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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are the ones that are going to drive local gardeners crazy as they are so ubiquitous here: crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica), cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus), Mahonia (Mahonia bealei), heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica), butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii).

I regret our crepe myrtle as I am constantly fighting the volunteers all over the yard. Prior owner also planted mahonia and it's the same -- prickly volunteers everywhere.[/quote]

I never saw heavenly bamboo before I loved outside of the Beltway. The flowers threw me for a loop.[/quote]

Hmm, are you thinking of Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) - fluffy pink blooms on a tree? Very invasive and the main host plant for the latest bug invader: spotted lantern fly.

https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/a-tale-of-two-invaders-tree-of-heaven-and-spotted-lanternfly

Nandina (aka heavenly bamboo) is a shrub with bamboo-like leaves, but is most grown for its clusters of red berries that persist in winter on evergreen leaves. Unfortunately, it is invasive and the berries are toxic to our native birds, but they don't know it so they eat them.

https://delta.audubon.org/news/nandina-berries-kill-birds[/quote]

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