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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Foamflower is a native and it's seriously gorgeous.  Flowers forever and the sugar and spice variety I got has variegated foliage.   I have only had it one season so I can't attest to hoe quickly and well it fills in though. [/quote]

It’s fine but it won’t survive on its own in an urban environment. It’s no match for invasive weeds. I have it and I like it, but you have to weed around it.

Native plants are great but they don’t prevent or cure invasive weeds and often require a lot more work than “invasive” plants. That’s why they sell those plants. [/quote]

If the OP can give it a helping hand, Packera aurea (Golden Ragwort) is a native that is fairly aggressive. Once established, it might be able to outcompete invasives. If she needs to be completely hands-off, then Virginia creeper is an aggressive native that can beat back invasives, and be good for the wildlife.[/quote]

I mean, not really. I have a lot of Virginia creeper, on purpose. It’s great but for one thing it will be constantly growing and climbing into other spaces and for another mine is still mixed with invasive weeds, particularly porcelain berry. It holds its own but it doesn’t “beat back” anything. [/quote]

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