BEWARE! DO NOT Buy These 11 Plants at the Garden Center / Invasive Plants That Spell Trouble

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Are you planning to spruce up your landscape with new plants? Hold on! 🛑 Before shopping, be sure to review the top 11 plants commonly found at garden centers that you should avoid! These seemingly harmless species can quickly turn invasive, wreaking havoc on your garden and the surrounding ecosystem.
From fast-spreading ground covers to aggressive climbers and unruly shrubs, we expose the potential risks they pose and the detrimental effects they can have on native flora and fauna.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction
0:34 - Invasive Plants
1:20 - Chameleon Plant
2:26 - Lily of the Valley
3:14 - Butterfly Bush
4:06 - Callery Pear
4:51 - Bamboo
6:12 - Burning Bush
7:04 - Barberry
7:57 - Scotch Broom
8:47 - English Ivy
9:44 - Japanese Honeysuckle
10:29 - Mexican Evening Primrose
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@thecoffelady 11 месяцев назад

Mexican Evening Primrose…I bought a 6 pack about 40 years ago, it became a neighborhood issue, it has invaded at least 8 houses and 2 streets. It also grew in my bathroom pipes and under my tile by my toilet, this plant caused thousands of dollars of damage to my bathroom. We had to buy a new toilet, replumb the entire bathroom, buy a new sink and get new cabinets. The roots destroyed everything! Don’t do it! That’s my rant for the day😳

@carolfrome7801 11 месяцев назад

Gah!

@breadgirl9806 11 месяцев назад

Shit. It was part of a seed pack for waterwise gardens. It’s been two years so it’s a established now. So far it’s not trying to takeover and I’m in Southern California which is technically in its native range, but now I’m nervous 😬.

@Hemond1 10 месяцев назад

I can't keep EPrim going in my backyard, the rabbits devour it, killing it. I had a 3 foot drift of it last year but it got eaten to the ground. I've got 1 plant left and I'm propagating it right now. Same with the yellow EP. Had that one in a pot and they mowed that down too.

@33piolin 10 месяцев назад

I have been trying to eradicate this Primrose from my yard for years - still trying‼️🤪🤮

@Mrs.TJTaylor 10 месяцев назад

Holy Smokes!

@annakiekenphd10 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for making suggestions for alternative plants rather than just saying which plants are invasive.

@serendipitous_discoveries 2 месяца назад

Agreed, very informative regarding alternative plant options - thank you for that! I’m in NC now where there are issues with English ivy and wisteria. When I lived in CA there were issues with those as well, plus scotch broom and bamboo

@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane 10 месяцев назад

The thing that drives me crazy is that these plants are allowed to be sold in the first place! WHY?!?! Especially after they are deemed invasive!

@Peleski 3 месяца назад

It really depends on what you do with them. Mint for example, is highly invasive, but fine in pots. And who doesn't love mint?

@libbylandscape3560 2 месяца назад

Because they’re easy & cheap to reproduce, perfect for making a profit.

@LibbyRal 2 месяца назад

Pots are not going to stop seeds from spreading. My yard became host to some neighbor's Mexican petunia, asparagus fern, plus happily some native Florida sage, among other plants that wind and birds spread about @@Peleski

@tisvana18 2 месяца назад

@@LibbyRalokay, but like, the alternative is that people can’t grow their own herbs and vegetables. Mint is used in a lot, and is a large family on top of that. And mint isn’t even that bad depending on where you live. I’ve yet to meet a plant a good Texas summer and a March freeze hasn’t managed to kill. I tried growing mint in a pot and it was decimated by the weather. Only thing that survived more than one summer were the moss roses, and they’re gone too now.

@LibbyRal 2 месяца назад

Personally, I also have a terrible time growing mint. I laugh when I hear it's invasive. And there's a species I really want to grow - corsican mint - because it makes a great mosquito repellent. But there are many places that mint does spread like crazy, and the wind can carry it very far. As for your alternative @@tisvana18 I don't understand how you are coming to that conclusion just because some invasive species are banned, all vegetables and herbs are banned.

@jennifercoots6839 11 месяцев назад

Judging by the comments, it seems the term "invasive" needs to be defined, as well as the difference between "invasive" and "aggressive"/"fast-spreading"/"non-native"/etc.

@SA-bc6jw 11 месяцев назад

True. To be defined as "invasive" a plant has to meet 2 USDA criteria. However, many plants blur the lines and aggressive tendencies can lead to invasive spread.

@glorianyambok7405 2 месяца назад

My question would be how their aggressive nature affects other plants ability to grow

@leociresi4292 Месяц назад

ie Water Hyacinth

@user-bu4dh8xq7e 18 дней назад

Gramdpa knew how to get rid of invasive plants. Once the plant is cut down, pour a little gasoline in the root system. Worked like a charm.

@saintking64 12 дней назад

I was taught to the same thing. lol

@meauxjeaux431 11 дней назад

OR SALT TOO, I'M SURE.

@emmabrasseur8622 11 месяцев назад

I removed a trumpet vine 5 years ago. I am still battling the sprouts that spring up all over my yard and flowers beds.

@judyingram-kh1vm 11 месяцев назад

I have a huge trumpet vine on a small old private fence. I'm always pulling little ones up all over my yard and in my flower beds. I love itbut it's very invasive.

@tonimedina6669 11 месяцев назад

@@judyingram-kh1vmHu

@lucian.cojocaru8731 11 месяцев назад

I did planted one a few years ago and now i do regret but i still love the flowers!

@dineshvyas 11 месяцев назад

Plant Parthinnium and it will take over everything then burn it down before it dries.

@HannaARTzink 11 месяцев назад

Mature trumpet vine grew in front of the south exposed window of the old house we bought. we prunned it a bit and continued with it for another 20 years. I cannot describe how effective, beautiful natural screen - air conditioning and even sound barier it created. We kept it to about middle of the height of the window - beautiful, useful plant, bu ha to be size- controlled.

@mariannewallace3788 11 месяцев назад

I just have to include mint to this list. I recently bought a house whose yard was neglected and overgrown. After cutting back it was discovered that mint was growing everywhere. I can't put anything in the ground until it is gone. It might take several weeks but sure enough after a rain - a few more mint leaves come up through the soil. A whole summer wasted on mint pulling.

@Thi-Nguyen 10 месяцев назад

Wild onions and wild garlic chives!! My yard is FULL of random patches of this stuff. When we mow our lawn in the backyard, all you can smell is onion! 🤢

@soymilkman 10 месяцев назад

Sheet mulching might be your best bet to deal with it. Don't forget heavy overlap of the cardboard and thick thick layers of mulch. Good luck!

@blmi5591 10 месяцев назад

😅😅😅😅

@blmi5591 10 месяцев назад

@@Temme1553 love it!

@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane 10 месяцев назад

@@Thi-Nguyen Well, on the bright side, it should keep voles away! 😆 I planted hundreds of tulip bulbs one year, and during the winter, under the cover of snow, voles from the surrounding woods absolutely INVADED my property to feast on the bulbs! I've been trying to plant more daphodils and have plans to add allium (onion family) because those are some of the few plants voles avoid! They eat just about everything... what a nightmare!

@carolyngallagher9884 3 месяца назад

No one ever seems to mention Spiderwort in these lists. About 25 years ago I made the mistake of buying this sweet little blue flower in a pint container. Just one to see how it would do before I bought any more. Well it did way too good! This past summer more than 50 large Spiderworts. This is after 15 years of doing this. My gardeners are pulling them for me now as the plants are huge and and bunch up and mound and their roots are so deep. They wrap around my dahlia bulbs and kill them and my hyacinths and other bulbs. Over 15 years and counting, digging them all up as deep as you can as well as going 3 to 4 ft sideways as they also run their roots that way and spread. They even choke much larger plants like my Rose of Sharon bush. I've never seen anything like it. They are much worse than my poor Lilies of the valley or my mint, which I admit is pretty awful. The only thing worse is the English ivy the people who own the house before me add planted all over the front as a ground cover so they wouldn't have to do any yard work. That is my biggest battle. But second is the Spiderwort. BTW I live in the Pacific Northwest in Seattle.

