What plants won't you grow again? Are you horrified by any on my list?

@goodgugamuga

Ай бұрын

Loriope is the Devil and I'll never plant it again.

@TheImpatientGardener

Ай бұрын

@@goodgugamuga Ooh that’s a good one for the list!

@achnix3167

Ай бұрын

​@@goodgugamugacan you tell me why

@stetrick612

Ай бұрын

I think I'm giving up on Heuchera this year. They are very expensive "annuals" for me. I may consider some Heucherellas if they have an interesting enough contrasting color, but I'm done wasting my money with Heuchera.

@achnix3167

Ай бұрын

@@stetrick612 put them in pots to let them grow strong and you need to have drainage in the garden, dont plant too deep. Thats really it unless theyre getting eaten

Beware of plants in a private sale where someone has a ton of them potted up. Ask yourself why.

@pamsmith7369

11 күн бұрын

It anything called ‘great groundcover’!

@MyFocusVaries

11 күн бұрын

@@pamsmith7369 "spreads well" 😂

If you ever feel stupid about accidentally planting a pest. Just know I planted spearmint, peppermint, and lemon balm all in the same garden bed. 😂😅 Hope that makes someone feel better lol

@TheImpatientGardener

Ай бұрын

Hey at least you did it all in one bed :)

@VR-Trooper

25 күн бұрын

You have my deepest sympathy. I did the same.

@sallybaltazar1125

21 күн бұрын

lmao. Bless your heart for admitting that lol. Been there ❤

@dallastaylor5479

20 күн бұрын

Wow, my deepest sympathies. Painful.

@unemilifleur

12 күн бұрын

What plant won??

I have a simple rule in gardening. Plant what makes you happy.

@dougr.2245

18 күн бұрын

As a long time gardener, just be sure that what makes you happy today won't be your nightmare tomorrow (that is in a few years.)

@acustomer7216

15 күн бұрын

My dad had a clump if day lilies from his grandmother's yard that I split between my house & 2 friends. It has a huge Orange triple bloom & I spread them down my fence line. I live it when they bloom. Lily if the valley smells wonderful but is highly poisonous, even to handle

I'm thrilled when anything lives

We had lily of the valley when I was growing up. My dad was a gardener. He had it planted at the edge of the woods. It was lovely there, needed absolutely no care and the lawn mower kept it from spreading into the yard. It was just fine at the edge of the woods and was beautiful there.

@unemilifleur

12 күн бұрын

Yeah my grandmother had a patch around a weeping tree. The lawn mower kept it from spreading and it was beautiful. When I was a kid I loved those flowers and wanted some too, but now I don’t have that kind of space for toxic flowers.

@mollie3244

9 күн бұрын

@@unemilifleur Really, in the right place they are easy to manage. I mean if they run around under shrubs, how bad?

I feel like everyone has that one plant that sends them into an uncontrollable, blinding petty rage. It’s like a rite of passage for every gardener 🤣

@truthtalker4038

Ай бұрын

LOL

@CasaBonitaDominical

Ай бұрын

Not that I planted it, but this was my reaction to poison ivy. Couldn’t get rid of it, and was seeing it everywhere, even in my dreams (nightmares).

@alexandrashier5216

Ай бұрын

My husband HATES Red Osier Dogwood 😆 he says never ever plant that in the yard anywhere haha

@emmahilburn1732

Ай бұрын

Ground ivy. Just when you think it's gone, nope.

@bethanytrammell7335

25 күн бұрын

Winter creeper! AAARRGHH

It’s never a “mistake” it’s a learning curve🤣

@dougr.2245

18 күн бұрын

God bless your positive attitude.

Erin, thank you for giving us permission to not like certain plants to grow in our gardens!! I realize it's a very personal decision, but we have the right to spend money, work, time, sweat on plants that do WELL for us and make us happy. I personally do not like hot colored flowers in red, orange, hot yellow. I'm in Texas, and it's already hot enough without adding hot colors. Also, I'll never grow plants that spread or reseed aggressively....too much work. I've learned to be careful of plants that friends are too eager to share...they are often very aggressive, that's why they have so much of it to give away.

Mint. Enough said.

