16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

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Most of us gardeners assume that the people that run our local garden center are knowledgeable and know exactly what they're selling - and for the most part, that's true. But what happens when some of the most commonly sold plants also happen to be some of the most invasive?
Due to the globalization of our society, it's become very easy to get plants from different areas of the world, grow them, and sell them to gardeners everywhere.
Here's a list of 16 of the most commonly sold invasive species. Watch out for them next time you're browsing for a new plant for the yard!
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  • @LeanneFan8
    @LeanneFan84 жыл бұрын

    Bruh my neighbor has Chinese wisteria growing on bamboo. The wisteria climbs on the bamboo. The ultimate invasive combo

  • @improbablytired7414

    @improbablytired7414

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol 😂

  • @Grouundedkidz

    @Grouundedkidz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol, do they have an outdoor kitchen & chickens?

  • @LeanneFan8

    @LeanneFan8

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Grouundedkidz no I don’t think so

  • @slimmette

    @slimmette

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hunt Mike bruh that’s racist AF

  • @Silverhineko

    @Silverhineko

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, I guess that's one way of having a plant privacy fence/wall

  • @angelalibi1
    @angelalibi15 жыл бұрын

    So, I'm watching this a year later and this is a lesson I JUST learned as a new gardener!! Just because you CAN grow it, doesnt mean you SHOULD! LOL! Because my land is in West Texas,of course I'm looking for plants and trees that are hardy and drought tolerant. Of course i wen on Ebay and Amazon and put all kinds of stuff on my lists. Now I'm realizing i have a delicate ecosystem and i need to be careful what i introduce. I'm learning a lot by going to the Ag sites and getting information about what is safe to plant and what I shouldn't introduce. I think that's a good hunt for people. Their local Ag office extension will have exactly what they need to have a great beneficial yard. We live and learn......sometimes too late......ie. carp....who knew??? Lol! Great video, I didnt mind the format at all. Thank you.

  • @winifredthompson2470

    @winifredthompson2470

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why don't you plant fruit trees they are none invasive, Every Spring you will have lovely blossom, and in the Autumn you will have loads of fruit to pick, and if you don't want to pick the fruit, the birds will enjoy them, and the bees will enjoy the blooms in the spring. I am sure there must be some fruit trees that would suit Texas. Hope this helps you. Greetings from Northern Ireland.

  • @angelalibi1

    @angelalibi1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@winifredthompson2470 thank you, I am going to plant some and also grow in massive containers. The land out there is full of clay and very dry but it it possible. Currently I am still in New Yoek City so all I can do is plan and garden in my apartment. I am planning to start buying my trees here and nurture them in the apartment as seedling.

  • @winifredthompson2470

    @winifredthompson2470

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@angelalibi1 Dear Natacha, I would wait till you move to your new Farm, dig a good big hole at least 2 times the size of the root of the tree you are planting, put,plenty of peat and good honest cow manueur into it, not fertiliser. Fill the hole with water and put your young tree into the hole and put the clay soil around it, you can improve your soil if you can get somebody to leave you a load of chicken peat manueur, don't worry about feathers in it, that will all break down to soil improvers. You will probably be able to get a load of this stuff for nothing, and if you dig it into your clay soil it really improves it. You know that when you,put in young trees you will need to keep them well watered for a little while till they get established. Ask in Texas, what is the best breed of tree for that type of environment, you might be told orange grove, lemon grove etc, This is my advice to you. I wish you all the best. Winifred, Thompson, Lisburn, Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland.

  • @angelalibi1

    @angelalibi1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@winifredthompson2470 thank you! I have since learned about building up my soil and about bone meal, feather meal, chicken manure (a magical substance 🤣) and Rabbit manure. I have been using fish emulsion on my garden and started my own compost. I am loving the process! Thank you for you help! I have written it down!💚💚💚

  • @angelalibi1

    @angelalibi1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@winifredthompson2470 I am planning a number of fruit trees. I have found that they will actually grow and like the clay with some ammending.

  • @IndieUSA
    @IndieUSA3 жыл бұрын

    The 16 invasive species mentioned in this video are: Chinese Wisteria, Bamboo, Winter Creeper, English Ivy, Japanese Honeysuckle, Winged Bruning Bush, Nandina / Sacred Bamboo (toxic berries too), Chinese Privet, Autumn Olive, Bardford Pear Tree, Common Perrywinkle / Vinca, Japanese Barberry, Princess Tree / Royal Paulownia, Sweet Autumn Clamatis, Weeping Lovegrass and Japanese Meadowsweet.

  • @dustyflats3832

    @dustyflats3832

    Жыл бұрын

    And add spiderwort, plantain hostas and a sedum called steppables-Ugh! They are impossible to eradicate. I have the sweet autumn clematis and it died back so it isn’t a problem after 3 years.

  • @pendlera2959

    @pendlera2959

    6 ай бұрын

    @@dustyflats3832 Spiderwort is native to North America. Just because a plant is aggressive and hard to control in gardens doesn't mean it's invasive. It has to be nonnative to be invasive; otherwise it's just aggressive. All environments need some fast-growing aggressive species to be able to recover from disruptions and handle heavy herbivory. Hostas are not native to the US, but they're not considered invasive in most of the country because they don't take over habitats and the native wildlife (especially deer) easily keep them in check. They're an introduced species, not an invasive species. Oddly enough, spiderwort is one of the plant suggested to replace hostas if you want native shade plants. Sedum is a genus with 400-500 plants, some of which are native to the US. Steppables is a brand that sells plants for use in grass-free lawns. They sell a variety of sedums, so it's impossible to tell which species you're referring to.

  • @dustyflats3832

    @dustyflats3832

    6 ай бұрын

    @@pendlera2959 whatever. If it is from here or not-anything that starts spreading Everywhere IS invasive. Potato potato.

  • @christines3638
    @christines36384 жыл бұрын

    When I was first married, we bought a house. I planted some wisteria. My new neighbor was a lovely older man. He came to my front door with a lilac bush. He offered to plant it for me if I would let him rip out my kudzu.

  • @annak804

    @annak804

    4 жыл бұрын

    Smart neighbor

  • @potatopotatoeOG

    @potatopotatoeOG

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha I like him 😄

  • @kaloarepo288

    @kaloarepo288

    3 жыл бұрын

    lilac is invasive too -it suckers up everwhere

  • @hanoianboy9562

    @hanoianboy9562

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kaloarepo288 it is native in her area?

  • @TheWBWoman

    @TheWBWoman

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kaloarepo288 Not like wisteria. Lilac is easy to trim back. Wisteria pops up EVERYWHERE! I find wisteria sending out 50 foot vines and I live way up north. It has to be total kudzu down south.

  • @Waiting4Him111
    @Waiting4Him1115 жыл бұрын

    The only invasive species in my garden is a gopher! That jerk eats everything. I am convinced if I put out fake plants, he would eat those too.

  • @dustinb1070

    @dustinb1070

    5 жыл бұрын

    Your gopher is a native species

  • @Waiting4Him111

    @Waiting4Him111

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Joe Smith Thank you Joe! I will give these a try😊

  • @lyssbeth

    @lyssbeth

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂

  • @HBO1984.

    @HBO1984.

    4 жыл бұрын

    Here in Houston Texas Ive never seen a gopher but I do have to contend with insect size invaders.

  • @Waiting4Him111

    @Waiting4Him111

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@HBO1984. maybe I will have to move to Texas. Now I have a bunny fighting with the gopher to see who can cause the most damage in my garden😡 what insects do you have a problem with in Houston?

  • @MightySapphire
    @MightySapphire5 жыл бұрын

    This video should be called "16 plant species growing in my yard that the previous home owner planted because she owned her own nursery. " Or just "My Daily Nightmare."