@pegalouise570 5 дней назад

piderwort spreads like crazy. It continues to invade my back yard...it's a constant battle keeping it at bay. Trumpet vine is my 1st enemy. We had an arbor the hummingbirds loved until a severe storm took it down..the trumpet vine continued to spread. I'm still battling with it over 20 years now. 😮😅

@user-jb9di9cz9k 10 месяцев назад

Morning GLory has all these nightmares beat. This beautiful purple vine flower will climb from below and suffocate any plant it touches. Undetected going through grass until flower shows its face to say, "GOT YAH".😅

@venidamcdaniel1913 2 месяца назад

Difference between morning glory flowers and the morning vine. But most seeds don’t usually differentiate between the two. The vibrant colors are usually ok. The mixed pale colors. Not so much.

@silver474 2 месяца назад

I’ve been fighting it for years. Dug up a huge root system and it went 2 feet deep. I hate morning glory. Never planted it, but my neighbor thought it’d be a cool plant to cover their dog kennel 😒

@edwardwicks304 2 месяца назад

Planted it 20 years ago. Been fighting to keep it at bay ever since. So sorry that I ever planted it. Avoid at all costs. 😢

@stephennelson1687 2 месяца назад

Bindweed...

@faiththrower7951 2 месяца назад

Not morning glory you mean Bind weed.

@graphicallydeb9897 2 месяца назад

Bamboo is not only invasive, but the roots are deep, strong, and can’t get rid of.. it is taking over the neighborhood.

@leptir7110 2 месяца назад

Istina ,bambus ,pampas trave ,vrbe ,lipe itd

@galeparker1067 2 месяца назад

Bamboo or Japanese Knotweed?? 🤔🤣🤣 Both can be a blessing. "We" (in the West) are so inflexible..... Even the amazing Dandelion plant is persecuted..... ✌️🤣🤣🇨🇦

@mekeiawatson Месяц назад

My sister had some in her yard last year. I guess I should tell her that it'll be back!! Lol!

@philipwhatley6742 Месяц назад

It took 2 seasons to completely get rid of the bamboo in the backyard of the house i purchased. 😮‍💨

@galeparker1067 Месяц назад

@@philipwhatley6742 "Was it edible?" ✌️🇨🇦

@aprilmiller6767 9 месяцев назад

I would add Vinca Minor. It's sold in every nursery, but once in your garden, it takes over and spreads everywhere. Getting it out is a major Pain-in-the-B....

@debbielippitt9359 2 дня назад

No LIE! the original owners of this plot of land had planted it and I see it coming back up..they lived here 25 years ago. I killed it!!

@TheSuburbanGardenista 9 месяцев назад

Fantastic video! I will never understand why garden centres sell invasive plants - or at least sell them with a warning for indoor use only or something. Thank you for highlighting this important issue and sharing many of the culprits that make our way into gardens across the country. Let's hope some changes are made after so many people watching this! I know I have a bit of research to do! Thanks again for sharing these important messages!! 💚

@jimnasium452 8 месяцев назад

Just a thought - Species are often labeled invasive because of how they are able to out-compete native species for resources. So garden centers sell them because they grow easily and rarely fail which makes customers happy (well, customers).

@TheSuburbanGardenista 8 месяцев назад

@@jimnasium452 you make a good point, but with the potential detriment to the native environment, should these invasives not be sold with some warnings / information to at least warn the purchaser? I would never had planted my English ivy if I had known it was going to outcompete everything and harm the native environment! I thought it was pretty and green - which is exactly the problem.

@pattybhealthy7334 2 месяца назад

I was told that mint would take over and not a good idea to grow it. But I had/have grown it for years in flower pots, and contained growing areas, and it has never created a problem.

@TheSuburbanGardenista 2 месяца назад

@@pattybhealthy7334 hence the problem continues

@sherylemcmullen6916 2 месяца назад

We recently bought a few acres where the property had wisteria growing up all the trees and pulling the branches down. We have spent abt 6 months and finding new starts everywhere still today.

@ashleansmith212 2 месяца назад

This video said EXACTLY what I needed to hear. I adore how the narrator suggested alternatives after describing the invasives. If I could add two more to this list: blackberry and Rosa Multifora. These two get out of hand almost immediately and they issue direct eviction notices to wildlife (and people) due to their suffocating nature and strong needle-sharp thorns. I live in Southern Maryland and, between the Japanese honeysuckle, blackberry, and rosa multiflora, we are -and I’m a being completely serious here- we ARE losing our forests and wildlife. I am fighting back so aggressively on my 8 acres in the Port Tobacco River watershed. So much so, that today when I saw my golden rod patch being crept on by all three, I stopped the car, got out and had myself a blood bath while ripping it all out. The threat of scars and sore hands no longer scares me away because I know now the damage these invasive plants are causing. It is the saddest thing to realize that I likely only have 20 more good years left in me to fight this fight. I’m 41 now and will likely dedicate my life to removing these species from my property and aggressively reseeding with natives, hoping that the good ones spread, and not the bad ones.

@jojomarie5218 Месяц назад

ashleansmith: I'm 75 and still at it. You have to have a system and sometimes lots of help. I've started learning what's edible and serving it up. Then yanking it. OF course it grows back. God's gifts to us. Learning how to live with it. Good luck and Many Blessings for more than 20 years.

@DaisyMaeMoses Месяц назад

You’ve got a lot more than 20 years left. You’ll be surprised how vigorous and strong you’ll still be in 20 years. Forty-one is very young!

@SecondLittlePig 26 дней назад

Blackberries? I just planted some blackberry bushes last year. I have noticed that they are quickly starting to spread.

@sidilicious11 9 месяцев назад

English ivy is an awful problem here in NW Oregon. It completely takes over native ground cover, and it climbs trees and weakens and kills them.

@user-rq2es2io8y Месяц назад

Goats will eat it.

@bambinaforever1402 Месяц назад

In France we put it on a fence. Provides great cover and we trim it twice a year

@ninavandenabbeele9667 Месяц назад

I think it's native here in belgium . But it's grows very vigorously

@notbarbie582 Месяц назад

Use it to make laundry soap. Google English ivy laundry soap

@b.a.johnson5820 Месяц назад

Here is SE Kansas it will grow. But our periodic droughts and fierce winter winter winds will periodically kill it to the ground. It's not a problem here. In fact I wish it could grow better.

@teresacoffman5529 10 месяцев назад

I would suggest adding Trumpet Vine to your list. It’s growing on the neighboring property and has invaded our raised garden beds. I pulled out several thick roots over ten ft long from our garden bed just so we could plant our garden this year.

@JayP-kd5rc 10 месяцев назад

Yes, unfortunately, I planted it years ago, not knowing how invasive it would be, and that the roots travel like 20 ft underground and pop up everywhere. You cannot pull them up, as they are connected to the strong underground root that comes from the parent plant. You have to cut them to the ground and use an herbicide to kill them, but they just come up somewhere else. Have been trying to get rid of it for years. Still have them.

@joellangvardt8842 9 месяцев назад

Yes, grow only in large containers. A great substitute is crossvine. I have planted Tangerine and Ruby Red about 3 feet apart along a fence. Their long branches intermingle, top the fence, and spill over. It looks like one plant whose flowers either open orangy red then fade to a clearer , paler orange, or vice versa.

@joannc147 9 месяцев назад

@@joellangvardt8842 LOVE my Tangerine crossvine!

@horohorosrin 7 месяцев назад

If we're talking Campsis radicans, it's native to North America, and a native plant will never truly be invasive. Extremely aggressive, yes, but I adore this plant for the benefits it brings to native wildlife. If you have a small area, it's a terrible plant to choose for your home garden, however. Right plant, right place.

@teresacoffman5529 7 месяцев назад

@@horohorosrin if only... we didn’t plant it. It’s coming from the neighboring property which is extremely overgrown and uncared for. I pulled roots out of our raised garden so I could plant our vegetables. Now it has invaded two more raised gardens which equals more work for me.