@lizdeken9710

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@alicianorvell3229

Ай бұрын

Ok, I’m such an idiot, I planted mint in my flowerbed. It has yet to really get going but I’m sure it’s coming 😅

@lilygirl2719

Ай бұрын

If you can let mint dry out it will die. (not water it and no rain -)

@ginnytalbert3696

Ай бұрын

Only in pots set on a hard surface (they can escape pots with those runnrrs)

@lilygirl2719

Ай бұрын

@@alicianorvell3229 I planted mint under a tree in horrible soil that I couldn't get anything else to grow. It has concrete edging all around. I think I'll be okay there but will still keep a watch on it. If it starts to spread outside the edging, I'll cut the sprinkler off that waters it.

Nurseries need to take part of the blame. They need to be upfront to the general public on what can be invasive in their area and clearly mark it as such. Either invasive due to runners, rhizomes, re seeding etc Invasives can cause such a big problem with our native plants being choked out . Most people wont do what is needed to eradicate a bully in the garden. If people were informed they could make a decision about that plant as they are shopping for one.

@TheImpatientGardener

Ай бұрын

I agree. There are some plants that simply should not be sold or should come with a BIG warning if they are.

@katiedc8239

Ай бұрын

I completely agree! I worked at a garden center and they started selling Trumpet Vine, which in our area IS totally invasive, and I (sarcastically 😏) said, "Why don't we sell some dandelions and kudzu vine while we're at it?" Crazy.

@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane

Ай бұрын

I agree!

@jackiewhitney5031

Ай бұрын

@@TheImpatientGardener I guess nurseries are there to just sell whatever makes them profit. We the consumer need to always take the time to screenshot the plant at the nursery and then go home and do a lot of research. I do not trust nursery people at all. I've been told many lies till I learned to start doing my own research so I can't blame anybody but myself and nobody else! I'm almost 70 and I guess I've learned to never buy anything because it's cute or pretty. Lessons learned! Buyer beware!

@jonmcclung5597

Ай бұрын

Definitely agree with this. You've got different levels: 1. native and plays nice 2. Native and aggressive 3. Exotic and plays nice 4. Exotic and invasive 4 should probably be illegal to sell. The others should be labeled clearly and accurately. I know it depends on region, microclimate, etc. but surely they could figure something out.

Somebody might pull my southern card but crepe myrtle is my nemesis!! Our rivalry is so next level…. I’ve tried to decimate their numbers and they’ve fought back with their strappy, switchy limbs and endless roots and shoots. Many tears, some crepe murder, and one corneal abrasion later….not much has changed. They’re still out there. Laughing at me.

@Feliciab67

19 күн бұрын

😂 Crepe murder!!!

@LittleRoseMouse

14 күн бұрын

😂

@mollie3244

9 күн бұрын

Are you complaining or boasting lol. Have tried a few times, bringing it in over winter. Never lasted a year here in Ireland.

@dw387

9 күн бұрын

Yes, I hate crepe myrtle. It has a mind of its own and keeps spreading. Previous homeowner planted the dreadful thing. I keep fighting.

Japanese Knotweed. My god, once that takes hold in the garden it's like Day Of The Triffids in the blink of an eye.

@aprilm9551

13 күн бұрын

I had to deal with that a few years ago. It popped up in my garden, don't know how it got there. Then just started going crazy. I recall looking up on the internet first to figure out what it was, then to find solutions for dealing with it. One blog gave some very good advice (applies to any invasive plant, actually) and that is no plant can move faster than we can! So we just keep pulling/chopping/ whatever needs to be done and we will win. Yes, occassionally a little might pop up every now and then (I did get rid of the knotweed!!). This advice gave me hope and strength.

@nikkihorn3852

13 сағат бұрын

I pulled some out of one my beds yesterday. Digging out the runners was a beast, ended up having to replant the whole area. Hope I got most of it🤞

@marilynwhitney5476

4 сағат бұрын

Just the suffit "weed" is a bit of a warning sign!

Snow on the mountain. I'm still digging it up after 8 years

@pamelap.123

Ай бұрын

I fought that thug for 3 years and finally had to use chemicals. It was awful.