  • @autumnbottoms5743

    @autumnbottoms5743

    5 жыл бұрын

    MightySapphire 😂😂😂 You are hilarious! So true! Lol 👏😩

  • @kimonk

    @kimonk

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me too!! I just shared this video on facebook with almost the same comment! (Luckily we don’t have bamboo though!)

  • @poppyaustin7315

    @poppyaustin7315

    5 жыл бұрын

    I've got rid of many of them after previous owner, but I can only keep an ivy in reasonable size. Have I missed here Buddleya? I don't have it, but my neighbours have, so it is fight with its seedling each year.

  • @susanmetz9892

    @susanmetz9892

    4 жыл бұрын

    MightySapphire. Your comment is both funny and sad. I fight my neighbors bamboo and the natural honeysuckle. On the bright side, all that exercise is good for me.

  • @foreverkenzie2397

    @foreverkenzie2397

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @tashabattaglino1887
    @tashabattaglino18874 жыл бұрын

    Me: what a pretty plant! You: dont buy this! It grows quickly and will not die! Me(and my brown thumb) : 🤔you dont say...

  • @petuniafuzz9083

    @petuniafuzz9083

    4 жыл бұрын

    That is funny. I can testify to the truth about the English Ivy. I planted 4 small containers years ago on the North side of the house. I must trim it at least once a year and remove it from my Japanese Maple tree or it will damage the house and my favorite tree. I think it attracts or harbors mosquitoes.😬

  • @wcdeich4

    @wcdeich4

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think we need a more advanced way of looking at this. Any imported species that directly kills local plants or animals is a destructive invasive species. Like vines that kill trees by shading out all the light - yes - they are very bad & we should shop importing them & try to get rid of them as much as possible. And knapweed is toxic to both cattle & other plants - gotta do everything possible to control & reduce its population!!! However, when it come to bushes & trees that are only competing for space on the ground space by growing - plants naturally compete

  • @wcdeich4

    @wcdeich4

    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @Chickenmom777

    @Chickenmom777

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tasha Battaglino 🤣🤣

  • @notdonebaking

    @notdonebaking

    4 жыл бұрын

    Right? You say “invasive” I hear “hard to call”.

  • @TamarLitvot
    @TamarLitvot4 жыл бұрын

    When we moved into our house in Maryland there was a pretty stand of bamboo planted by the previous owners. Over the next 5-6 years it totally took over our yard so we had no space and no other plants. We made a neighbor very angry with us when we refused to give him shoots - - he lived on the edge of our big woodsy park (Rock Creek Park)and we didn’t want the bamboo invading that beautiful park. We had to get a contractor in with a backhoe to dig it out of our yard which was enormously expensive. We kept getting shoots for years. When I see bamboo in someone’s yard I shudder.

  • @shaestheticsss

    @shaestheticsss

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol I'm in MD & when I lived in Takoma Park we had a ton of Bamboo in our backyard that I actually miss now

  • @lilolmecj

    @lilolmecj

    4 жыл бұрын

    Be aware, there are two basic types of bamboo, those that spread via their roots, and those that do not. So you don’t need to always shudder. 8 ). I have a non spreading variety that I have been coddling for five years, it is just a tiny bit bigger than when I got it.

  • @ElizabethRhyner

    @ElizabethRhyner

    4 жыл бұрын

    In in Seattle and my neighbors down the street just cut all of their bamboo that was going crazy. Thankfully got myself a stick to go (gonna dry it for decor!)

  • @lilolmecj

    @lilolmecj

    4 жыл бұрын

    Elizabeth as a gardener I prize bamboo for support poles, it lasts for years, is very tough, I go “trim” my son’s bamboo every year and keep a bunch of the best poles for that purpose. He keeps threatening to take it out, but he is not that ambitious. His is a very old stand, but very stable , has not increased in the five years he has been in the house. Good for you getting some for decor. It is a cool plant, though no doubt can get out of control. If you want to have a panic attack, look up a video, put in the search something like worker building bamboo scaffolding. It is widely used in Asia for that purpose.

  • @dannac_8888

    @dannac_8888

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lilolmecj Oh thank goodness! Someone who knows what they're doing with bamboo. If you only barley research a plant and call it bad or invasive when there are hundreds of species, you do the entire bamboo family an injustice. When you plant bamboo that can throw runners you must place 3'-4' barriers inset into the ground to ensure it's growth is CONTROLLED. Consult PROFESSIONAL arborists (like my fiancee) to learn or Morakami Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida. To say ALL bamboo is invasive is just plain wrong. To identify your plant and then understand its habits is being a responsible grower in your garden.

  • @samanthaschurter747
    @samanthaschurter7474 жыл бұрын

    I’d like to see a video about how to get rid of these invasive species without resorting to poison.

  • @bobbun9630

    @bobbun9630

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mowing will keep most of them under control, at least in the confines of your yard, if the location is suitable for mowing. Cut down the plant, keep the area mowed. A few of these have widely scattered seeds, which is a bigger problem since you can't mow the entire environment. Also, if you're mowing something like bamboo--it will keep sending up shoots in the lawn for quite some time, but if it doesn't have any unmowed areas to support the growth it will eventually die.

  • @bratmari

    @bratmari

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've killed leaves on my houseplant when dish soap and vinegar touched them. I've thought about spreading dish soap or bleach on some weeds but I have not tried it yet.

  • @natureselement7588

    @natureselement7588

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @meaganwallwork5395

    @meaganwallwork5395

    3 жыл бұрын

    Boiling water might work for some of them.

  • @sarab3888

    @sarab3888

    3 жыл бұрын

    I got rid of weeds on the side of the house by spraying it with white vinegar. Just fill a spray bottle and go to town on them.

  • @sydneyb.267
    @sydneyb.2675 жыл бұрын

    I'll be digging up half the yard this weekend.

  • @moonistew

    @moonistew

    5 жыл бұрын

    digging, digging, ....hahaha 😂

  • @libraryofpangea7018

    @libraryofpangea7018

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't dig. Sheet mulch with cardboard & a thick lair of well broken down woodchips. You may be able to get it free from local landscaping companies. It's much more affective at smothering weeds and prior invasives then trying to dig everything up, is alot less work, & will improve your soil for growing.

  • @tinkerbelle6936

    @tinkerbelle6936

    4 жыл бұрын

    Akariel not to mention a good chunk of invasives prefer newly or consistently disturbed soil

  • @libraryofpangea7018

    @libraryofpangea7018

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tinkerbelle6936 Yup, and some weed seeds can stay in the soil for as long as 50 years. When you till, you're kicking all those seeds back up to germinate. That's the roll most of those first and secondary succession plants ,people consider weeds, play within ecology. They're first responders to major enviromental change, erosion & compaction. Such as bracken ferns after a forest fire.

  • @lottiepopspalace4994

    @lottiepopspalace4994

    3 жыл бұрын

    Most of these things I have in my yard 😟

  • @blackstar8620
    @blackstar86204 жыл бұрын

    I learned so much about this problem from Doug Tallamy videos and books 4 years ago when I got into outdoor gardening. I'm still pulling up ivy and periwinkle each year but I've planted so many native species of trees, shrubs and perennials. I've seen such a big difference in the amount of birds, butterflies and bees on my property now. Thank you for bringing attention to this ongoing problem🇨🇦✌️ choose natives whenever possible and ask the garden centres about alternatives to these invasives

  • @LindaCBMediaGroup
    @LindaCBMediaGroup4 жыл бұрын

    My grandparents planted the bamboo, and it took over the yard! We found where the roots were running under the foundation of the house. It grew from the woodline across the backyard, into the side yard and the front yard too. Some of the roots running horizontally across the yards were a couple of inches across. When I sold that property, it was to friends, who already knew what was there.

  • @lelynnkoch8183
    @lelynnkoch81835 жыл бұрын

    Invasives have more impact than just one homeowners yard. Some viewers don't seem to understand that these plants have seeds or berries that birds and wildlife drop in other areas. The plants become monocultures in natural areas. Invasives are a predominant reason that so many species appear on the endangered species list. Another example of human-caused habitat destruction.