@jsimp4050 18 дней назад

My mom let me plant Johnny Jump Ups when I was 10 yo. I am now 55 yo and my parents live in the same house and STILL have Johnny Jump Ups all over their property. She’s been pulling them out for 45 years. 😂

@Water_Rat 11 месяцев назад

Horseradish is another plant to take care with. I planted some in my garden and thankfully I looked up information on growing horseradish and learned how invasive it is. I dug it out within 3 days and transferred it to a pot. It is apparently a real spreader in the garden and even the smallest root fragments left behind will regrow. I love making my own fresh horseradish so I container grow it only and have it sitting on concrete so there is no chance of roots touching neighbouring soil.

@sanniepstein4835 10 месяцев назад

It depends on the area. On my zone 4 property, it did spread a bit, but so slowly it was not a problem.

@mercedesaschenbrenner9352 10 месяцев назад

Wow!!! 😢

@Water_Rat 10 месяцев назад

@@sanniepstein4835 Good to know that there is some zone dependence, thanks for mentioning. I’m in zone 8b and consensus around here seems to be to avoid planting horseradish into the ground.

@blmi5591 10 месяцев назад

I have Horseradish for 10 years and it is NOT spreading.

@rosalindpatrick5096 10 месяцев назад

We are in the north of England and planted horseradish in the ground at our allotment about five years ago. I wish we'd planted it in a pot. One small leaf showing equals six inches to a foot of root underground! We keep digging it up and it keeps coming back! It's in a section with mint and rhubarb ( both prolific growers) and still comes back.

@LS-um3zq Месяц назад

The scent of lily of the valley is my favorite!

@wendytinnes1039 15 дней назад

I do know they’re very poisonous tho. If you have pets that are chewers it’ll kill them.

@christinemoccia477 8 месяцев назад

I planted a little beach rose at the front of my walk way and it was so cute and welcoming.........5 years later it took over the most part of the walk and threatens visitors like Gandalf, " You shall not pass!!!!!" Beware of the beach rose!!!!!!

@denisef1153 3 месяца назад

😂

@fredajohnson5542 2 месяца назад

Hahaha!

@SparkeysMum 2 месяца назад

😂 Gandalf, the beach rose strikes again!! Honestly, reading about all of these various invasive, aggressive plants I hesitate to put ANYTHING in my garden. My personal nightmare a few years ago was VINCA. It just took over and, when last I saw it, was heading for the middle of our street looking for further yards to conquer. I finally excavated most of it out, enough to put in some lovely Peonies that did well in that space. I have read that applying white vinegar to a wound in the stem of almost any plant will kill it...eventually. You have to keep applying it. You also have to be VERY careful not to get it in plants you want to keep. Supposed to be good for killing poison ivy. When I read "The meek shall inherit the earth" it didn't occur to me that it meant PLANTS! 🌿😵‍💫

@prideofjudah5767 9 дней назад

I planted wisteria and loved seeing it bloom every spring, until I learned the awful truth by accident. Driving down the highway, I began to notice beautiful wisteria blooms covering dead, 40 foot trees. The thought of my own wisteria smothering my Japanese maples and dogwoods nearly made me hysterical. I knew that it the root systems ever became intertwined, it was game over. I'd never get rid of it. I cut the wisteria, poisoned the wisteria, and dug up roots that ran for 20 feet. Years later, I was still finding new wisteria growth from the smallest of root fragments. It was like playing wack-a-mole.

@CS-mv3nw 3 дня назад

I have a stunning wisteria and it’s enormous. However, it is well controlled on an iron post with arms away from any other structures.

@jturtle5318 3 дня назад

What ag zone are you in?

@66REDD66 Месяц назад

The butterfly bush is called buddleia. If you prune it regularly it’s no problem. I can’t believe it’s on your list. It’s beneficial to wildlife. 🐝 🦋

@multicrafthub482 23 дня назад

it deserves to be on the list 👍👍

@leeannjohnson809 22 дня назад

It fights with and sometimes wins over Scotch Broom and Bavarian knotweed in southwestern British Columbia, Washington & Oregon!

@mlmallory2780 17 дней назад

@@leeannjohnson809 Scotch Broom is a torch if there is a wildfire.

@gingerreeds216 8 дней назад

Yea, I’m in Zone 6 and I have clay soil and I killed my butterfly bush by over pruning when it was dying. For me it’s not invasive so I’m buying another to replace the old! 😅

@MsNordlicht1 6 дней назад

It is not good because the butterflies love the taste - lay their eggs and the catarpillars starve of hunger- they cannot eat the leaves (toxic) and die..

@scpatl4now 8 месяцев назад

I have been fighting English Ivy in Georgia for years. The best way I have found to control it besides pulling it up is to spray it with 30% vinegar (not the 5% white vinegar you buy at the grocery store). You can find it at big box hardware stores. Mix it in a sprayer with 2 tsp dish detergent, and a tsp of salt. Spray it on any ivy you see, but be careful not to get it on anything you want to keep...so don't do it on a windy day. The vines are usually brown and dead the next day making it a lot easier to pull anything left. Just make sure you dont compost it either. I bag it up to be taken away

@user-ji2oj6ni2q 7 месяцев назад

How much vinegar in proportion to the soap and salt?

@scpatl4now 7 месяцев назад

@@user-ji2oj6ni2q For 1 quart of vinegar 1 tsp of salt and 2 tsp of dish soap

@scpatl4now 7 месяцев назад

@@user-ji2oj6ni2q for 1 quart of vinegar, 2 tsp dish soap and 1 tsp salt

@stephaniecortez9976 2 месяца назад

Great tip! I’ll have to try this! My husband and I have also been fighting English ivy for years!

@leptir7110 2 месяца назад

Pola količine octa ,pola vode i sol

@aprildegele1510 3 месяца назад

Scotch broom ... UGH! I live in Oregon and it's everywhere west of the Cascades. Doesn't grow in the high desert. It's a beautiful plant, but when it seeds, it launches them up to 4ft, so there's no way to tell until the next year where it's going to germinate. There are two issues with this admittedly beautiful plant. First, it's fast growing and faster spreading. You may have a single plant one year, and then a dozen over several acres the next. Second, it's actually a pretty aggressive allergen. For those who have allergies or asthma, it's no bueno. Luckily, the bare foliage is easy to identify and if they're not too tall, you can pull them out. Just know that when trying to pull them out, the roots are as deep as the plant is tall, so you have to be vigilant and pull these things up before they bloom if you can find them. If not, just wait until they start to bloom to identify where they are. You have to be on it in spring because if even one seeds, you may have a dozen or 2 the next year. For the largest plants, there's no way you're pulling them out. All you can do is trim to the trunk and daub with crossbow or a mixture of vinegar, salt and dish soap. Why daub? These two methods will kill everything it touches. There are empty bingo daubers that can be bought online, and then you can fill them with either. No other way. They can't even be dug up because you must get EVERY LAST root or it will regrow.

@namewitheld2568 2 месяца назад

I love sweet broom. Wonderful plant in hot areas.

@leptir7110 2 месяца назад

Čempresi ,trave koje rastu visoko ,otrovne biljke mogu ugroziti alergičare

@valeriestevens5250 10 дней назад

What is the ratio of vinegar, salt, and dish soap? I'd like to try that mixture on some plants. Thank you for any help.

@BobZed 10 месяцев назад

I've never had any issues with Butterfly Bush, but Scotch Broom is hellishly invasive. I've pulled up wheelbarrows full of it. On the plus side, this makes for some pretty spectacular bonfires, as the plant seems to be loaded with turpentine. It burns even when green.

@LydJaGillers 9 месяцев назад

Butterfly bushes are all around just bad for our native pollinators. It distracts them from the native plants and is toxic to their larva so is not even a host plant.

@lauraw.7008 9 месяцев назад

And burning it with seed pods activates the seed for quicker sprouting.

@ria2159 9 месяцев назад

That's because it's very oily

@nostromo7928 9 месяцев назад

Burning it stimulates it to drop its seeds which negates your hard efforts to remove it. You may want to bag it up instead and haul it to your local garbage depot.

@pbl4him 3 месяца назад

I have a few butterfly bushes in my beds that I didn't plant. I try to remove the spent flowers before they have a chance to spread elsewhere and take over.

@annegoodridge8174 2 месяца назад

I had chameleon plant in my front garden. I later had the drive dug up to a depth of 1 metre, hardcore laid, sand on top, then bricks laid. Guess what came through 18 months later?

