. Agri-news. Agriculture. CO CO CO CO CO CO CO June 26,1995 ^ANA DIANA Plant exchange program for purple loosestrife control A mimber of Alberta greenhouses and nurseries are helping homeowners and the environment through a plant exchange. Homeowners who have lythrum, a garden variety of the noxious weed purple loosestrife, can exchange that plant for a new, safer perennial at participating greenhouses and nurseries. | See separate story about purple loosestrife. I "Purple loosestrife can cross pollinate with the lythrum cultivars. These supposedly sterile garden varieties can produce via
. Agri-news. Agriculture. CO CO CO CO CO CO CO June 26,1995 ^ANA DIANA Plant exchange program for purple loosestrife control A mimber of Alberta greenhouses and nurseries are helping homeowners and the environment through a plant exchange. Homeowners who have lythrum, a garden variety of the noxious weed purple loosestrife, can exchange that plant for a new, safer perennial at participating greenhouses and nurseries. | See separate story about purple loosestrife. I "Purple loosestrife can cross pollinate with the lythrum cultivars. These supposedly sterile garden varieties can produce viable seed and contribute to the spread of loosestrife," explains Alberta Agriculture's Shaffeek Ali, chair of the provincial purple loosestrife action committee. Based on a Manitoba program, this year is the second time the incentive of a free new plant has been offered to Albertans. In 1994 two Edmonton area greenhouses - Hole's Greenhouses and Gardens in St. Albert and Virginia Park Greenhouses in south Edmonton - participated in the program. Two more Edmonton area greenhouses are involved this year. They are I^icombe Gardens in north Edmonton and Salisbury Greenhouses and landscaping in Sherwood Park. As well, Cameron and Weir Greenhouses and Garden Centre of Slyvan lake and Red Deer are participating in the program. The Bow Valley Vegetation Management Task force organized its own exchange program this year. Six greenhouses in the greater Calgary area offer the free exchange until June 30. They are Eagle I-ake Nurseries of Strathmore, Greenview Nurseries, Sunny Side Greenhouses, the two Calgary locations of Golden Acre Garden Sentres and Sun Tropicals Greenhouses of Balzac. For more information, contact Edie Stelkovics in Calgary at (403)221-8367 or toll-free at 1-800-494-8360. Ali reminds homeowners they must remove all of the plant including the lythrum roots. Dispose by burning, or seal in a plastic bag and take to a landfill. Don't compost, as the lythrum can regene
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