@pt8019

Ай бұрын

Oh, oh! I have been desperately trying to grow it! I better rethink that plan.

@eschaefer6512

Ай бұрын

The worst. I think the tiniest piece of root will generate a takeover. Impossible to get rid of without removing every bit of soil a good six inches down across the entire area.

@eschaefer6512

Ай бұрын

In my ignorance I have a lot of plant thugs growing. That same Artimisia and an aggressive form of Liriope. Day lilies are messy. I’ve gotten rid of a lot of bearded Irises. The flowers are too top heavy and always get knocked down by the inevitable wind. I have two varieties that are a little on the shorter side and seem to hold up better against the wind. I have some Bamboo which is a big truant but in their case they are so ravishing that I don’t mind doing battle against them. Let’s just say I have an ax.

@dustyflats3832

Ай бұрын

@@pamelap.123almost forgot about this one, but think I will need chems for that plaintan hosta also.

Bamboo and pampas grass. Our neighbor has these two things plants right next to our fence and they spread like crazy. They’re invasive and hard to kill. In fact, if you try to chop it back or kill it, it just grows back more aggressively. Also, bulb plants spread and are hard to dig out.

I love Lily of the Valley, but I have learned how to tame it. We put a patio by the side of our house. There was a 4" gap between it and the fence. I put a piece of metal edging under the fence. Placed the flowers between the two and let it fill in the area. And now eight years later they are still contained. Did this with some mint also, and so far it has stayed corraled.

@Feliciab67

19 күн бұрын

That is an awesome idea! So true some of these "bad" plants just need to be contained.

@Jack-py3cv

18 күн бұрын

I love Lily of the Vally too. My Grandparents had a fish pond with rocks and fern behind it and Lily of the Valley. It was contained and the fragrance was amazing.

Vinca major. I took a small clump from my mother’s garden to help fill in my new garden space when I bought our home. It has been 20 years of trimming and yanking just to keep it contained within a space surrounded by concrete. It even overtook mint!

@Christina-Ray

14 күн бұрын

Wow! Planted a bunch of these last year . They did well but they didn’t come back this year. I live on SC coast ! Thank you for your video ❤

@tinaknutsen

5 күн бұрын

Diane I had it on the side drive way it had been planted by previous owners. I got tired of trying to dig it up and 5-6 years ago I took my auger and planted a bunch of purple, pink and white tulips(early, mid and late varieties) it is the only area the squirrels haven’t eaten my tulip bulbs and I think it is because of the densed mat the Vinca creates… makes sorta like a netting the squirrels can’t get to. I love it now… it has a cottage look from January and still blooming in the second week of May.

Lamium anyone? And whoever planted Star of Bethlehem on my property, however many owners ago, will forever feel my wrath. Erin - please make your next video “plants/shrubs/trees I can’t live without!” Love your honest, humor and knowledge (however that’s been obtained - lol)

@UnderAPileOfScrap

Ай бұрын

OMG, Star of Bethlehem is crazy!! I didn't plant it in my yard and I sure didn't remember seeing it when we moved into our home, but it has taken over like it has squatter's rights. PS: Scilla is pretty much the same way, but doesn't last as long - and I DID plant that one when I didn't know plants could be invasive.

@jessicaeiss2541

Ай бұрын

I actually have a lot of Star of Bethlehem and don't mind them. They can be mowed down, and at least they're easy to dig the clumps up.

@pamelap.123

Ай бұрын

I Lamium is well-behaved for me and I love it, but Star of Bethlehem is not my favorite.

@nikkistewart6767

Ай бұрын

I recently bought a house that has a small patch of Lamium around a rock and l love it. I would like to plant more somewhere in my yard.

@Sue-ec6un

Ай бұрын

Star of Bethlehem, other than being a pretty little white flower will run wild...I let one stay thinking how cute it was...the next year I was digging out dozens and all their little baby bulbs...It grows on the shady side of the hill behind my house...and there, I just ignore it!

Twilight Evening Primrose and I are about to have words. I’m the kinda guy who always feels the need to divide and propagate my perennials because I’m a poor, and boy was I played the fool. This primrose done danced her way ALL over the place, and my idiot self has unleashed the beast.