  • @PamsPrettyPlants

    @PamsPrettyPlants

    5 жыл бұрын

    LeLynn Koch I’m living in vine hell because of neighbors that refuse to manage their collection of invasive species 😅

  • @thomastucker5686

    @thomastucker5686

    4 жыл бұрын

    Humans fit the definition of invasive species.

  • @TheBralleyBunch

    @TheBralleyBunch

    4 жыл бұрын

    LeLynn Koch welcome to America!

  • @tornado100able

    @tornado100able

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't really care! I love my invasive plants! If they spread to the whole world blame nature for making them so adaptable 🤣🤣🤣 well soon or later they will dominate all the places anyways but i really think probably a new plague would appear to control their "excess" in an eventual scenario like this because that's how mother nature seems to work... Human's activities and destruction of forests for example are way more concerning not to the word (Earth will continue existing), but for ourselves and many other creatures!

  • @cattfishing

    @cattfishing

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thomastucker5686 how so?

  • @azraikezoe388
    @azraikezoe3885 жыл бұрын

    It would be great if you could suggest plants that are "like" those invasive ones such as burning bush can be replaced by native blue berry shrubs, ect.

  • @lavvy2585

    @lavvy2585

    3 жыл бұрын

    Didn't know they were invasive, the only reason I didn't get one is because my friend told me that one had actually caught on fire hence the burning bush, because it emits some kind of gas so I said I think I should leave that one alone.

  • @songmakerdragon2393

    @songmakerdragon2393

    3 жыл бұрын

    Try checking your closest university extension. They should have lists and/or information sheets like that

  • @AT-rw3ou

    @AT-rw3ou

    2 жыл бұрын

    Depending on your local climate, fothergillas (gardenii or Mount Airy) are good alternatives to burning bush. They are also U.S. native.

  • @feliciafelicia6965
    @feliciafelicia69654 жыл бұрын

    I'm kinda glad I mistaken the periwinkle given to me for a houseplant 😂 It's doing just fine in a small pot lol

  • @Rat_Sauce

    @Rat_Sauce

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's where it belongs If it's invasive

  • @2020Dumpsterfire
    @2020Dumpsterfire4 жыл бұрын

    Invasive depends highly on area youre in and what part of the world your in so specifying where its invasive is really helpful

  • @Ms7of8
    @Ms7of85 жыл бұрын

    I work at a large nursery and discourage people from buying/growing wisteria unless they plan to train it into a tree. I provide full disclosure that wisteria is very invasive and can break-up concrete. Additionally, I ALWAYS strongly recommend against planting English Ivy and bamboo to my customers. With regards to the latter, I tell them that the rhizomes can pop up in their neighbors' yards and several blocks away to others. When that doesn't seem to phase them, I let them know that the bamboo can invade their underground piping/plumbing systems and has the potential to cause thousands upon thousands of dollars in damages to their homes. That makes them walk away REAL fast from the bamboo, and with good reason.

  • @azraikezoe388

    @azraikezoe388

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ms7of8 love your explanation!

  • @friend-of-furbies

    @friend-of-furbies

    5 жыл бұрын

    Can you grow bamboo in containers? If you can, that should save all the headaches and nightmares, right?

  • @Ms7of8

    @Ms7of8

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@friend-of-furbies Yes. The containers are generally placed underground and made of heavy-gauge metal, as the bamboo is so invasive, it can even break through metal. One can also use above-ground containers, but that will limit the size of the bamboo, generally by 50 to 75% smaller than in the ground. However, there are over 1,400 varieties of bamboo, so you can always find a few that might meet your criteria for growing well in containers as well as your hardiness zone. Note that you will have to water it more frequently, if the bamboo is planted in a container, which is a finite amount of space and will more quickly dehydrate.

  • @friend-of-furbies

    @friend-of-furbies

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Ms7of8 I see, thank you for responding! Bamboo is so intense lol

  • @Ms7of8

    @Ms7of8

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@friend-of-furbies You welcome and quite right re: bamboo !

  • @kimpulsipher647
    @kimpulsipher6475 жыл бұрын

    I am such a bad gardener, I have killed 3 of these just trying to take care of them! My plants do best if I ignore them. Lol

  • @joepublic5469

    @joepublic5469

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are just a loving person. You can love a plant to death. Most likely soggy roots. Watering touch will drown them. I have the same issue. 😊 we could make a living loving people's invasive plants to death. Lol

  • @bludelphinium994

    @bludelphinium994

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣

  • @hfyaer

    @hfyaer

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don't move them

  • @Folknfunk

    @Folknfunk

    3 жыл бұрын

    LoL

  • @southerner66
    @southerner664 жыл бұрын

    I actually get kind of angry at the whole landscape design industry for bringing in all these invasive plants and planting them everywhere. A professional landscape architect planted wisteria in the yard where I live, even though we're on the edge of a woodland. I've spent years killing it, and new sprouts keep coming up.

  • @potatopotatoeOG

    @potatopotatoeOG

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oof. That's a no no..

  • @prachirawat6963

    @prachirawat6963

    3 жыл бұрын

    Boiling water?

  • @makulewahine

    @makulewahine

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't know what type of wisteria I planted many years ago, but I do know that after digging down about 5 feet to root it out it has reappeared years later in the middle of my rose bush. The more you chop them back the more vigorous they grow. They refuse to die!

  • @danwilkinson2797

    @danwilkinson2797

    3 жыл бұрын

    Find something that competes with it that you can control perhaps.

  • @metaphoricdirigible1499

    @metaphoricdirigible1499

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dan Wilkinson using forms of nature against other forms of nature. It’s what the environmentalists should be doing more.

  • @jofipps376
    @jofipps3764 жыл бұрын

    I have most of those listed in my tiny yard. But my worst daily nightmare is the “Morning Glory” vine. The bamboo is horrific also!

  • @Farseli
    @Farseli5 жыл бұрын

    I remove English Ivy from Seattle parks every single week. It grows fast and kills our urban forests. There's huge volunteer events to remove it, but we can never get it all.

  • @jinde75

    @jinde75

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you leave Ivy that grows on fences? Ivy that is over 10 years old blooms in autumn and lots of insects feed from it. At least that is how it is in.northern Germany. I do remove it from trees and garden beds. Yesterday I was tempted to remove a lot from a wild area in my garden, but there is a chance that hedgehogs are overwintering there. I know we have some toads overwintering on our property as well and I don't want to disturb the animals. I'll wait till March.

  • @bonsai_wolverine

    @bonsai_wolverine

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jinde75 It might be native in Germany.

  • @noreenhallett7366

    @noreenhallett7366

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you mix weed killer with paraffin and brush it on the leaves it will kill almost everything without damaging the ground

  • @XLightChanX

    @XLightChanX

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jinde75 it's native in europe, gotta love my ivy mate!

  • @jinde75

    @jinde75

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@XLightChanX I know it's native. I wrote how I can be beneficial. I just don't like it when it kills my trees and covers the whole garden.

  • @bmac5085
    @bmac50855 жыл бұрын

    Japanese knotweed is banned here in the UK. It's roots have been known to go through concrete, and destroying building structures. A nightmare to get rid of, and very expensive.

  • @coffeebeann1

    @coffeebeann1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow what beautifully strong roots

  • @winifredthompson2470

    @winifredthompson2470

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@coffeebeann1 Not if you were living beside someone that had it growing in their back garden, and you couldn't sell your house because of it and it is very expensive to get rid of it. It is illegal to plant here in Northern Ireland, Greeting from Northern Ireland.

  • @bsarioz

    @bsarioz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Figs have pretty strong roots too. They can grow out of other trees, destroy buildings.

  • @thomasa5619

    @thomasa5619

    4 жыл бұрын

    Berk Sarioz at least figs are susceptible to triclopyr I had a nonfruiting type in my tea tree. killed the bottom half with poison, but left the top half stuck in the branches of the other tree It just put roots into the other tree and I’ve had to cut it again twice now.

