attract butterflies and birds right in their very own yards :)

]]> By: Kristie http://thenaturejunkie.com/2010/06/04/wildpetunia/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Kristie Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:04:11 +0000 http://thenaturejunkie.com/?p=330#comment-60 Wilma, Yes, that's exactly the trick to invasives! They are fine and controlled in their homeland, but you uproot them and change their habitat and they will flourish. The air potato, my number one enemy, came here from Africa when the slaves were being transported to the U.S. I think sometimes that it is karma and what goes around comes around. Maybe, maybe not! I hear you have many invasive animal species as well to go along with the plants over there? It really is a crazy cycle, but I guess after so many years of people traveling from one country to the next it is bound to reach each piece of land. Then zoo animals escape, etc. If everyone chipped in to their states/countries and tried to help remove the invasives, there could be huge progress. The problem is that many people have no idea how extensive the damage is or that it even really exists. That's why we are here to try and educate :) Wilma,

Yes, that’s exactly the trick to invasives! They are fine and controlled in their homeland, but you uproot them and change their habitat and they will flourish. The air potato, my number one enemy, came here from Africa when the slaves were being transported to the U.S. I think sometimes that it is karma and what goes around comes around. Maybe, maybe not! I hear you have many invasive animal species as well to go along with the plants over there? It really is a crazy cycle, but I guess after so many years of people traveling from one country to the next it is bound to reach each piece of land. Then zoo animals escape, etc. If everyone chipped in to their states/countries and tried to help remove the invasives, there could be huge progress. The problem is that many people have no idea how extensive the damage is or that it even really exists. That’s why we are here to try and educate :)

]]> By: Tess The Bold life http://thenaturejunkie.com/2010/06/04/wildpetunia/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Tess The Bold life Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:40:06 +0000 http://thenaturejunkie.com/?p=330#comment-59 Oh I love both petunias...I can't get enough of that smell and color;) Thanks for pointing out the nature of things...oops I mean flowers:) Oh I love both petunias…I can’t get enough of that smell and color;) Thanks for pointing out the nature of things…oops I mean flowers:)

]]> By: Wilma Ham http://thenaturejunkie.com/2010/06/04/wildpetunia/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Wilma Ham Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:29:17 +0000 http://thenaturejunkie.com/?p=330#comment-58 If you wouldn't know you absolutely go for the invader. We too have very invasive plants which are actually not invasive in their home town but are here. We have gorse that behaves itself in Scotland where it is too cold for the plant to go berserk, but here in ideal New Zealand conditions it grows and grows and grows, no cold climate to stop it. This is interesting as no plant by nature is bad but do not uproot them, it is like that with people too sometimes. Well, you can see this gets me excited as well. xox Wilma If you wouldn’t know you absolutely go for the invader. We too have very invasive plants which are actually not invasive in their home town but are here.
We have gorse that behaves itself in Scotland where it is too cold for the plant to go berserk, but here in ideal New Zealand conditions it grows and grows and grows, no cold climate to stop it. This is interesting as no plant by nature is bad but do not uproot them, it is like that with people too sometimes. Well, you can see this gets me excited as well. xox Wilma

]]>