@dglemmer1

Ай бұрын

You’re funny!

@Thorn99855

Ай бұрын

Feel good about tearing some out and just composting or pitching them. It's okay. If you try to replant everything to some other location, you're gonna go crazy. Toss em.

@amyhenke4862

Ай бұрын

Can I ask what zone you live in? I started some seeds and now you've have me worried I should chuck before I make a mistake planting them.

@summitsandy

Ай бұрын

They are well behaved in a dry, central CA garden that receives no summer rain and only a little supplemental water. But mine became an ugly disaster when they spread into a shady garden that did receive a little summer water. They went crazy and were nearly impossible to remove, And the worst part was that the leaves were a splotchy red/green andI they totally stopped blooming.

@marydrew3568

Ай бұрын

😂

Boy Erin you really sparked conversation on this topic. We all have planted things that we wished we had not. You are right that we should only have plants in our garden that we love and get rid of those that we don't and don't feel guilty about it! Gardening should make us happy not regretful.

@n.w.414

Ай бұрын

Lol, the trick is when the ‘other’ gardener in the house has differing tastes than you do on what plants they like.

I spent three seasons digging every damn daylilly out of my property! I'm with you.

Yucca. Those suckers never die!

@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane

Ай бұрын

Ya' got that right!!

@barbarathompson7359

Ай бұрын

Yes! Dug down a foot and still found viable roots after 2 years of trying to kill it.

@kristinregine4798

Ай бұрын

me too. @@barbarathompson7359

@robynearl6915

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I love my yucca! I think they are gorgeous in bloom ❤

@lindastraughn1193

Ай бұрын

@@barbarathompson7359 3 ft down x 2 ft wide finally took it out of commission.

I'm so happy to hear you say you don't like Potentilla. I've been trying to love my shrubs for years and you have just given me permission to rip it out. Fabulous!!

@sallyloosli4379

Ай бұрын

I have one also, yellow flowering. Hate that bugger... it won't die..

@lm8006

Ай бұрын

Agree! So spindly for me…out it went!

@guntaweiland3428

Ай бұрын

Thanks for permission. My pathetic, spindly, potentilla - that I thought I would love - has seen it’s last spring. I hate it!

@amysgardenstead2879

Ай бұрын

I had already decided to remove mine.

@kirstinerosenmeier428

Ай бұрын

When I went the same route, year one in my garden, I was proud until my sister in law said, "Oh, that plant is so everywhere." Ouch.

And, like all gardeners, the ever open-to-future-possibilities of, "probably never". We're such optimists. 😆

Bachelor buttons/corn flower came in a wildflower packet when I started the garden in 2020. I still find it in places it wasn't invited. Oh and dill, I'll never run out of dill now. Sometimes it smells like pickles when the lawn gets mowed. I pull it every time I see it.

Sweet Woodruff takes over a bed in a few years, I pulled it all out last year.

I’m with you on Daylilies.

@rebeccanisley8709

Ай бұрын

The fancy daylilied are not thugs. They are beautiful and they clump not run.

@GoingGreenMom

Ай бұрын

Ditch lilies from a friend. Lol. They are taking over so many other beds. Spearmint too. And oregano. Chives have spread super easy too.

@Lea-zf7lm

Ай бұрын

Prize daylilies like Rose F. Fitzgerald take years to get a good clump lol Most daylilies that sell in the $100+ range for a fan or two will never invade a garden. And their 11" blooms are a wonderful to behold. I also love the small ones like the Siloam range of daylilies. I have miniature ones that grow 4" tall. 😊

@willaerley7140

Ай бұрын

They work well on the woods edge.

@nikkistewart6767

Ай бұрын

Totally agree, no day lilies for me!

A good thing about daylilies is that it's edible. I have 2 that I do grow and enjoy. One is super reliable to put out simple yellow trumpets that declare spring in my zone 3 garden. They aren't large like the common orange "ditch lilies", but only 1/2 that. They also smell beautiful. The other is a large/wide strap leaved dark velvet red one. It's flowers are massive, abundant and of dark blood red velvet texture. It's a show stopper with extended bloom time. Worth it's spot in my perennials bed.

