Abstract

ESPOSITO, CHRISTINE. 1987. A sampling of objectionable or misused ornamentals.Am. Nurserymen 165(9): 167-172, 174, 176-180, 182, 184-185, 188.

The setting in which people use plants affect the attractiveness, appropriateness, usefulness, and hardiness of a species. The following article is a collection of plant professionals' suggestions of plants nurserymen should use less often, use differently, use elsewhere or avoid altogether. As many of those contributing their opinions pointed out, plant undesirability is certainly in the eye of the beholder. A common problem that results in plant unworthiness is scale incompatibility. Some landscape plants are simply too large for their surroundings. Frequently these plants are evergreens. Not understanding the habits and scales of the plants, people eventually end up needing to remove them.

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