  • @KeepinYouUp07

    @KeepinYouUp07

    4 жыл бұрын

    We have it all around my work. It will grow out of the smallest crack in asphalt or concrete. A small piece of root from 1 is all you need to spread it unknowingly. Crazy invasive plant.

  • @laurelcook9078
    @laurelcook90783 жыл бұрын

    I almost bought English Ivy today to grow around my mailbox but then something in me made me think “this might be a bad idea...” I’m glad I thought that, my neighbors are always ripping Ivy off of the side of their house.

  • @athenamissinghome619

    @athenamissinghome619

    3 жыл бұрын

    English ivy is not something to worry about- unless you leave it untended for 5 years..

  • @squishy2368

    @squishy2368

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great for potting and hanging plants but not outdoors ! (:

  • @stephs1476

    @stephs1476

    3 жыл бұрын

    It will be fine if you tend to it, ivy can be controlled and should be ok around a mail box just don’t put around a home, or anywhere large :)

  • @pattysciortino3313

    @pattysciortino3313

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are correct to choose another plant. We have English IVY that was here long before we came. If I don't regularly cut it way back, it grows literally like a weed and is impossible to remove. It harbors rats. Hard pass. Find a nice native plant, one that will support the other wildlife in your area.

  • @Stettafire

    @Stettafire

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@athenamissinghome619 Just don't put it on your boundary, easy way to upset the neighbours

  • @bleachchugtidy2178
    @bleachchugtidy21783 жыл бұрын

    Here in the uk there are so many buildings and walls destroyed by ivy, the roots easily burrow through wood and mortar and as the stem expands and turns to a thick trunk it separates the bricks and destroys the structure. My mum decided to plant ivy along a fence and a trelace on the house and within a few years we had to replace the door frame and remove the fence completely because it caused so much damage, I'm still cutting bits down 20 years later because it just doesn't die.

  • @gbarbecue2399
    @gbarbecue23995 жыл бұрын

    English Ivy will also eventually suck the moisture out of brick work if grown up the side of a building. We had to get all the bricks repointed after the ivy was cut down. Looks nice, very 'olde worlde' but a bit of a nightmare for your property.

  • @gregoryeverson741

    @gregoryeverson741

    5 жыл бұрын

    vines on brick, brick will be destroyed

  • @icarusalchemist1398

    @icarusalchemist1398

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just get trailing ivy instead of ivy with suckers.

  • @annak804

    @annak804

    4 жыл бұрын

    The water sucking properties of ivy are great for cob structures

  • @AC-qi9wo

    @AC-qi9wo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh, when we bought our house the previous owner, had English ivy, growing on the brick fireplace, I cut it off at the bottom and let it die, by the next spring I was taking it to the green clean getting rid of it for good.

  • @ID-ig6fq

    @ID-ig6fq

    3 жыл бұрын

    Heder Helix is nativ to loads of European countries. It’s one of the few native evergreens. Over here it’s a very good plant for birds and Insects but iron no one uses it anymore … It provides great nesting opportunities , pollen and berries extremely late in the year. It doesn’t need to climb up a house and can grow into great hedges also, but people plant utterly useless , non native thuja and cherry laurel hedges instead .. We’re struggling with a load of US „imports“ that are invasive over here and many of the same invasive Neophytes from Asia….

  • @susanmetz9892
    @susanmetz98924 жыл бұрын

    My neighbor planted bamboo a few years ago at our fence line and i can confirm that it grows very fast and the roots spread is a problem. We had a stalk come up through the floor of our shed. It is so strong that I have to use an axe to even choose it down. I also have honeysuckle on the opposite side of the yard. It grows naturally here and is almost impossible to keep up with. I spend one summer a few years ago pulling and burning it from inside me fence. That worked pretty well, but I still have to pull out the stray regrow periodically.

  • @lyndapurcell4450
    @lyndapurcell44504 жыл бұрын

    My husband bought wisteria to plant on our newly built pergola. It took three (3) years to destroy Mayflower beds...my neighbors. Garden and even under ...through our pond. And up in my other neighbors yard..we spent a fortune...and countless hours trying to fight it.I finally had to destroy my soil tear it out and start from scratch. Good luck and God Bless

  • @aprilmiller6767
    @aprilmiller67673 жыл бұрын

    Georgia here. If it's invasive, it's grown here. One of our worst is Sweet Gum tree. It grows both by seed and the roots sent out shoots. My back pasture is inundated. I'm also fighting Vinca Major and lemon mint that the previous owner put into a spot ALONG WITH English Ivy. It's a mess. I work at a nursery, and I try to gently let customers know when they're purchasing something that is going to take over. They're very grateful.

  • @joshward7009

    @joshward7009

    Ай бұрын

    Where do you live that sweet gum is invasive? Out of all the native east coast US trees I wouldn't have guessed that would've become a problem overseas. I'd expect it to be tulip poplar or Boxelder lol

  • @Waiyuwong
    @Waiyuwong5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the info. Can you do a video for the opposite? Like what are some easy and good plant for the garden

  • @epicgardening

    @epicgardening

    5 жыл бұрын

    Definitely will :)

  • @ellenmcintyre1247

    @ellenmcintyre1247

    5 жыл бұрын

    Great idea! Of course, the thing is also, what is invasive in zone 6 isn't in zone 4, 5. Couldn't grow a decent wisteria here if you tried really hard. Englemann Ivy, honeysuckle (japonica), mint spp....yikes! Russian olive, and purple loosestrife used to be sold in Nurseries here. No longer. No one buys (merchants), the growers don't propagate...It's all education.

  • @dustinb1070

    @dustinb1070

    5 жыл бұрын

    Google native plants for your area

  • @songmakerdragon2393

    @songmakerdragon2393

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ellenmcintyre1247 Also keep in mind how the the season where you live are changing. As an example, where I live (Atlantic City, NJ) spring and fall are about 5 minutes long nowadays. Not so when I was growing up.

  • @jthor3097
    @jthor30975 жыл бұрын

    I watched this in the nick of time. I just planted (in trays thank goodness) these same wisteria seeds that someone gave my husband. I think I’ll grow something different. 😃

  • @Sdravan

    @Sdravan

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jules Tor Wisteria does quite well in pots. Mine was on a deck, not a problem.

  • @jthor3097

    @jthor3097

    5 жыл бұрын

    Susan Ravan Thank you. I do love the look of wisteria so I’ll grow mine in pots also. Thank you for the tip.

  • @jenniferdurham4749

    @jenniferdurham4749

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jules Tor Try keeping it in a container. Over the years, you can train a nice gnarled trunk. Also you can control the seeds.

  • @shenesecatalfamo2118

    @shenesecatalfamo2118

    3 жыл бұрын

    There is a native wisteria.I don’t know the genius name but I know it’s called American wisteria or Kentucky wisteria

  • @jessiezhou3306
    @jessiezhou33064 жыл бұрын

    Maybe I should get baby panda for my bamboo garden LOL

  • @ttvphilswifft8682

    @ttvphilswifft8682

    3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine the amount of money it would take to keep something that big properly fed. And also adult pandas are notorious for being opportunistic and violently territorial

  • @charlottesmom

    @charlottesmom

    3 жыл бұрын

    I want a baby panda! 🐼 (actually I just wanted to use that emoji! 😉)

  • @JP-hh3bz
    @JP-hh3bz3 жыл бұрын

    our state has a program where they trade you a Dogwood sapling for a picture of you with a cut down Callary Pear :)

  • @mikebussy3334
    @mikebussy33345 жыл бұрын

    My ex girlfriend only bought invasive plants she's been gone 10 years and I'm still trying to get rid of them.

  • @PM-qq9vu

    @PM-qq9vu

    5 жыл бұрын

    She didnt want you to forget her.