I agree with every single plant you mentioned! I would also add yarrow and black lace elderberry!

My dad had a patch of Lilly of the valley. He dug, he sprayed, he cussed a lot. Oregon 8a east facing. It loved it there and didn’t want to leave. I have a clump of it that I wisely have not put in the ground. I have orange daylilies that you just gave me permission to dig out. I was sick of all of the work without much return. I have one that was from my dad, lemon lily, it has a small profile. When it's time to divide, I won't have guilt for getting rid of the excess. Thank you! 😉 A variegated one I have wisely kept in a pot is Bishops weed/Smoke on the mountain. At my other place it took over! My neighbor has it everywhere. I'm not letting that genie out of the bottle again! I also have a vinca that might just go into a hanging pot or planter. I have very limited space here, and don't want to fight with it here. Another one that I love for texture and contrast is lambs ears. I'm keeping it trimmed, but it may become invasive too. Thanks for permission! On the morrow the daylilies meet their fate. 😂

Haha. I had the SAME THING happen with Daylilies! I bought so many varieties and a couple years on I admitted I didn’t like them, I didn’t want them, took me another years before we broke up. Sorry daylily it’s me not you.

@vtgardener5327

Ай бұрын

Same here! I used to have SO MANY daylilies and then wondered why by late summer my garden looked so brown and dead. Every year now I cull out many varieties and am finally down to just a few. These will remain for now as they were gifts from my father and uncle (both gone now) and are tied to happy memories.

@MyFocusVaries

Ай бұрын

It's not you! It's them. So meh.

Thank you. About 3 years ago I came to the realization that I was very disappointed in the foliage of my carefully curated collection of daylillies . You have convinced me yank them out.

@TheImpatientGardener

3 күн бұрын

Go for it!

Black eyed Susan’s. I’m digging up the original plant from 5 years ago. Every year, it’s the battle. It’s a bully plant and you can’t control it except in a container. 😊

@dustyflats3832

Ай бұрын

Here they aren’t hard to pull, but yes, they scatter. The variety I have get mildew depending on where they are located.

@thereseboogades8498

Ай бұрын

Good to know!

Oh Erin, I knew immediately what I am never growing again (and I tell my friends not to like some kind of disciple). TRUMPET VINE. My mother planted it more than 50 years ago, tried but never could get it to bloom, so years later I built a pergola, slipped it up over it, and it bloomed, and it grew and grew and grew. Everything under pergola had nasty dying orange spent blooms, it grew vines bigger than my thighs!!! I had a guy with a chain saw take it down to the ground, put vine and stump killer on the stumps, dug up roots as long as 30 feet.. 25 years later it's still coming up literally all over my yard including my cement drive at least 50 feet from where it was!!! Also have to include ornamental oregano...not that pretty and grew enormous in 1 season, that's gone.

@beverlysmith9854

Ай бұрын

I feel your pain, I had one that grew between the hinges of my gate and climbed my arbor, pushed the boards apart and grew underground runners everywhere. I thought I had dug it all out but then it started growing a vine up the side of my two story house climbing the brick. We moved now it's the new owners problem.🙂

@eviekleinwhittingham9237

Ай бұрын

Ha ha. Had the same problem. 😂

@patrickboylan5514

Ай бұрын

Trumpet vine is the worse! 15 years later and I still have roots that won't die!😆

@debilambert-nelson1233

Ай бұрын

This ...... grew it in New Jersey, over a little cottage shed in the middle of my backyard... ruined the roof of the shed with its weight and when I cut it back it popped up all over the yard.....Never again.

@dustyflats3832

Ай бұрын

Oh you poor thing!! I almost would have been a victim of this same vine, lucky I said no. My MIL had it growing and hers was also a giant stump and grew all along the foundation of the house. It would have took over here I’m sure. They are pretty in bloom and pollinators love them, but those greasy blossoms were a danger on the patio and yes, those shoots came up everywhere. And OMG-OREGANO! It does take over!

Wisteria, never ever again.