@OttaBHayve Месяц назад

Oh my😮

@DaisyMaeMoses Месяц назад

I had one plant turn into a 20 year nightmare. They popped up everywhere! The horrible smell of trying to pull them up was gag inducing. I finally eradicated the huge patch by covering the entire area with black landscaping tarp for 3 years! Finally, the nightmare plant was smothered out of existence.

@OttaBHayve Месяц назад

@@DaisyMaeMoses Yikes! what was the plant?

@chrismults1500 11 месяцев назад

I made the mistake of planting lemon balm & it is still popping up everywhere! Biggest regret that I have EVER planted!

@mariyaatanasova1556 3 месяца назад

Oh no! This one I just found out is from the mint family. I will have to be on the top of it in my flower bed.

@jturtle5318 3 дня назад

Melissa is easier to manage than her mint cousins. Have you tried popping those volunteers into old nursery pots and selling them?

@lisamac8503 2 месяца назад

I live in the desert ---just getting anything to grow would be amazing!

@kristentucker7152 Месяц назад

Right?! I watched this to figure what plants I Should try growing 😅

@marciloni12 Месяц назад

Try Sedum, Lavender or Columbine. I tend to over water and these three do not like it.

@annabrahamson4320 Месяц назад

I don't live in the desert and it is so sandy it is hard to get anything to grow! However Lilly of the valley loves it.

@brendatucker35 Месяц назад

I would send you some English Ivy, but I trashed 🗑 it!!

@deepost2604 3 месяца назад

I was so proud when I got English Ivy to grow up a brick wall. When it started lifting the roof off the house, I whacked it off at the roots and picked roots off that wall.

@fredajohnson5542 2 месяца назад

Yikes!

@jessieyork4508 2 месяца назад

I've heard it can damage the brick & mortar on a house as well. I have some along my back fence line. I've been fighting it for 3 years, haven't got it killed off yet

@deepost2604 2 месяца назад

@@jessieyork4508 You might try pouring straight vinegar onto the roots when you cut it back. There’s a form of vinegar which higher acid content sometimes used for this purpose.

@jessieyork4508 2 месяца назад

@@deepost2604 ok, I'll try it. Thank you!

@salauerman7082 2 месяца назад

@@deepost2604do you suppose trumpet vine might hate strong vinegar also?

@janicebaker9348 8 месяцев назад

I have just spent a couple of weeks digging up my garden to get rid of Bell flower (Campanula). It was taking over the whole garden.

@stephenfriedman6958 3 месяца назад

The 3 butterfly bushes I had have all died over the last 10 years, the Rose of Sharon shrubs have taken over my lawn.

@Salmiyaguy1 29 дней назад

yes, our roses of Sharon have sent up suckers with different colored blooms. We kept a few and keep pulling out new shoots.

@themonsterwithin6495 29 дней назад

My rose of sharon was established before I bought my house 10 years ago. I have yet to see it spread in my 10 years. I am curious why mine isn't aggressive.

@Salmiyaguy1 24 дня назад

@@themonsterwithin6495 Likely depends on the variety just like Butterfly Bush.

@sgardy69 24 дня назад

My goats loved the rose of sharon. Took a few years to kill it all.

@patriciapenich1435 9 дней назад

I call the Rose of Sharon, a tree weed.

@omarra6781 11 месяцев назад

Virginia Creeper is my nemesis. I've tried for years to get rid of that along with some other plants I find cropping up all over my lawn. So hard to keep up on.

@paulafranciscac2787 11 месяцев назад

Whenever it rains abundantly, I walk to my yard armed with a shovel to try to uproot t Virginia Creeper. That is truly an insidious vine.

@omarra6781 11 месяцев назад

@@paulafranciscac2787 My problem is the majority of it is along a fence line, intermingled with tons of lilac bushes. The other thing is I have a commercial site next door and everything grows over there too, and it just comes right back.

@asamanyworlds3772 10 месяцев назад

Yes Yes

@asamanyworlds3772 10 месяцев назад

Creepers taken over I chop them constantly

@omarra6781 10 месяцев назад

@@asamanyworlds3772 I was at a farm store type place recently and in their garden section I saw a potted Creeper. I couldn't believe my eyes. People plant that on purpose?!

@laurachristianson1688 11 месяцев назад

Much of the invasiveness is related to climate…here in the Chicago area we commonly have temperatures around zero for several weeks in early winter, and then yo-yo temps until may….although we have some invasive plants (Bradford pear I.e.) most everything gets killed, even border line nice plants like roses. Tee hee sometimes what manages to survive the weather gets devoured by bunnies. But the reseeding thing is easily avoided by cutting the plant back before it develops seed pods.

@wjm1319 11 месяцев назад

Along with honeysuckle, wisteria is another beautiful but horrendously invasive species in my area. That definitely goes on my list. I am a little disappointed that when talking of the bamboo, though, you didn't mention native giant river cane. It's harder to find for sale, but it's a native 'bamboo' that hosts several bird & insect species that are currently in danger of extinction because of the decline of the native 'canebreak' areas. It looks closer to decorative bamboos than other grasses and the species could really use the boost of people adding it to their landscapes.

@edwardwicks304 11 месяцев назад

Morning Glories are super invasive!!! Them things grow like weeds! 😫

@HeleneLogan 11 месяцев назад

Still fighting the wisteria our former neighbor planted over 30+ years ago. They may have thought it would look like Tiffany’s stained glass; all it’s been is an invasive, choking PIA. 🙄

@gregorywellssr7857 11 месяцев назад

Hey,I'm in GA,that wisteria's a tree killer,man.

@BritInvLvr 10 месяцев назад

Omg. I have two wisteria plants that I have to constantly keep in check and my next door neighbor has a wall of English ivy. The battle is real.

@tpch 10 месяцев назад

Wisteria is not “a species”. It is a genus of several species. The very showy and common Asian ones are invasive in the USA, but species and varieties of American ones like Amethyst Falls are not

@Lorenmcdee 11 месяцев назад

Mint! Also I've had a citronella plant take over a whole front yard. No mosquitoes but also no room That bamboo will spread regardless. I had the "non invasive" one in my yard when I bought my house.

@surgeinc1 10 месяцев назад

Yeah…the clumping bamboo just gets bigger mounding clumps every year😅

@Peleski 3 месяца назад

The scientific evidence is that citronella doesn't deter mosquitos. It's simply not pungent enough unless crushed.

@deborahnickloy5747 2 месяца назад

@@Peleski Interesting!

@tgardenchicken1780 11 месяцев назад

Always check with your local Extension, DNR, state forestry if you want to be really sure what has moved into invasive/prohibited category. Try to find natives or plants that actually help the ecosystem rather than just are 'pretty' to you. If you are not sure if a plant attracts pollinators, visit a garden featuring it and observe who visits. Or just observe it for 5-10 minutes on a warm afternoon at your garden center. Any visitors??

@lisacapuletco Месяц назад

I had a neighbor plant raspberry bushes in their backyard. Within two years, everyone had little raspberry bushes popping up all over the place, even in my porch's gutters (thanks to the birds). It's now at the point where my lower back yard is the forbidden forest of hellish thorns and almost unedible raspberries on thickets all of which are taller than I am. The only thing that is choking them out is the super invasive Japense Knotweed that is the other bane of my existence.

@ellenmckeeman4264 21 день назад

Japanese Knotweed--a nightmare for sure in NW Oregon. AND English Ivy and Scotch Broom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@sandymiller2328 6 дней назад

Lemon Balm took out our raspberries

@thisbushnell2012 11 месяцев назад

For me, the draw to lily of the valley is the delicious sopporific scent. My aunt had a mass of them planted under her bedroom window for that very benefit. I suppose in a tufa planter, one could sequester them from the garden in general.

@surgeinc1 10 месяцев назад

So nicely stated.😊

@jesseostone386 3 месяца назад

I absolutely adore Lily Of The Valley! In my eastern Washington State yard where the winters get cold, I had a lovely area bursting with these fragrant little gems. It was about two square yards bordered on all sides by concrete and foundation walls, so no danger of spreading. I picked those flowers every May for a beautiful, dainty bouquet.