  • @sharksport01

    @sharksport01

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same exact thing happened to me. So I'm gay now.

  • @mikebussy3334

    @mikebussy3334

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sharksport01 I'm not gay, but good for you.

  • @ellenmcintyre1247

    @ellenmcintyre1247

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ah, the octopus tentacles of memory...

  • @luv_larain7637

    @luv_larain7637

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mike worse than a tattoo lol

  • @spoton2826
    @spoton28265 жыл бұрын

    Sort of like Scotch Broom in the Pacific NW. Someone brought it her 50 years ago or so, now it's everywhere.

  • @janethagaman1998

    @janethagaman1998

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's was a plant that was planted along freeways in WA state. Until people started to complain about it causing horrible hay fever. It cost thousands to remove.

  • @lindaadams1008
    @lindaadams10083 жыл бұрын

    I remember buying some blue star creeper, and the day I set it in the ground, I took it right back out. I watched a KZread video and there was a guy talking about how he couldn't get rid of it. Glad I looked that plant up...

  • @jackyechan
    @jackyechan4 жыл бұрын

    I used to live in an apartment with a small yard and concrete slab. I remember painters hacked down all of the bamboo to paint the building and everyday during my lunch break I measured those bamboo plants and yes they do grow up to a foot a day! The bamboo also spread out underneath the concrete slab to the other side of my tiny yard. You should also do a post of grass and how majority of them also come from China and are technically weeds, like St. Augustine Grass which is very popular here in North Texas. I hate that grass and how the runners can invade a flower bed and are almost impossible to keep out. I think it was some painting of a meadow area in Europe that made the grass lawn so popular. Why else would anyone grow something that you have to water like crazy just to cut down to look pretty? ASININE!

  • @prachirawat6963

    @prachirawat6963

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agree. I see people putting so much effort like they doing serious farming only to out grass seeds. You could grow so much healthy organic food with all those fertilizer, mowing and hardwork

  • @cariwaldick4898

    @cariwaldick4898

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wish my HOA would allow us to replace the lawn with a native ground cover. In the backyard where they can't see, I'm courting several "weeds" that are gorgeous, and don't require any special attention.

  • @jackyechan

    @jackyechan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cariwaldick4898 the HOA is why democracy isn’t a good thing for everyone. Majority rules is usually bereft of the big picture as it pertains to the laws of nature. Most grass is a weed, usually from China. St Augustine is a prime example.

  • @cariwaldick4898

    @cariwaldick4898

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jackyechan I could deal with it if it was really a democracy. It's not. They come with rules and restrictions we NEVER got to vote on. It would be great if the city would back up the homeowner against harmful restrictions--but they don't. It's one of my hot-buttons, so I'll quit now.

  • @songmakerdragon2393

    @songmakerdragon2393

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jackyechan Most grass that the general public plants is a weed. You just have to learn about, then get, something native to plant.

  • @tanisha.r.thomas
    @tanisha.r.thomas5 жыл бұрын

    Home Depot is great for selling plants not best in your particular zone....lol. they will sell anything you will buy whether it will grow in your region or not🤬

  • @jmarie1719

    @jmarie1719

    4 жыл бұрын

    T. Thomas yes they will and it’s annoying.... You definitely have to do your research before purchasing their plants.

  • @wabbajackwabbajack6932

    @wabbajackwabbajack6932

    4 жыл бұрын

    well yeah then they can sell you another one when it dies and you assume you did something wrong. lol

  • @Emiliapocalypse

    @Emiliapocalypse

    4 жыл бұрын

    They do that with succulents too! Saying you can grow them anywhere, especially your window sill, but many windows don’t get enough sunshine all day long to prevent your succulents from becoming stretched out.

  • @floridahiker1503

    @floridahiker1503

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Emiliapocalypse . I've seen spray painted succulents in pots that have no drainage holes. They had them under a watering system filled to the top with water. And then other succulents on shelves not getting enough light all stretched out. Somebody knocked over a one gallon aloe vera and it only had 2 inches of roots.

  • @whosedoingwhat

    @whosedoingwhat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lowe’s how about fall planting plants in spring!

  • @rbear4574
    @rbear45745 жыл бұрын

    I have wild roses growing in my yard and will find little ones growing all over my yard, they reseed them self like crazy. Keep them under control and you can have a great looking wall of pink flowers from spring to fall.

  • @SmitaMinz1987
    @SmitaMinz19874 жыл бұрын

    You should definitely make a video on "plants that should always be grown in pots" or "plants that are not for the careless gardener" 😂 I have seen creeping figs gone berserk, and snake plants, rodeos, syngoniums, Gardenias... becoming a nuisance. While they can be easily controlled and maintained wonderfully, once established it's really irritating to dig out roots to eradicate them.

  • @doughoward6401

    @doughoward6401

    3 жыл бұрын

    They are called creeping figs for a very good reason .

  • @PossumPityParty
    @PossumPityParty3 жыл бұрын

    Previous owner planted many of these. Been working on the honeysuckle for 7 years. It’s going well. Have to pull every spring.

  • @joshrogers7816
    @joshrogers78163 жыл бұрын

    In the UK I planted a Lonicera Henryi in a far off part of our garden (we have a large garden) and forgot about it. 7 years later when we'd retired and got back into gardening I was appalled to find a 20' high, 40' long thicket that had throttled several mature trees and shrubs. Think of Sleeping Beauty and the mass of thorns that the Prince had to get through to release her and that was what faced us (but no thorns thank heavens) It took 3 days to cut it all down and untwist it from branches of the few trees that were just vabout hanging on. And 3 years later we're still doing extermination watches to deal with the suckers. Never felt the same about honeysuckle even though the perfume is delightful.

  • @LoveRatherThenHate
    @LoveRatherThenHate4 жыл бұрын

    My Grandmother had a princess tree on her property. Such a pretty tree with beautiful flowers and giant leaves, but I wasn't surprised to see it on this list haha! Every year we would have to pull up what seemed like a never ending supply of new trees. It definitely proved that it can grow anywhere, even in the rock hard Georgia red clay that barely grows anything.

  • @stonetoolcompany3649
    @stonetoolcompany36493 жыл бұрын

    I’m in year 2 of trying to eradicate 2 60+ year old clumps of oriental knot weed.... An incredibly invasive plant with an incredible root system. I’m mostly digging out the rhizomes wherever shoots pop up, but using glyphosate where I have to. The underground reservoir of stored energy is incredible, and the plant is amazingly resilient. This may take years!

  • @kristend344
    @kristend344 Жыл бұрын

    The plant that is the bane of my existence is big leaf maple. It's a native tree, but every year I'm pulling up seedlings. The mess of leaves in the fall, and the helicopters in the spring. It was a happy day when the neighbor cut down the massive clump (which was starting to rot, and dropped most of it's mess on my property) between our properties.

  • @etmoiaussi439
    @etmoiaussi4393 жыл бұрын

    We in Australia have a Biosecurity department which governs this sort of stuff, sometimes nationally, and some just state to state, as we have a wide range of growing conditions. What may end up being invasive in some states is a treasured garden item in others. We have a lot of plants we simply can not get for these reasons. Nurseries are not permitted to sell the plants on relevant lists for their areas.

  • @aussiegirl2148

    @aussiegirl2148

    11 ай бұрын

    Lantana is the worst.

  • @pendlera2959

    @pendlera2959

    6 ай бұрын

    I wish we would do that in the US. It's legal to sell almost all invasives here and without any warning to the buyers.

  • @jessicainhofe703
    @jessicainhofe7035 жыл бұрын

    My first lesson on invasive species sold in nurseries was with morning glory. Boy did I learn the hard way! lol

  • @cathyvincent3510

    @cathyvincent3510

    5 жыл бұрын

    I had a neighbor who planted it on the chain link fence between our houses. He would yell at me for cutting it on my side. It grew over 4 feet a week during the growing season. I know someone else that it took over their yard and the dry riverbed they had. They have been working on removing it from their yard for years. Finally they have the upper hand. I have seen it kill trees.