Thanks for the great video. It is very helpful to know that others have made some of the same mistakes I have. I am currently on the fence about the native milkweed that I planted about four years ago. In many ways it’s a magical plant, with Monarch caterpillars, wasps, and other insects on it every year. But I did not realize that it spread via runners underground. After four years, it now wants to grow all over my garden bed. Fortunately it is very easy to pull out what I don’t want. It really comes down to I have planted it in the wrong place.

Lemon balm! Put it the middle of a flower garden because I liked the smell. However, that thing spreads like crazy! Also love-in-a-mist. I really like it but it spreads like crazy too. I’m pulling out my daylilies this year just because they no longer “bring me joy” lol plus the deer eat all the blooms!

@rebeccalesueur8352

Ай бұрын

My lemon balm is in the shade and growing slowly & my dog eats any that comes into the fenced area where she plays. Not sure what I’m supposed to do about it when she passes on.

@lgarden7086

Ай бұрын

I have lemon balm in my garden but it’s in a container that’s below ground and that works.

@janeenclark8728

Ай бұрын

Lemon Basil is wonderful!

@dustyflats3832

Ай бұрын

@@janeenclark8728trying that this year 👏🏼

@dustyflats3832

Ай бұрын

I didn’t know how lemon balm spreads. Grew it from seed, someone said it spreads. It LEAPS! It appears way away from original plant.

So glad you mentioned daylilies! lol I feel the same way and always got such a shocked reaction when I said I didn't like them, almost as if I offended the person. 😆🙈

@sueleigh1813

Ай бұрын

I feel the same way! I’m in the process of removing the ones on the property when we got our house, and we have deer, so I hardly get to see flowers if they do pop up

Clustered bellflower-gorgeous saturated dark purple blooms captivated me, but it had plans to take over the world. It was in cahoots with my lily of the valley I’m fairly sure.😂

@LetThePumpkinsFLY

24 күн бұрын

My bellflowers always die!

@mollie3244

9 күн бұрын

@@LetThePumpkinsFLY Ya, I need to mind mine a bit, helps if you put in at least five of them together. I think they like the room but never every thought they could be a problem eh. Has to be the local climate.

Personally I like to think of daylilies as an ornamental grass that occasionally gets pretty blooms on it.😊

Day lilies, definitely. Last winter, the deer dug up and ate most of the day lilies -- roots and all -- that my great-aunt had planted in our yard fifty years ago, and I was grateful, as I've never had the heart to remove them myself.

@christal2641

Ай бұрын

Goddess bless the deer.

As my garden matures, I realize there are so many better options for my limited space. Day lilies gone...replaced with anemones. Lily of the Valley, which took over and started eating my other plants, gone! Dug up the pips, covered with cardboard & mulch for one season...and it worked. Placed potted up containers on top for one season. Many years ago, planted chocolate mint...we all know how that went! 🙄🤣 Great video, your content is always timely.

@edanaestenes9656

Ай бұрын

I have those fall blooming anemones. They are monsters. Can't get rid of them. They spread and take over.

@betsymaltby6788

Ай бұрын

@@edanaestenes9656 mine spread as well, but I find them easy to dig up, divide and share. When everything is fizzling out late summer, I can always count on these flowers. I planted some shorter varieties last fall hoping they are more under control.

@mollie3244

9 күн бұрын

@@edanaestenes9656 Lol, I was thinking the same thing, although they are much prettier and they do flower late

Myosotis - Blue Forget-Me-Nots. My Mom gifted me with some (and Lily of the Valley) years ago, and I have NEVER forgotten what a royal pain those plants were. Ajuga and Liriope are the worst thugs ever. Barberry - I wouldn't plant it again if someone paid me to take it. Silver Maples are a very real hazard unless you're planting them out in the back forty so they won't land on your roof or try to enter your sewer lines and destroy your basement. Muscari Grape Hyacinth - once you've planted it, it's there forever.

@saraw8503

Ай бұрын

I planted Japanese anemone and in just a single season it has spread from one p,ate to about thirty.

@sonjabutler250

Ай бұрын

Interesting. I have grape hyacinth from a neighbor and like it but now feel warned. 💯 re: Barberry. That is a devil plant I’m sure.

@amy010276

Ай бұрын

There are two types of liriope. You need to get the clumping kind.