@jodieweiman89 2 месяца назад

Excellent idea! Why didn’t I think of that. Looks like its time to shop for new pots 😂 just for lily of the valley

@gibsalot 3 месяца назад

worked as a landscaper in the 2000's up till 2011 in Ohio and im fairly sure i planted almost every single one of those plants , the Bradford pear , burning bush , and Barberry was staples we used on nearly every job.

@MrDuffy81 2 месяца назад

Lily of the valley is my favorite smelling flower

@LittlePieceOfHeaven. 8 месяцев назад

I have non invasive Butterfly bushes and it fed many Bees, Butterflies , Hummingbird Moths, Bumble bees ,Hummingbirds etc etc. Very beneficial!

@jojomarie5218 Месяц назад

Sorry, but there is no such thing as non-invasive butterfly bush. You must live somewhere where is not possible for it to go anywhere else. Being invasive is not the only reason why it is frowned upon. It is because it is not a plant that encourages another generation of butterflies. They will not lay their eggs on it. Hence, no next generation. It's unfortunate that most books, websites, and nurseries suggest it. The Spicebush butterfly only lays it's eggs on the spicebush. Most other butterflies with lay their eggs on most perennials and anything from the milk week family. Butterfly week is a good substitute for butterfly weed. It is not a bush. Hence, it will die back after it makes pods. Also, Swallowtails love dill. My daughter plants it in succession so they can eat it the entire summer. She rarely gets any for herself but she sure has a Great Butterfly population. Good Luck. Glad you are loving all the pollinators. And definitely Very Beneficial. I could go on forever about the flowers for bees and hummingbirds.❤

@chriss6406 22 дня назад

Same! Literally just came home with one today to replace a plant we are having an issue with. I do buy not the compact dwarf nor the full height variety but the variety that grows to 5' and it's perfect to cover the block wall, loves the heat and sun it gets on that side of the yard and have had one in the ground for 10 years and it's not caused a single issue and is, in fact, one of the easiest care plants we have in the backyard. Pretty much ignore it and it's never spread or reseeded so maybe I have the "good" type!

@MsNordlicht1 6 дней назад

Did you ever see a catarpillar on it? They cannot survive on this plant .. so no more new Butterflies

@chriss6406 6 дней назад

That's not what the plant is for though. I used to raise Monarchs from eggs and they like milkweed if that's what one wants to accomplish but having plants to attract specific things like butterflies, hummingbirds and the like doesn't mean that you have to have plants to raise them or sustain them in your yard @@MsNordlicht1

@LittlePieceOfHeaven. 5 дней назад

@@MsNordlicht1 No ,that's why i have milkweed also ...duh

@judithhope8970 Месяц назад

English ivy, or just ivy as we call it in England, is a terror, and i have loads in my garden. I also have the spindle, lily of the valley , buddleia and your chameleon plant which I've had trouble establishing. But for me the most invasive plant is periwinkle, vinca major! The mad woman who had this garden before me filled it with ivy and periwinkle! Twenty years later I'm still fighting it, but wildlife love ivy so I have to leave some bits. No one loves the periwinkle and It has to go.

@eddygray9295 19 дней назад

My son brought me lily of the valley what a pain in the ass those things are

@judithhope8970 19 дней назад

@@eddygray9295I've had trouble establishing that. I have a white one and a pink one that are just setting in. I have put them among some other thugs so they can fight it out. 😅

@cookiemonster6401 18 дней назад

How is wisteria regarding spreading? I have been hesitant about planting it.

@judithhope8970 17 дней назад

I've just planted two up stout supports. I don't think they are thugs but they are big plants needing a lot of support, a nice sunny site and specific pruning I think three times a year to make them flower. I don't think they sucker and spread from the base though. Make sure you buy a grafted one if you do go for it though as other types can be shy if flowering. I think a seedling can take seventeen years or so!

@dttttt 10 месяцев назад

Garlic chives! I'm in zone 5b. If they go to seed and they take root good, they are difficult to pull out. I hate using Roundup but don't bother with that anyway, it doesn't work. Burying them doesn't work. Drowning them doesn't work. They're like Michael Myers in the Halloween movies. Next season, they'll be back, mocking you worse than ever.

@leptir7110 2 месяца назад

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@memibrowne1945 Месяц назад

eat it😊

@pennybourban3712 12 дней назад

Just don't let it flower. Mistake I made only once. Use them like green onions on food.

@julierobertson148 11 дней назад

I've got the same problem. They hopped over 20 yds of lawn from a neighbor's bed to get into one of mine. I discoverd the flowers are edible so I've started putting those in salads as well as the compost bin. I let dug up plants dry on my concrete patio before adding them to the bin as well. I like them as herbs so I'm going to put some in a container before disposing of the rest, which is very hard work.

@kirstenwollam4530 6 дней назад

Whatever you do DON"T use RoundUp. TOO toxic

@1WolfFan 10 месяцев назад

My Mother (lives next door to me - Southeastern MI) regrets having planted that Chameleon Plant when I was a kid. And the Conservatory I volunteer at is constantly fighting that Japanese Honeysuckle (and some non-native tress that plague the property) with literal actual FIRE. ;) NOTE: While juniper may work as a pretty good hedge, it does change the chemical makeup of the soil it grows in so less things will grow there (I mean that's not terrible if you're trying to reduce weeds, but...) Oh AND it drops twigs of EXTREMELY sharp dried pin-needles (no, that's not a typo of pine-needles, they're actually that stabby) that go right through most gloves... Wouldn't really recommend those either. lol

@salauerman7082 2 месяца назад

I like the idea of junipers between me and a neighbor that calls the township if I sneeze too loud!

@paulafranciscac2787 11 месяцев назад

I have seen the invasiveness of bamboo firsthand! Same with the English Ivy. Unfortunately, we planted a butterfly Bush 2 years ago. It towers over other plants. It grows so fast!

@kristycannon7923 2 месяца назад

Ditto

@existentialpoet8216 11 месяцев назад

I agree with the list you have sent in this reading. Thank you. Another no-no is periwinkle. Once planted, it isn't easy to get rid of, given its speedy rapid-spreading tendency!

@blackthornsloe8049 11 месяцев назад

I love the periwinkle that has covered a steep , barren hill behind my house .

@Hoss4Blues 8 месяцев назад

No. 11 Harebell! We had a single plant show up in our landscape many years ago and thought the hanging bell flowers we very attractive. The plant is now invading the yard and nearby woods. The rhizomes make it impossible to remove fully. I keep it somewhat under control pulling it from the woodland garden area but throughout the yard cutting and spraying with broadleaf herbicide just slows it down. Any patches found in other areas get covered with a sheet of EPDM rubber (leftover from a project) and it eventually dies. Our Mulberry tree is also posing a problem with new tree shoots popping up all over our property. We’re in Northeast Wisconsin

@mcadoovicky6465 2 месяца назад

I have had six butterfly bushes at my property for years, and I have not had any problem to her in the ground and for her in pots. The one flower I did find to be so invasive well actually two is 4 o’clock which are absolutely beautiful.

@galejohnson8086 2 месяца назад

Friend killed out English ivy on her old brick home. The roots had surrounded the basement walls, so when the roots rotted away, the basement leaked.

@elijahendtre 3 месяца назад

I can understand Ivy being on this list. We moved into a house with ivy being used as ground coverage and 5 years later, I'm still trying to eradicate it from my property so I can replace it with clover. That and Virginia creeper. The creeper will literally strangle my roses to death if I don't pull it out. I can't find the root system anywhere, it just keeps growing.

@Abyssinian121 10 месяцев назад

Add white yarrow to the list of plants that, once put into the ground, WILL spread like wildfire wherever its seeds might fall. I planted three basic yellow yarrow plants over a decade ago in my perennial garden, and because they did well on the high, arid plains of Eastern Colorado, I thought I would add some multicolored varieties. Big mistake. Any color other than yellow yarrow, the 'base' plant, will be a white variant (pinks, purples, oranges and peaches, etc.) and will become incredibly invasive. To keep it in check, one would have to be constantly deadheading (much like the herbal scourge, lemon balm), and while it is drought-tolerant for those of us in dry climates, its toughness is a double edged sword. Stick with the plain yarrow, if you have to have it. Not once have I seen the yellow yarrow spread or send out a bajillion seeds that will end up sprouting up EVERYWHERE.

