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Blue Periwinkle at Isaacs, ACT

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	Vinca major	24 Sep 2021	Tapirlord
	Vinca major	24 Sep 2021	Mike

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6 comments

Mike wrote:

24 Sep 2021

One for @MAX.

MAX wrote:

24 Sep 2021

Hi Mike, how are you ? Seems you have also found a Periwinkle problem. Is yours as above in a Public or Private area ? The one I reported in Watson is on Private / Business land. I have written to Company concerned and also posted on ACT "Fix my street". Sofar no response from either.

Mike wrote:

24 Sep 2021

Hi Max. This is an entry to Isaacs Ridge but I suspect the neighbours planted it. There are several patches in the reserve.

MAX wrote:

24 Sep 2021

Not sure I'm fond of these Neighbours particularly... I guess they are probably not aware that Periwinkle is invasive... we'll have to try harder on public education on this, sigh...

Tapirlord wrote:

24 Sep 2021

And yet another reason to only buy plants from a licensed vendor, thankfully Periwinkle is prohibited from sale in the ACT following the Pest plants and Animals declaration (2015). Although this hasn't always been so, I once talked to a resident in Garran who drove to Melbourne specifically to pick up seedlings for their garden, and another who prizes it for medicinal properties. Food for thought I guess. :)

Mike wrote:

24 Sep 2021

Possibly 25-30 years old. The houses were built around 1990.

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