  • @jessicainhofe703

    @jessicainhofe703

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@cathyvincent3510 Yes ma'am, I had neighbor who moved in next door who wanted to continue to grow them in between us and I just told her that I had made a mistake and ' here enjoy theses sugar peas and Japanese winged beans, instead'. lol

  • @dewality8768

    @dewality8768

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh shit. I’m in Scotland and I’ve just planted a bunch of morning glory seeds along my fence. I want it to grow biggg to keep the nosey, unsanitary neighbours from peering over. Kinda regretting it now lol

  • @StrangeDisposition

    @StrangeDisposition

    4 жыл бұрын

    Depends on where you live and what kind of morning glory. The annual one sold in seeds is not invasive where I live but the perennial one sold as a plant is a house eater!

  • @jessicainhofe703

    @jessicainhofe703

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dewality8768 lol Nooo they are still a beautiful flower. I imagine it will look magnificent!

  • @susankelley175
    @susankelley1753 жыл бұрын

    The previous homeowner planted a good number of these. Endless issues. Thank you for the video!

  • @laura-gt3zc
    @laura-gt3zc3 жыл бұрын

    I had that autumn clematis and loved it. I will say I had to cut it back at least 3 times during the growing season, and back almost to the ground in late fall. But it was glorious and fragrant in bloom and covered an ugly post holding up the porch. For me the extra work was worth it.

  • @Odette321
    @Odette3215 жыл бұрын

    We have lantana in Australia that's invasive in some areas and not in other areas. It's good to get to know what's invasive where you are before planting things. Great video

  • @marthajf73

    @marthajf73

    5 жыл бұрын

    I love lantana. I live in mid Atlantic east USA so it is an annual here

  • @ThePlantUtopia
    @ThePlantUtopia5 жыл бұрын

    I built a raised bed and grow bamboo in it and it is beautiful. I keep an eye on it so it doesn’t spread. When the wind blows it makes this beautiful sound.

  • @AnimeShinigami13

    @AnimeShinigami13

    5 жыл бұрын

    do you use it for crafts? might help keep its population in check. Bamboo is really strong and you could easily make your own garden stakes for tomatoes, beans, ect with them. It used to be believed that paleolithic humans didn't go into asia during the stone age. But one theory is that the bamboo was so good for spears they just stopped making flint spearheads and arrowheads and made their weapons from bamboo, which biodegrades, leaving no evidence. :D its a lovely and very useful plant, but it has to be looked after!

  • @ThePlantUtopia

    @ThePlantUtopia

    5 жыл бұрын

    AnimeShinigami13 yes, I plan to use it for trellis stakes for my plants. One of the types of bamboo I grow is black bamboo so it will make beautiful trellis stakes. I read somewhere that bamboo is very good for the environment because it absorbs greenhouse gases and releases more oxygen than trees.

  • @bluebird9193

    @bluebird9193

    5 жыл бұрын

    He’s referring to Running Bamboo , there is a less invasive alternative called Clumping Bamboo.

  • @ThePlantUtopia

    @ThePlantUtopia

    5 жыл бұрын

    Crouton I have both types of bamboo. Clumping also spreads. I have 1 clumping bamboo that is getting close to the neighbors yard that I will need to move and divide.

  • @kayfrick7129

    @kayfrick7129

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking about growing bamboo for homestead projects but now I know that I need to do a lot of research first and see if it can be kept under control. I already have a few of the vines in this video that previous owners let loose.

  • @jtferreira207
    @jtferreira2074 жыл бұрын

    I loved this video, thank you for making it! Looking forward to more of these as well!

  • @Karen19820
    @Karen198203 жыл бұрын

    Please do more of this type of video educating us of things we need to know. Thank you for your diligence. 🦋

  • @fn1202
    @fn12025 жыл бұрын

    This may sound strange but strawberries can be very invasive once they start putting out suckers, the roots are so tough and go so deep that if you allow it to it will take over your whole growing space/medium, even the stems that connect the suckers are hard to break.

  • @ZsaZsaUmbra

    @ZsaZsaUmbra

    5 жыл бұрын

    Native plants by definition are not invasive. One can't invade their native habitat.

  • @jeanneclark99

    @jeanneclark99

    4 жыл бұрын

    Technically, your strawberries are aggressive. A plant can be aggressive without being invasive. Invasive actually is detrimental to the environment. A lot of people confuse the two terms.

  • @alfredhitchcock1041

    @alfredhitchcock1041

    4 жыл бұрын

    Are you sure they are strawberries & not mock strawberries? Mock strawberries grow all over my yard. It is a vine that puts out what look like little strawberries, but they are tasteless. Mock strawberry has yellow flowers. Real strawberry has white flowers.

  • @Livetoeat171

    @Livetoeat171

    3 жыл бұрын

    Round up will kill anything just get it on the leaves and nothing around it that you don’t wanna kill

  • @naturdoc4076

    @naturdoc4076

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s why I use strawberry as a ground cover. It keeps the weeds down but does not climb on the shrubs

  • @tohrurikku
    @tohrurikku3 жыл бұрын

    I remember I once bought this really pretty looking packet of seeds and was growing it. It was growing really well. Decided to look it up and all I could find was websites saying "Invasive, do not grow," I was in a pickle and decided to actually try to kill it on purpose instead of allowing it to go wild. Learned a lesson that day to always look up a plant before planting it. I have seen what can happen when invasive plants come to your area and I do not want to be the one to introduce another one. Lilly of the valley is really pretty, I have found memories of it as a child and I want to plant it, but I heard that it was an invasive plant so that is another one I will have to skip.

  • @salemdrones4907
    @salemdrones49074 жыл бұрын

    This video is super helpful in identifying invasive species. I think I'll start reading your blogs now. 🙂

  • @crystal-jeanroat2885
    @crystal-jeanroat28853 жыл бұрын

    I’m battling garlic mustard at the moment... I got most of it out of the wooded part of my backyard, but my older neighbor leaves her wooded back to go wild. We just decided last night that I’m going to tear up her garlic mustard and I’m buying some native Golden Ragwort to battle it... I hope it works, as some gardeners online have said. I’m glad I saw this video today- just bought Vinca Minor two days ago and now I know not to plant it outside!

  • @antsquirly7654
    @antsquirly76545 жыл бұрын

    So true. Living in SW Fl and having had a landscaping company for 20+ years here, I've seen and dealt with too many invasive species. And homeowners who are down for the winters don't care. They want it like "up north."

  • @nancyhigdon879

    @nancyhigdon879

    3 жыл бұрын

    My Sister lives in FL. Her neighbor had a nursery business, Every kind of plant is growing crazy all over the 3 acres! Big time jungle!!! Then her neighbor 3 houses down is raising those black and white iguanas! They get loose in "the jungle", Wonder if some of these invasive plants are poisonous for gopher tourtise?

  • @fortheearth
    @fortheearth5 жыл бұрын

    Very informative. Thank you.

  • @ApproximatelyCee
    @ApproximatelyCee4 жыл бұрын

    These types of videos are definitely what I look for. There are so many toxic plants growing here in New York State that came from far away. Now we’re struggling to get rid of them because they are so dangerous to humans and animals. Thanks so much for sharing.

  • @HinduBoy

    @HinduBoy

    2 жыл бұрын

    So dangerous! #cmonplanta #usehuman🐂💩

  • @evac124
    @evac1244 жыл бұрын

    The previous owners of my house planted bamboo on one side of the lawn and now it’s a nightmare to keep up with the new shoots coming up everywhere... I don’t know how to get rid of it without digging up the whole lawn!

  • @court2379
    @court23795 жыл бұрын

    I have a good number of these plants, and none give me issues in Utah. The ones that give me trouble are Virginia Creeper, Chinese Elm, and Bind Weed.