@nancymathisen9707 11 месяцев назад

A plant can be native and also weedy in a particular area. If it’s native, by definition it can’t be invasive, even if it’s weedy in your garden.

@denisef1153 3 месяца назад

Thank You. I did not know this very useful bit of information. So the key is to only buy native plants to your specific area. Is this why my milkweed isn’t spreading? I have to propagate it myself.

@nancymathisen9707 3 месяца назад

@@denisef1153, in my experience milkweed can be difficult to establish but is very vigorous in suitable conditions once established.

@denisef1153 3 месяца назад

@@nancymathisen9707 ahhh they are not established. Just a few months old. some are not even a full month. Thanks.

@jaygray7102 2 месяца назад

Most of these plants aren't a problem where I live so I was really surprised to see barberry and burning bush on the list. I appreciate the way alternate plants are listed.

@phoenixrising5338 4 месяца назад

It depends on where you are. Several of the plants on this list won't grow at all in some climates I've lived in. Others were common, but this is the first time I've heard them referred to as a problem. Some "native" plants are a huge nuisance as well. Just because a plant is native doesn't mean it's necessarily a great plant or that you want a ton of it all over. A weed is any plant growing where you don't want it and a desirable plant is any plant growing where you want it.

@dl8619 3 месяца назад

Exactly I'm in zone 8b Georgia and after our brutal summers hardly anything other than what's native is alive in my yard

@PollyMaxable 9 месяцев назад

Goutweed, Chinese Lantern & Pampas Grass are giving me a lot of work trying to eradicate them.

@joannc147 9 месяцев назад

Terrific! You added great value by including substitutes 👍🏻. Here in NC. I would add Liriope, Creeping Charlie and Vinca vines. Also, 4 O’Clocks.

@Islandgirl4ever2 11 месяцев назад

I just bought two cameleon plants at the plant nursery because they are so pretty.. You can bet, after watching this video, they will be taking out of my flower bed.. asap.. thank you.. Also, that evening primrose, in the yellow version, is popping up everywhere.. what an impressive plant.. It is in my border walls and adds a really beautiful look to my Japanese garden.. I have been pulling out young plants where i don't want it, but you can sure see how it is invasive.. thank you for this info.. I have been at my place for a little over a year now, and this plant is new to me.. Just started growing in my garden this summer.. Never have seen it before, and seeing it outside in the neighbourhood.. We live in a wooded area, so we have sooo many different native flowering plants.. It is very interesting to see what comes up and flowers... Thank you foryour very informative video!!

@Gardeningknowhow 11 месяцев назад

I am so glad this video caught you right in the nick of time! I still find this plant all over my landscape beds no matter how many times I pull it out. - Amy

@mfiorito7279 3 месяца назад

My neighbor planted the chameleon plant and boy did he regret it.

@jessieyork4508 2 месяца назад

I would like to think a local nursery would not sell invasive plants for that area. How disappointing

@kelvinlambert4249 Месяц назад

Make sure you remove every scrap of root.

@DaisyMaeMoses Месяц назад

If I was buying a property and I saw even a single chameleon plant on it that would be a deal breaker. Nope, nope, and nope.

@kathyjames9250 10 месяцев назад

I live in Canada in Zone 3, like Minnesota: cold. I have seen neglected flowerbeds packed with “Campanula Glomerata” or Clustered Bellflower, which has pretty purple heads of bells. Once you have it, you will never be without it. The Garden centres do mention it “spreads rapidly in rich soils.” Others you will have a hard time getting rid of: Yarrow, (that overtakes the lawn, with spreading roots and seeds), as well as Lamium, Lemon Balm, Bachelor’s Buttons, Virginia Creeper, Tansy, and others that I noticed are still sold by garden centres, including Baby’s Breath (not including the pink ground cover type) and Snow in Summer. I depend on the more prolific “survivors” and reseeding/spreading/perennial nature of plants to fill up the flower garden (like Blue Flax, Viola, Chinese Forget-me-nots, Dill, Candytuft, Wild ferns, Poppies, Cosmos, Artemisia) and have given up on completely eradicating Yarrow. Some of these plants have seeded themselves happily in the drainage rocks around the foundation of the house, so obviously do not need a lot of care. Edit; I forgot to mention it is a good idea to add some native growing flowers for the bees and butterflies, like Milkweed, wild bellflowers, non-spreading Goldenrod, wild Asters, Blanketflower, Black-eyed Susans.

@ah7smpa853 10 месяцев назад

Milkweed will come up everywhere. It showed up in my garden by it's self now it's everywhere 😢

@emiliebova 8 месяцев назад

Yes to natives! Replace what we are eradicating from our environment.

@melaniebrowne1935 3 месяца назад

Hello fellow zone 3 gardener! My mom calls the blue bells "hell's bells" they are destroying our creek 😢

@denisef1153 3 месяца назад

@@ah7smpa853milkweed attracts butterflies. The butterflies lay their eggs on them then you have caterpillars that will eat them up and then the final stage of butterflies. The plants grow back easily. I have milkweeds but they aren’t spreading on their own yet and I want them to as I’m raising and releasing monarch butterflies because they are endangered. And it’s a real fun project.

@idalily3810 3 месяца назад

Lemon Balm! OMG, it took me years to get rid of that.

@lisasalerno4182 2 месяца назад

another thing about scotch broom is it is highly flammable and its sap is like jet fuel to any wild fires that encounter it.

@AussieBrit 13 дней назад

I planted four Jasmine (Polyanthum,) plants to climb up my verandah posts, 28 years ago. It's now climbing up everything, including the trees on our 8-acre property, hell, it's even coming up through the floorboards inside the house, (a 100-year-old weatherboard cottage.) The worst mistake I ever made! I just can not get rid of it! 😫Buddleia is considered a noxious weed here on the Mid North Coast of NSW Australia as is Lonicera japonica. Anyhoo, I really enjoyed this video and have subscribed. Cheers from Oz! 🦘

@kathleenoconnor8155 2 месяца назад

You need to add Trumpet Vine to your list! It is beautiful and draws humming birds and butterflies. But it also imbeds itself into the outside walls of a home and keeps climbing up as high as it can go. The vine stems become very thick and woody. They get under clapboard and siding they get into soffits on the roof and start getting under the shingles. The vines never seem to end when you try to pull them out or pull them off your walls. They wrap themselves around cables and wiring on the electrical boxes and meters. When the vine is growing on a fence it sends out long runners that plant themselves along the ground. Mowing them does not help because then you just have little woody stems sticking up everywhere that keep coming up. It makes it very uncomfortable to walk barefoot in the yard. I have always been a careful gardener, no harsh chemicals. But after I bought an older home with that plant growing on it, I thought it was charming and beautiful. Now after four years of damage I had to resort to Round Up. It just got soooo out of control!

@gardenforbirds 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for posting, such an important topic! It’s pretty upsetting what the garden centers still sell - Callery Pear is very easy to buy in my area, despite it being such an ecological disaster! ❤

@melissaperry6909 11 месяцев назад

I've been battling lily of the valley for years... also when i bought my house i pulled out several holly bushes... I'm still finding runners and new starts from those nasty things! Horseradish is awful and honestly i have locust trees that are nasty too... if a branch breaks off you'll find runners growing on the other side of your yard for years! 😵‍💫🥺

@suran396 Месяц назад

Holly grows wild around here and it is the "rare" bush in the forest. Hmmmm.....

@kathygraf5349 3 месяца назад

Lets not forget about St Johns Wort, Seattle Washington. I spent 8 yrs in a rockery to no avail.... 😢

@peggylee6086 Месяц назад

When my husband and I bought our house we discovered that the previous owners had planted Virginia Creeper which has now spread over various areas of our property. It is impossible to eradicate and is now growing up old trees. They also planted Vinca which has spread out into the woody area as a ground cover.

@ClementineDaydream Месяц назад

They may not have planted it. It grows wild where I am.

@sgardy69 24 дня назад

I worked for a long time to get rid of Vinca. Thank goodness it was a small area when I started to get it out of my yard.

