WEED MGMT: "Invasive weed 'innocently' sold to SEQ gardeners"

Brisbane Times
12 November 2008

Queensland nurseries have been duped by a wholesaler into selling a South American weed to home gardeners.

The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPIF) has issued a warning against the supply or sale of Mexican feather grass, with nurseries and landscapers facing fines of up to $60,000.

According to the DPIF, the plants were mislabelled by a Victorian supplier, which sold them to a Queensland production nursery, which then sold them to retail outlets across Brisbane and South-East Queensland...

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