  • @jaffie

    @jaffie

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am currently fighting Virginia Creeper. I have no idea how it got in my yard. Stupid me thought it looked so ornamental when it grew out of a window well & up the side of the house to the roof. I knew I had a problem when it entered the lawn. I had it all torn out, but now it has appeared on the other side of the yard! My backyard neighbor so "thoughtfully" planted an aspen tree. I am always cutting down those suckers.

  • @timrobinson6573
    @timrobinson65733 жыл бұрын

    How about some state laws that create a list of native plant species and when you plant them on your property you can write them off on your taxes. It would create a better ecosystem and would create growth in the nursery and landscaping businesses.

  • @janiceparnell8707

    @janiceparnell8707

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh my goodness I love this idea! I’m in Canada (east coast) but we have some of the same problems with plants on that list. An incentive is always a good idea to encourage people. Do you mind if I copy and post your idea on Facebook?

  • @Neenerella333

    @Neenerella333

    2 жыл бұрын

    In Arizona, you get a one time rebate from Salt River Project ( the local power and water company) if you plant heat and drought tolerant plants in 75% of your yard and have a conserving drip system. It's not exactly the same, but encourages mindful growing. Most of these invasives are also water hogs, so if someone can get them to live inn the desert, that person is also using an extraordinary amount of water.

  • @b.e.adventures2329
    @b.e.adventures23294 жыл бұрын

    We had vinca covering the side of the hill when we moved in. It was so thick there were mice and rats living in it . We ripped it out and sprayed it. Every spring it comes back after the winter rains. The more it rains the more we get...It's been 8 years.

  • @mariawelling4194
    @mariawelling41943 жыл бұрын

    That you for advocating for these species and educating the public..Magnificent!

  • @kathysoccermom3751
    @kathysoccermom37515 жыл бұрын

    Interesting article Wish I had seen it 15 years ago before I planted wisteria

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws--5 жыл бұрын

    Yellow Woodsorrel (oxalis stricta) you know the plant with clover like leaves and has tiny yellow flowers. It is native to some parts of the US but can take over even indoors.

  • @rayh7264
    @rayh72643 жыл бұрын

    Most definitely a useful video. Here in Brisbane Queensland I just spent several days physically removing the Singapore Daisy weed. Invaded from three properties away and it took over and I’d been trying for years to keep it under control to no avail. With the help of my son Nigel of Prehistoric Tank channel. Thanks for the video.

  • @williamaitken7533
    @williamaitken75333 жыл бұрын

    Good list! We bought a house a couple of years ago and it turns out about half of this list is currently planted in our yard. Wonderful! I've got english ivy growing along my fence, nandina in my front yard, chinese privets in my back yard, three euonymus bushes in my garden area, and a barberry bush growing right next to those. At least for the privets I've started digging them up for bonsai. They were growing next to my fence and were messing it up so they had to go!

  • @caralama08
    @caralama085 жыл бұрын

    If you like and wish for an invasive species in your garden? PLEASE DONT BE A SELFISH NEIGHBOUR..... have the plant but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE plant them in POTS so that they don’t take over and invade your innocent 😇 neighbours beautiful garden! THANK YOU 🙏. That is all... ❤️🦋🙏

  • @songmakerdragon2393

    @songmakerdragon2393

    3 жыл бұрын

    With some of those invasives, that's not even good enough. Be very careful about what you buy to put in a pot.

  • @Mlv2123

    @Mlv2123

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean, as someone who lives in the middle of no where with no neighbor for achres, I think it will be okay in the ground. Not everyone can high five their neighbor from their window hahaha

  • @perisleaf

    @perisleaf

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have a burning passion for invasive plants and love making stories out of them. However I don’t wanna plant any anywhere near my garden anytime soon.

  • @cathymaynen324

    @cathymaynen324

    3 жыл бұрын

    But the problem with them producing seeds is the seeds are carried by many vectors: wind, birds, squirrels, etc

  • @donnawitteried3213
    @donnawitteried32133 жыл бұрын

    So good to know. My daughter and I are starting to fill in a new home where we live. I was considering one or two of these! Now I know to avoid!!! YES!!!! Keep these videos up! I am new to your channel and love it! 🌻🌼🌱🌿🌳💖

  • @peggyburress8837
    @peggyburress88374 жыл бұрын

    This was more information that I sorely need. You are right about nursery information. I have learned to do my own research because they will sell you anything. Plant and learn year by year. I have a few of these plants you showed in my yard. Please keep these posts going. We ‘learning by doing’ gardeners need you.

  • @haldavis1424
    @haldavis14244 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting this information. More awareness is badly needed to stop sale a propogation of invasives!

  • @783342
    @7833426 жыл бұрын

    This is a brilliant video, thank you so much.

  • @epicgardening

    @epicgardening

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @gogo-word
    @gogo-word5 жыл бұрын

    I wish I could grow lush plants here but winters are so long and cold it won't happen. Zone 5a fierce winds and down to -40 not even counting in the wind chill. Maybe you mean in zone 7. The best plants are the natives here. It is very verdant and fertile with towering hardwoods and various evergreens Eagles soar overhead. I'm inside a forest!

  • @MrVeeBlog
    @MrVeeBlog3 жыл бұрын

    I had that Love Grass in my yard. I put it in 4 years ago. I tried to remove it in the second year as much as I could because it was growing in places I did not plant it. To this day, it still grows in my backyard. To this day I can find myself pulling it out of the ground by its roots.

  • @plantsoverpills1643
    @plantsoverpills16434 жыл бұрын

    Definitely an important and informative topic. So crucial to be aware of what you’re growing. Goutweed, coltsfoot and creeping Jenny are horribly invasive in my area. I’ll restrict creeping Jenny to containers where they create a great spiller but the other 2 are most unwelcome in my garden.

  • @Kate98755
    @Kate987554 жыл бұрын

    My English ivy is in a container...my last house the owners planted it outside, I never could get rid of it

  • @madtabby66

    @madtabby66

    4 жыл бұрын

    Roundup doesnt even kill it.

  • @Kate98755

    @Kate98755

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have no doubt...I’m even nervous to have it in a container

  • @katiekane5247
    @katiekane52475 жыл бұрын

    Sadly, most of these invasive plants have a well behaved native species that would be a very good alternative. Why import plants instead of identifying the natives & allowing THEM to flourish? Most folks spend more time picking out a fridge than their plants, unleashing havoc on not only their yard but neighboring yards as well. Nurseries are bad about selling whatever will sell, the Hell with the environment, NOT a gr8 business model. Many sources are availible to identify natives, use them! One you missed is Kudzu, scourge of the South.

  • @saturnynetitan

    @saturnynetitan

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ugh Kudzu! The bane of my garden.

  • @diannenaworensky6698

    @diannenaworensky6698

    5 жыл бұрын

    Katie Kane, you definitely got that right!! ✌🏻❤

  • @katiekane5247

    @katiekane5247

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@diannenaworensky6698 ty sister!

  • @katiekane5247

    @katiekane5247

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@saturnynetitan stuff is such a bugger to get rid of, and to think it was ALL originally planted & even recommended by Extension Agents. Smh

  • @QueenBee-gx4rp

    @QueenBee-gx4rp

    5 жыл бұрын

    Never plant anything that says creeper!

  • @kylief3774
    @kylief37743 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all the information. I will keep this in mind just brought a house with 3 Acres.

  • @gloriaglass9758
    @gloriaglass97584 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that video I found it very informative by all means please do more

  • @NatureShy
    @NatureShy5 жыл бұрын

    There is native spireas, too, that look just like the Japanese Spirea. Subalpine Spirea, or Alpine Spirea, is native to the Pacific Northwest, looks just like Japanese Spirea, and is also found in garden centers. The other spirea is Douglas's Spirea, or Hardhack. Looks quite different, and can be aggressive. Loves wet soil, and is also native to wetlands in the PNW.