@thestereoclub6735 11 месяцев назад

I live in Austin- nandina/heavenly bamboo and ligustrum/chinese privet are extremely invasive and very tough to eradicate. Sad to say, you can still buy them in the big box stores. Four O'Clocks are native to Mexico, so tolerate Austin weather and are perennials here. However, they require a bit of care to thrive, so I don't consider them invasive. A month of 105 degrees without rain will kill them, but not nandina nor ligustrum. Our big freeze of Feb 2021 semi-killed many of the ligustrum, but most regenerated dozens of shoots from the base of the trunk not unlike the Hydra of mythology. Nandina was totally unaffected.

@wendymontie5660 2 месяца назад

I found out, after not realizing I should have looked it up before just cutting it down... Nandina's roots/rhizomes get the signal that damage has occurred and sends out new growth in another spot. My back bed was RIFE with the things... Now that I know, I took a suggestion from the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center re: ending nandina w/o getting lots of new plants: VERY VERY careful application of the glyphosate concentrate that shall not be named to a freshly cut stalk. THAT ends the nandina...it takes some time but it works! Over the last year, I'd take an hour or so every so often, double-gloved up, grabbed a disposable little brush, my cutters and set-to in a particular part of the back bed. More to go, but the amount of nandinas is GREATLY reduced. I want them all gone. Trying to intersperse natives where the nandinas have been gone for a bit.

@maryellenshirley8518 3 месяца назад

Fantastic video. Mentioning alternative plants is a huge help.

@silverhills5684 2 месяца назад

Thank you for supplying alternative plants to plant in the place of the invasive ones.❤

@bernaclischurchill4463 11 месяцев назад

Where many of you consider these plants invasive, I consider them an option because of the area where I live. I love a beautiful garden, but I don't love the maintenance, so the less I have to do, with good looks is prime in my book. Invasive also means tough on foot traffic for those who don't understand the phrase, get out of my flower bed.' Ms. B. Churchill

@rphjacobs9197 11 месяцев назад

One that you did not mention is Virginia creeper. It is a nightmare where I live in Kentucky.

@moocrazytn 3 месяца назад

Yes, it's very vigorous. But at least it's a native.

@rphjacobs9197 3 месяца назад

@@moocrazytn so is poison ivy. Virginia creeper chokes out everything and takes over. I cannot imagine anyone desiring to actually plant it. Kudzu is another one around here that is taking over.

@dl8619 3 месяца назад

It's native in the south.

@gibsalot 3 месяца назад

are you sure its not Kudzu ? im in Ky as well alot of locals call it creeper in this area and it is EVERYWHERE but it is Not native its from south east china. it was introduced in the south in the late 1800's and is know as the vine that ate the south. the gov planted it along bare hill's to prevent soil erosion in the early 1900's and it took over. the only good thing about it is it's edible all parts , the best way to get rid of it is pin it off and turn a few hog's or goats loose on it.

@fayetaylor919 3 месяца назад

Va & NC also, I found I was highly allergic also worse than poison oak or ivy!! 😢

@enfieldjohn101 11 месяцев назад

Interesting video. Good to see that you have recommended alternatives to these plants. Good details on why each plant is invasive and where. Another plant to watch out for in many parts of the country, especially the North Central and Northwest is Spurge. Leafy Spurge is a terribly invasive plant in this area and its relatives spread quite well too. Where I live in Las Vegas, NV, many of these won't survive outside of irrigated areas, but if you have a home or property near one of the remaining wetlands in the area, some of these plants can invade such areas. Some palm trees have become a bit of a weed problem here, especially Canary Island Date Palm. Their seed grows very well in irrigated places and the trees need pulled out of lawns, flowerbeds and next to building foundations before they get too big.

@mapleaf6672 9 месяцев назад

I have absolutely terrible soil-- it doesn't perc and is extremely alkaline. A burning bush actually DIED in my front yard. Lily of the valley is barely making it and butterfly bush will only grow in raised beds.

@becky4109 9 месяцев назад

Lemon balm too! Took over my garden very quickly.

@davidthedeaf Месяц назад

Well it is a mint, and all mint are invasive.

@nancyp6550 17 дней назад

I have catnip growing all over in my yard. My cat and the butterflies love it

@lbarmstrong1 11 месяцев назад

Creeping Jenny.... looks great but very much a pain to control. At least it's easier to pull out than some of the others!

@susangordon9597 2 месяца назад

It. is considered invasive in Montana and definitely not sold anywhere.

@davekintz Месяц назад

Yes, and I couldn't believe it when my wife bought Creeping Jenny two years ago at Walmart. At least she put it in a planter.

@leociresi4292 Месяц назад

We have some in the front yard, now it’s sprouting up in the neighbor’s yard!

@issigonis975 11 месяцев назад

The chameleon plant is a very invasive in the UK and I found out this myself. It also has a really unpleasant smell when you break it! The butterfly bush is spreads all over by seed on land that is poor and dry where other plants struggle, but it a fantastic plant for butterflies so a positive benefit. Bamboo is grass on steroids again I learnt this from experience, choose one that clumps and it should be OK. The rest on your list here in the UK are not such a big issue. i wish lily of the valley would be a bit more evasive.

@tessie7e777 10 месяцев назад

Yes, I’ve planted lily of the valley here in the Bay Area, California, at multiple homes and not one lived through the season!

@meganmcfeeter8478 10 месяцев назад

I get baby butterfly bushes that grow in the cracks between wood boards on my deck 😂. It's not really been a problem though, and I love sitting on the porch watching all the bees and butterflies who visit.

@llm5726 8 месяцев назад

You’re welcome to my expanding areas of lily of the valley. I made the mistake of planting some 30 years ago in one flower bed. It has expanded into most of my flower beds, and the lawn. My husband spend a week cleaning out a 2’ x 6’ section this spring from the bed where I’d originally planted it. The roots made a mesh net 8” thick which he had to dry out in chunks so he could shake the dirt out. Just awful stuff! Still love the little flowers, but not worth it!

@issigonis975 8 месяцев назад

@@llm5726 Sounds like Violets (Viola riviniana) in my garden which infest everywhere. Still want my Lilly of the Valley but clearly I don't have a woodland type climate for them. Sometimes the battle to force plants to thrive is too much as I have with blue poppies which need similar.

@robynemme2458 3 месяца назад

The chameleon plant was just as awful for me in California. We moved recently to a house with bamboo that is sprouting everywhere 😢

@lilythecat2268 2 месяца назад

People don't know these info before planting, so there are so many messy gardens which cost a lot to make it clean. This forecasting info is useful.

@ksbrook1430 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for offering alternatives to the plants you list.

@penelopejane5285 10 месяцев назад

Butterfly Bush is not invasive in all climates and they are awesome!

@louannhuber2651 2 месяца назад

Thought it would be awesome to see a field of these covered by butterflies

@bobbipetty7411 2 месяца назад

Mine all died

@brondahawkins4526 Месяц назад

Grows like a weed in the UK. Sprouts out of the sides of buildings and invades any crack, anywhere.

@jojomarie5218 Месяц назад

It grows all along the roadsides and creeping up to and onto the Appalachian trail zone 6 in PA. How is that not invasive.

@denisewilliamson1234 16 дней назад

They are deemed invasive in oregon, however I am in Washington State, on the east side where we get four seasons. Not the rainy Seattle side. Do you know if the cold seasons in the inland Northwest will help control the spread of a butterfly bush? I bought one but I haven't planted it because I didn't know it was invasive.

@desihuffman2848 11 месяцев назад

I live in Texas, and my soil is sand. I love 4 O'clocks. I planted a few and low and behold they have become very invasive, and have tried taking over my acre yard. I'm constantly literally digging them up. The roots as big as large cabbages. Be careful where you plant them.

@kater8730 11 месяцев назад

Never heard of a 4 o'clock so I looked it up. They look pretty, thanks for the warning I won't plant any of them.

@delloltmans1319 11 месяцев назад

They are terrible spreaders!

@christygarcia4843 11 месяцев назад

I live in southern Dallas County. I appreciate your warning and will try to corral the 4 o’clocks that have appeared at the front of my yard.

@amethystanne4586 10 месяцев назад

When Mom had a garden, she would plant 4 o’clocks every year. We lived in NJ.

