Aggressive Plants in garden

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Ornamental grasses are going buck wild in my garden. PITA. Sweet Autumn Clematis and Wisteria as well

I just cut back my Sweet Autumn Clamatis. As I did it I felt the plant staring back at me like it just declared war. We will see what September brings.

I’ve got a variegated low ornamental grass that I cannot rid from my front flower bed. Every year I think I’ve dug it all up and then it appears again.

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Anonymous wrote:Italian arum is the worst nightmare imaginable. Anyone with it in their yards should be severely fined.

This randomly appeared in my yard and I’ve been pulling it out etc for 3 years. Keeps coming back.

We had one small patch—I didn’t know what it was, so I just left it. It’s now everywhere. We’ve been digging it up—any other suggestions for getting rid of it for good? I hate it.

You basically can’t. Italian Arum is the spawn of Satan. The only thing that works is to dig very deep around the plant with enough border. Then throw it all away. Period. You have to treat it like a zombie infection. If any small part of the very delicate roots break off it creates more. But you can’t get rid of it unless you dig out the tuber, which is often very deep. The worst invasive species out there besides bamboo. Horrible plant.

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English ivy
Liriope
Honeysuckle
Vinca
Sweet autumn clematis

All from neighbor's yard

Apparently there's a native honeysuckle and a native clematis, but the ones my neighbor has are not. They smell wonderful but take over everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:English ivy
Liriope
Honeysuckle
Vinca
Sweet autumn clematis

All from neighbor's yard

Apparently there's a native honeysuckle and a native clematis, but the ones my neighbor has are not. They smell wonderful but take over everything.

The native honeysuckle is an especially nice plant. It starts blooming in spring, and doesn't stop until hard frost. Attracts hummers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Ornamental grasses are going buck wild in my garden. PITA. Sweet Autumn Clematis and Wisteria as well

I just cut back my Sweet Autumn Clamatis. As I did it I felt the plant staring back at me like it just declared war. We will see what September brings.

I’ve got a variegated low ornamental grass that I cannot rid from my front flower bed. Every year I think I’ve dug it all up and then it appears again.

PP here. I feel your pain. I'm constantly doing battle. Some varieties, like Morning Light (grass) does not get invasive but others? Wow!!! Sweet Autumn clematis is currently trying to eat my hydrangea. Have to do battle with it this weekend

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:English ivy
Liriope
Honeysuckle
Vinca
Sweet autumn clematis

All from neighbor's yard

Apparently there's a native honeysuckle and a native clematis, but the ones my neighbor has are not. They smell wonderful but take over everything.

I planted vinca in a contained bed and it's been very effective with pruning. The key is to contain that sucker.

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Anonymous wrote:Italian arum is the worst nightmare imaginable. Anyone with it in their yards should be severely fined.

+1. I can never get rid of it!

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Gladiolus! I planted a few bulbs and they multiplied like crazy. Tried to dig them up but I still get stragglers every year

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Creeping Jenny. I loved the light green but now it’s taken over. It’s awful.

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Anonymous wrote:Gladiolus! I planted a few bulbs and they multiplied like crazy. Tried to dig them up but I still get stragglers every year

That is so interesting -- are you in VA or more south? They are supposedly supposed to be lifted in the fall in my part of MD

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Anonymous wrote:Pachysandra.

I like Pachysandra, I wouldn’t call them invasive. It’s an excellent ground cover and keeps out the weeds. I keep them inside brick border on one side of the house with a steep slope. They are tidy and are not wild spreaders.

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Agree 100 percent with the inclusion of Italian Arum. The absolute worst aggressor in my book is Houttuynia Cordata or Chameleon plant.
https://www.ecolandscaping.org/06/landscape-challenges/invasive-plants/after-a-20-year-dormancy-it-raised-its-ugly-head/

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 100 percent with the inclusion of Italian Arum. The absolute worst aggressor in my book is Houttuynia Cordata or Chameleon plant.
https://www.ecolandscaping.org/06/landscape-challenges/invasive-plants/after-a-20-year-dormancy-it-raised-its-ugly-head/

Yes. I have been battling with it for 20 years. I know I will never completely eradicate it—before we knew just how bad roundup is I tried that and it basically treated it like dessert. It helps to plant things that are invasive that you like more that can compete with it. Lamb’s Ear and spurge are my current favorites as they are easy enough to control themselves. Ornamental grasses work really well, but are very difficult to remove if you decide you no longer want them.

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Has anyone had success getting rid of Bishop's Weed? It's the WORST.

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anise hyssop. for me it's 10x worse than mint. it reseeds everywhere, almost all my containers, the cracks in my patio, etc.
for those with problems with bishop weed, it's edible and tasty, if that helps.