  • @epicgardening

    @epicgardening

    5 жыл бұрын

    Amazing tip, thanks

  • @carolynwarfield1057

    @carolynwarfield1057

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's a problem in general with this video. It's important to call out variety so that folks understand that not every member of the species us invasive.

  • @HinduBoy

    @HinduBoy

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@carolynwarfield1057 they kinda like a boardstroke info / media provider #missedme #clickbait

  • @tenderheart7530
    @tenderheart75305 жыл бұрын

    @fern river Thank you for bringing up the scotch broom. No matter how hard we try to eradicate it people are still planting it. It is destroying swaths of forest. I think it should be a crime to have it in people’s property. I think the seeds last 40+ years on the ground.

  • @janethagaman1998

    @janethagaman1998

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's was also a plant that was planted along freeways in WA state. Until people started to complain about it causing horrible hay fever. It cost thousands to remove.

  • @agentaemme
    @agentaemme3 жыл бұрын

    My house came with several of these. The nandinas we've kept under control due to their locations. I removed over 55 lawn bags of English Ivy the second summer we lived there. The privets are the last thing to handle. It doesn't help that I am allergic to them and cannot breathe by them if they go into bloom.

  • @deborahnolan9360
    @deborahnolan93603 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the good information!

  • @kylelow5791
    @kylelow57914 жыл бұрын

    When I was younger I always carried around these two huge wooden planters in the back of my van for strawberries when I went camping and everywhere I was told to stay off state land

  • @michaelrief4424
    @michaelrief44243 жыл бұрын

    I planted English Ivy as a ground cover several years ago. Like this video details it also likes to climb. It looked pretty nice climbing the trees but last year I noticed a few of the trees were dropping leafs in the middle of the summer. The Ivy was literally sucking the life out of my trees. It cost me $8000 to strip the Ivy and Asian honeysuckle out of my yard. Buyers beware.

  • @yokikokudou

    @yokikokudou

    2 жыл бұрын

    that's because English Ivy is supposed to be planted INDOOR so they won't get invasive!!! 😂🤪😆😜🤣

  • @michaelrief4424

    @michaelrief4424

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yokikokudou Maybe it was Baltic Ivy, whatever, but I learned that it just won’t stay on the ground.

  • @susanmetz9892
    @susanmetz9892 Жыл бұрын

    Bamboo is no joke. My neighbor planted it along the fence line for privacy. He got his privacy and I got the rhizomes 25 feet in front of my shed. I dig those rhizomes out about 2 x week. He got the rhizomes into his septic tank.

  • @donaldsmith3048
    @donaldsmith30484 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the information!

  • @christinalw19
    @christinalw195 жыл бұрын

    I wish I could show you my beautiful, Chinese Wisteria that canopies the downstairs windows of my house. I control it, it doesn’t control me. A good steward manages their garden.

  • @christinalw19

    @christinalw19

    5 жыл бұрын

    Adam Johnston Thank you. As gardeners, we learn what is invasive. You either manage it, or if you don’t have the discipline, time, or desire, don’t plant it. I appreciate your comment. 😘👍🏼

  • @jbiebs1001

    @jbiebs1001

    5 жыл бұрын

    Christina LW28 my mother has a 20 year old vine that hangs over a large patio on a sturdy metal trellis. When it blooms it is breathtaking and the smell of the flowers is intoxicating. It attracts a more bees than ive ever seen too.

  • @christinalw19

    @christinalw19

    5 жыл бұрын

    Chemistry Cam she must have the Japanese variety. Mine blooms all at once and after 2 weeks it is all leaves and seed pods! I grew up with the variety that blooms throughout the spring and summer. The seed pods are gigantic this year!

  • @gcxred4kat9

    @gcxred4kat9

    5 жыл бұрын

    Are the seeds being blown by the wind or being carried off by wildlife?

  • @nxxynx5039

    @nxxynx5039

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gcxred4kat9 exactly a lot of arrogance and ecological irresponsibility here. People Patting eachother on the back for deliberately endangering their local environment.

  • @xuyahfish
    @xuyahfish4 жыл бұрын

    Some of these are ones I was considering planting!

  • @eileenh7597
    @eileenh75973 жыл бұрын

    Great topic-Please think twice! Also please add Trumpet vine to the top of this list. As a novice, I bought one from a nursery for growing on a trellis under my kitchen window in MA. Once established, it rapidly grew and didn’t like being confined to the trellis. It damaged any cedar shingle it grew over (and under) and began to corroded my foundation 😳 so I dug it up and tossed it in my compost pile (because when I have a problem, I prefer to double it). The next year I learned that it can sprout up from any tiny bit of root missed so I was hacking up my garden beds and lawn for years trying to get it all. At year 5, I realized it had also grown out the back of my compost, under the grass and began to choke my beautiful magnolia, beloved peonies and several other flowers and evergreens. I’m an organic gardener but in one of my darkest moments I tried micro amounts of carefully applied herbicide. Apparently this angered the plant Gods because it ate it up like fertilizer and came back stronger than ever. I built alters, vowed to nurture every green thing, volunteered to assist any gardener and toiled ceaselessly to pay down my karmic debt but still my prayers of mercy went unanswered. Finally, after 15 years of blood, sweat and tears, I had to sell my house. If it pops up in my new yard, I’m contacting Stephen King.

  • @aquariusrising3683

    @aquariusrising3683

    3 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate your sense of humor, lol. While I type this, I am looking out the window at my lush, healthy, yellow hummingbird vine. :)

  • @noreaster4194

    @noreaster4194

    3 жыл бұрын

    Trumpet vine is technically a native species in America. But yeah it's extremely destructive to structures and property. I have one on my wooden fence the neighbor planted years ago and has completely engulfed and ruined the fence but at least gives us privacy :)

  • @pascalbrunet19
    @pascalbrunet193 жыл бұрын

    Useful and well documented. Not only for the plants, but for the way of thinking of the possible results of our passion for nice plants !

  • @cindywannamaker5299
    @cindywannamaker52993 жыл бұрын

    My aunt had bamboo in her yard in California that someone else planted. She said you could literally hear it grow at night!

  • @dawnruhl8405
    @dawnruhl84054 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the information. The neighbors have the honeysuckle that has doubled in size in almost 2 years. It does smell fantastic, tho. Now how do I keep it in their yard is the question that comes to mind.

  • @paulmifsud5753
    @paulmifsud57533 жыл бұрын

    Hey, I thought this was a great help! Thank you for the advice. I fully expected to hear the name of one of my seedlings, I'm glad to say in the clear

  • @cavhoki
    @cavhoki3 жыл бұрын

    so glad someone did a video on this subject thank you

  • @kathyforgues6994
    @kathyforgues69944 жыл бұрын

    Ughh, Bradford Pear, my nemesis. Just looking at one makes my eyes itchy and my nose burn🤪

  • @word42069

    @word42069

    3 жыл бұрын

    we have them all throughout part of our neighborhood and they’re slowly dying from some disease 😈

  • @TAPriceCTR
    @TAPriceCTR5 жыл бұрын

    Morning glory is the cockroach of flowing vines.

  • @lauradavis4437

    @lauradavis4437

    5 жыл бұрын

    Singapore daisy and thunbergia are two to watch out for in QLD.

  • @sharksport01

    @sharksport01

    5 жыл бұрын

    Poison ivy

  • @leesa9615

    @leesa9615

    3 жыл бұрын

    Whaaaaaaaat????? Why?????

  • @TAPriceCTR

    @TAPriceCTR

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@leesa9615 because you can't kill it off

  • @leesa9615

    @leesa9615

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TAPriceCTR I hope so I wanna make a huge living wall

  • @rachellel
    @rachellel4 жыл бұрын

    I think this is a helpful video for those without freezing temps to kill and slow plants down.

  • @PDAV5
    @PDAV53 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Great information!

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