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Phuopsis stylosa


Phuopsis stylosa (Phuopsis stylosa)

This is a real thug - so beware if you decide to plant it in your garden!



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Thug or not, it is beautiful.

20 May, 2009

 

I am not sending anybody any of this - it takes over the garden! And the leaves smell awful!

20 May, 2009

 

It doesn't look like you describe it. It looks so nice and friendly. I certainly don't want one anyway. I took your word for it to start with.

20 May, 2009

 

It looks very desireable to me!

21 May, 2009

 

It is good to have because:

1. It's pretty
2. It has a long flowering period
3. It flowers again in the autumn

It is not good to have because:

1. It spread like fury and is very difficult to remove
2. When it dies off in the winter, the long dead strands are AWFUL to pull out
3. The smell of the leaves is horrible!
4. Henry ate some when he was young...and was sick!

21 May, 2009

 

it is very pretty,,,,but not liking all the down sides to it :-( mind you does it grow well in pots?

21 May, 2009

 

No idea, but I wouldn't - its too much of a thug! When I see it for sale in a GC I think it should have a health warning on the label!

21 May, 2009

 

So innocent looking...lol

22 May, 2009

 

i had this when we moved in. it took us ages to work out where the smell was coming from. i agree spritz it looks awful over the winter. but i dont have it any more. husband managed to destroy it, cant remember how but he did have my blessings.

27 May, 2009

 

Well done him - I am leaving it as it's well away from the house and does look pretty where it is. I do hate pulling out the old stems, though.

27 May, 2009



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