Aggressive Plants in garden
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Anonymous
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What plants are aggressive in the garden and wish someone would've told you? I got some evening primrose and i can't seem to get rid of it.
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Anonymous
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Oh gosh, realizing I have an abundance of evening primrose too.
I've got calendula all over the place, but it's easier to pull up if it gets to be too much. Also lamb's ear loves my yard for some reason - always pulling it out. And the freaking black eyed susans. Used to like them but wow they grow everywhere! |
Anonymous
| Mint! I even tried planting the pot underground to contain it and it still spread. Raspberry canes are another. |
Anonymous
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When I moved in, the prior owners had a few aggressive plants, both native and nonnative:
Nonnative: -Mexican primrose (pink flowers) -Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria), also called bishop’s weed - impossible to eradicate and I have tried everything. Any piece of it left on or in the ground sprouts. It tangles with the roots of other plants and trees, so it is always there unless you rip everything out. -Mahonia (Oregon Grape Holly) - seeds sprout easily and I am pulling seedings from the whole yard all year round. Birds spread the seeds far too, so I'll be removing this shrub. - Ornithogalum aka Start of Bethlehem; its a small bulb that is as hard to eradicate as the wild onion grass I also can't get rid of. - garlic chives - red veined sorrel, spread by seed everywhere -- lily of the valley, I like it but, ugh. Native: Evening primrose (yellow flowers). I was able to get rid if through simple weeding though). |
Anonymous
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brown/black eyed susan’s
Anise Lemon Balm |
Anonymous
| Italian arum is the worst nightmare imaginable. Anyone with it in their yards should be severely fined. |
Anonymous
| Monarda and Liriope. At least the hummingbirds like Monarda. Liriope has no redeeming qualities. |
Anonymous
| Euphorbia. Now I know. It's got to be the right location |
Anonymous
This randomly appeared in my yard and I’ve been pulling it out etc for 3 years. Keeps coming back. |
Anonymous
| Golden ragwort, blue false indigo, violets |
Anonymous
| ajuga. I didn't even plant it. It just appeared one day and started spreading like crazy. |
Anonymous
| Pachysandra. |
Anonymous
See, now, I would LOVE to have those spreading in my yard. I do have violets going crazy but my false indigo barely survives. |
Anonymous
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Bishopweed.
Honeysuckle |
Anonymous
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Mountain mint
Silver dollar plant Obedient plant |