DH's degree is in Botany so when I started telling him "plant stuff" he was
skeptical. When I told him that the way to tell the difference between wild
carrot and Queen Anne's Lace (which I've loved since childhood) is that QAL
has a purple flower in the center; wild carrot/cow parsley doesn't. One day
we were starting on our way somewhere when he came to a screeching halt at
the bottom of the drive and jumped out. He went over to a plant and looked
at the flower and got back into the car with a silly grin saying, "I'll be
darned!"
Linda, the String-a-holic in Oregon where it's really summer! Wednesday it
was over 90F!
----- Original Message -----
From: "David in Ballarat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lace@arachne.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 7:45 AM
Subject: [lace] Q.A. Lace continued
>Dear Friends,
Us true prairie dwellers (Especially those in the Goose Lake Prairie State
Natural Area, one of the largest Prairie Parks in the U.S.) know Queen
Anne's
lace to be an invasive. Since it is thought to have originated in
England,
we still consider it an outsider after all these years. As a weed, It
will
crowd out other prairie plants given time...but I also love it. My
mother-in-law preferred it in her garden more-so that a rose bush....go
figure?
Here in Australia it is also regarded as an invasive foreigner and I rip
it out by the roots as soon as it appears. We have another very similar
plant (also a weed), commonly known as "Carrot Fern". I'm sure it's not
the same thing as Queen Anne's Lace, although the flower is similar and it
does have a white tuber.
Then for yet another similar flower there is always Fennel. I don't like
fennel either cooked or in salads and also rip it out. I once heard a
comedian say that it was brought here by the Italians after WW2 to plant
alongside our railway lines - as that's where it's often prolific.
For gorgeous "nature's lace" give me the Bridal Veil fern or even the
Stinkhorn fungus :)
David in Ballarat
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