Invasiveness of Plants

[fluffygrue]

I'm just wondering in terms of neighbourly allotment etiquette, what plants are deemed too invasive to grow on an allotment? Not too worried about lottie rules, more what might upset other people.

I'm thinking of things that can be a bit thuggish, like Rosa rugosa (for hips), Blackthorn (for sloes), hops (for beer :)).. Mint or horseradish grown in a sunken pot..

Of course they'd be kept under control, but is there anything that's a complete no-no?

Ta muchly,
Melanie

[fluffygrue]

[Curryandchips]

A neighbour of mine planted a type of bamboo, so that he would have a continuing supply of canes ... apparently he now wishes he hadn't, he has his own bamboo thicket now, perhaps there are even tigers in there  :)

[fluffygrue]

A neighbour of mine planted a type of bamboo, so that he would have a continuing supply of canes ... apparently he now wishes he hadn't, he has his own bamboo thicket now, perhaps there are even tigers in there  :)

Okay, check, no tigers on allotments. *grin*

Melanie

[Palustris]

Shouldn't think you would be popular planting Ground elder to use as a vegtable either or chickweed.

[supersprout]

golly fluffygrue, I was just thinking about growing those very things and Never Thought of my Neighbours  ??? :o You are a Model Neighbour! I would hope they'd be delighted with rugosa rose and sloes, as would the wildlife on your plot. The things that get my neighbours going are a) careless woodpiles full of rats, and b) grass and weed seeds from plots where folk went on holiday without impeccably weeding first. Tsk to eric though, ground elder is a prized medicinal and edible herb  ;D see what doris pinks started at http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,57/topic,11070.msg101022#msg101022