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Change: NZEarth HomeWEEDS of New ZealandAcanthaceae - acanthus Acanthus mollis bear's breeches Aceraceae - maple Acer pseudoplatanus sycamore Aizoaceae - mesembryanthemum Carpobrotus edulisice plant Alismataceae - water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica water plantain Alliaceae - onion Allium triquetrum three-cornered garlic Amaranthaceae - amaranth Alternanthera philoxeroides alligator weed Amaranthus   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1719)

Change: Answer: Because weeds have a habit of masquerading as useful and there is nothing new in native gardens, which is the bloody point!Local native species have evolved in New Zealand over the last 80 million years   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1723)

Change: Answer: Because weeds have a habit of masquerading as useful and there is nothing new in native gardens, which is the bloody point!Local native species have evolved in New Zealand over the last 80 million years   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1750)

Change: Because weeds have a habit of masquerading as useful.There is nothing new in native gardens, which is the point.Local native species have evolved in New Zealand over the last 80 million years and with some more enthusiasm we can keep them here for a wee bit longer. The   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1747)

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Change: long and quite disturbing!Whilst browsing the list have a thought for all the fantastic native plants that have been smothered, obliterated and generally ignored because of these introduced pests. It's not racism! It's all about bio-diversity. The argument that   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1739)

Change: ago (in the bigago, picture), they missed the plantings of their homeland and introduced a large range of 'exotic' species. These plants, whilst quite OKmostly fine in their homeland, weren't naturalised in NZ and their natural climate and predators which kept them under   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1729)

Change:  Tropaeolum majus garden nasturtium Urticaceae - nettle Urtica urens nettle Valerianaceae - valerian Centranthus ruber spur valerian Verbenaceae - vervain Lantana camara lantana Verbena bonariensis purple top Verbena officinalis vervain Violaceae - violet Viola arvensis field pansy Zingiberaceae - ginger Hedychium gardnerianum Kahili ginger BACK TO TOP OF PAGE   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1730)