@pattybhealthy7334 2 месяца назад

I had grown 4 o'clock flowers for years with minimal success.😮

@brendatucker35 Месяц назад

English Ivy, took over 10 years to get rid of it, but just this spring I found it coming back after 3 years. My next door neighbor was not happy as it was growing on a shared fence he had helped clear...

@LS-kg6my 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, thank you thank you. We need to regenerate our native ecosystems. It is really essential to the survival not just a Plans but if insects and birds and other species that are all interrelated.

@robertp4716 11 месяцев назад

Japanese wisteria is a job and a half to eradicate. It strangles the tallest tree like a boa constrictor.

@edcat6587 10 месяцев назад

But one can control it somewhat just by cutting the vines near their roots.they will grow back,but not reproduce much,if you do this every year. Keeps them from getting big enough to suffocate trees. this is what I do,as I have 30 acres of mountain land in Central coastal california. Just carry your large loppers on your hike around the property,maybe when looking for mushrooms,or just enjoying nature. I leave the poison oak alone,unless it is hugely about to suffocate a tree.the bees really love this plant?it is a great erosion controller,and I have become immune to it from being in close contact over time.

@annsfrench 11 месяцев назад

I live in Southern California. I bought a pretty purple-flowering plant one time that I later regretted. What a minute! I’m still regretting it years later! It’s the Mexican petunia or Ruellia simplex or brittoniana. It has been described as being reviled for its eagerness to spread with abandon. Some of the info I’ve found about it discusses how resilient the seeds are. I haven’t had that experience. But it readily grows to 6’ tall or more and spreads by underground roots. If any portion of the roots are overlooked when removing the plant, it will regrow. I have had it come up some 6 feet away from where it had been planted and removed. I like to call it the devil plant! 😮

@juneramirez8580 11 месяцев назад

I also have this plant. It can be trimmed into cute balls BUT it spreads like crazy. And when watered the seed heads explode to spread seeds.

@Dbb27 11 месяцев назад

I have this in Florida but it doesn’t get that big. It’s easily controlled.

@juneramirez8580 11 месяцев назад

@@Dbb27 funny how a plant is invasive in one part of the country and NOT in others? All has to do with growing conditions!

@SarahSmith-vt3oc 10 месяцев назад

A neighbor gave me some Mexican petunia and warned me it is invasive. I kept it in a pit, but that doesn’t stop it. I learned the hard way to HATE English ivy. I have to poison the kudzu every summer in GA. Got slimed by poison ivy while attacking the kudzu. I bought Russian sage in CO because it was drought resistant. What a mistake!

@jonnyfautoty7617 8 месяцев назад

I have both the tall and the small varieties. The tall ones are highly invasive in Texas. I'm still trying to remove them after years. The dwarf one does spread but it doesn't have as vigorous growth as the bigger Mexican petunia.

@barbaralong8665 3 месяца назад

Love that you explaining the invasive species and then discuss options that are safer

@sherrihohman2015 10 месяцев назад

I would add Spanish bluebells to that list. They spread by bulbs, some so tiny you can barely see them. I've been digging them up for 25 years and they still come back every year. The bulbs are very deep and pulling the foliage does nothing. It's my garden nemesis.

@brendaduval7567 10 месяцев назад

I share your pain. I have managed to virtually eradicate Spanish Bluebells in most areas of my garden, with deep and careful digging. However, it has an established presence along the base a Devon bank which runs along a shared boundary of my garden; other than taking the bank apart, there is nothing I can do to remove it from there, even herbicides (to use as a last resort) will not have an effect.

@kristycannon7923 2 месяца назад

Ditto

@bambinaforever1402 Месяц назад

What did they ever do to u? They bloom and then they disappear

@pamelaroebuck1079 2 месяца назад

Butterfly bushes are now sterile and seedless. I spent the day (first of many) digging out Forget Me Nots. This is a plant that spreads underground and spreads quickly.

@elizabethbarberis9957 11 месяцев назад

Beware when you first start gardening. Friends who are happy to share their plants may be giving you invasives. After one summer with gooseneck loosestrife I dug it out after seeing how much it had crept around. Same with obedient plant. Dug out after one summer and was astounded the mass of runners underneath the soil. Some plants should be sold with a skull and crossbones on the pot.

@pamsmith7369 10 месяцев назад

I learned if the tag says ‘good ground cover’ or ‘ fast grower’ I avoid it! Got Houtonia (spelled wrong, but in the video) had to dig it out literally end of summer EVERY YEAR! And every year it came back with a vengeance! It smells odd, too! Like rotting citrus, or something. Very vinegary.

@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane 10 месяцев назад

Yes! So true! I just made a similar comment!

@joannc147 9 месяцев назад

TRUTH!

@stephaniesikes3218 2 месяца назад

I totally agree. When I first was interested in flower garden, friends gave me plants that they had “ lots of” , but failed to tell me the consequences of inviting these plants into your garden. Now I battle many on the list but the worst one is Spiderwort - Tradescantia. It has taken over and is spreading to other yards. I am working hard to eradicate it. Given to me by a “friend” 😂

@debbiem6406 2 месяца назад

Thanks for including alternatives. Just subscribed!

@darla123 8 месяцев назад

Trumpet Vine!!! It was here when I bought my house, and I have been battling it for 25 years.

@eliasross4576 2 месяца назад

Go for native species that benefit pollinators in your area. They also won’t be invasive, although some can be aggressive.

@kathleencoronado4573 11 месяцев назад

I had vinca vine one year as a trailing plant in a pot and it rooted itself all over the place! Not as bad as the ones you have mentioned but wish I never bought it. It was was of the first plants I bought when beginning gardening and did not know better not to let it touch the ground. Unfortunately we learn from our mistakes. 😑

@angelanderson4378 11 месяцев назад

I live in a wooded are of the PNW and bought my property 30 years ago. The previous owner used vinca as a ground cover in several areas and it is so hard to remove! Anywhere that I decide to plant flowers I have days of exhausting digging to do to get rid of it and it is impossible to get it all out!

@bobbisue313 10 месяцев назад

I like vinca vine and creeping jenny. Im all for ground cover. Better than crabgrass.

@stephaniem2510 9 месяцев назад

I constantly battle with vinca, as I inherited it with house.

@lilys4960 9 месяцев назад

I appreciate you give an alternative. In my own yard I have been trying for 15 years to get rid of burning bush planted by the previous owner. Just awful!

@MsmarytheRed 7 месяцев назад

SO TRUE Cameleon plant I bought as a new home owner learning to garden. It seemed so colorful and small it took over my garden.

@Camp_Swampy 2 месяца назад

We purchased a home in NJ. Unbeknownst to us the previous owners planted crown vetch on a slope- most likely upon advice on erosion control from a nursery. The spread was impossible to control. It crowded out and killed other plants in its path. I tried many non chemical approaches to control the spread. Sadly, I had to resort to chemical control.

@timflatus 10 месяцев назад

We have a massive problem with Rhodedendron ponticum in the UK. It pretty much kills everything else and is very difficult to eradicate,

@MrsSeaHag 8 дней назад

My dad planted Lily of the Valley in a rock garden we had in NH, it never spread out and died off on its own over the years.

@01Paulsgirl 3 месяца назад

Well done, helpful video. Really appreciate both the explanations and the alternative suggestions.

@penelopejane5285 10 месяцев назад

Morning glory! Never goes away!

@lawrellcoupland6052 11 месяцев назад

Trumpet Vine is highly invasive and will take over everything. I made that mistake and am now trying to get rid of the blasted plants.

@user-rq2es2io8y Месяц назад

Glad you warned me. I was going to buy some to plant near my new fence!

@katmullen948 18 дней назад

Winter creeper!!! I live in northwest Kentucky and its taking over my yard. We bought this house 6 years ago and someone had planted it under our river birch tree probably thinking it would look pretty. And it is until you cant see anything but that! It was literally killing our tree, the roots are huge in some places burrowing into the tree and spider off so its extremely difficult to root out. Ive been fighting it the entire time we've lived here. Finally a month ago i dug all the roots up that i could, sprayed, put food down for the tree, then landscaping fabric and mulch. Dont know if Ive won that battle but we'll see. Its still in other places in our yard, if I could kill it with fire I would!