@dustyflats3832

Ай бұрын

Oh no! I just planted forget me nots! This fall I was gathering other flower seeds and realized that there were seeds clinging to my sleeve-Ugh! I bet those are the seed aren’t they? That’s why they have the name I bet. We will see if they return-scared. Lol, silver maples-Big Hell No! My sister had one and lifted their driveway and sidewalk and had to Shovel the whirligigs. And it was feet from foundation so good they cut it down. We had a lilac get into sewer lines. Oh, and grape hyacinths-just get a vole and they will be gone 😅but then you will have to get rat trap and peanut butter to get the voles😅 And I was picked one too many times by barberry. And OMG-Bugleweed/Ajuga! I Never planted it! It just showed up and when I seen how it was clearing out thick turf grass my eyes got Wide 😮-I’m not sure but I think I got it all. Phew! 😮‍💨

@claybakin2478

Ай бұрын

Ohhh 😔 I’ve been trying to seed Forgets and they won’t take. I gave up and installed Brunnera plants. I guess I dodged a bullet? I have 4 silver maples planted by previous owner. WHY?!!! 😭 3 are in my backyard and too costly to have taken down. Grass won’t grow beneath them so we’ve mulched the entire HUGE area and put in a gravel patio. I’ve planted ajuga and Ivy Gold Child beneath them. What else could I do? I love how the ivy climbs the trees, very slowly, and it’s not a terror like Boston Ivy. I have Spanish bluebells carpeting the soil under them now, soon to be coming into bloom. I think most plants (but not all - Tree of Heaven I’m talking to YOU) have their place.

Funny video! Creeping Jenny. While I love how is drapes out of your pots - super easy to grow, great texture & color. Oh no, it sneaks into your garden & hogs water & nutrients from what you want to grow. It creates a thick mat. Quite invasive. You have me rethinking daylillies. Please share your suggestions for options - I have a lot of beds & space - I prefer large drifts that complement & look stunning from a distance. Thanks so much! I love your content & you're terrific!❤🎉

@sharlagil4031

Ай бұрын

I've tried to kill it with fire and it still comes back😂

@SoulInquiries

11 күн бұрын

This is #1 on my list, it's super spready!

@dw387

9 күн бұрын

I received a beautiful flower pot and sadly creeping Charlie was in it. Got out of the pot and took me two years to remove all of it. Hate the stuff.

Cone flower! 1-2-3 strikes you're out. I just can't waste any more time and money on these plants. Love them, but the feeling is not mutual! Loved this video. And I agree. Everyone has the grace to love or dislike a particular plant for whatever reason.

@lynnbrowning3872

Ай бұрын

I too love the new echinacea and have spent hundreds of dollars only to have about 6 plants surviving not thriving!!!

@lynnbrowning3872

Ай бұрын

If anyone can give us advice on echinacea especially the new bright colored ones!???

@lisa5249

Ай бұрын

The doubles don’t seem to be as hardy as the singles I noticed

@jodiv2928

Ай бұрын

I love coneflower especially for the pollinators. My biggest issue is I cannot keep rabbits away from eating them. :(

@user-xn3xn8hq6f

Ай бұрын

@@lynnbrowning3872 Too bad I have lots of them, They reseed and are so tough. Hot dry weather and fairly poor soil is my situation in Georgia.

Virginia Creeper. The homeowner before us planted it along our fence, which it completely ruined, and the fencing company took a full extra day to replace our fence because the roots were so woody and thick several feet down. I went to the mattresses fighting back volunteers for years before and since, and they still pop up 5 years on. I hate it with the heat of a thousand suns.

@mavisjones4750

Ай бұрын

I don't know where it came from but that and ivy are back in the the woods that is on my side of the subdivision. For some dang reason, I assumed the creeper was poison ivy until I looked it up last year on Google Lens. Every year since putting fence up and the later installing garden beds, every summer it's a war between me and the vines creeping under the fence. The creeper is up in a tree in the woods but the tree and the creeper hang over the top of the fence.

@anngarnett4390

Ай бұрын

Virginia creeper became such a Japanese beetle magnet. I had to rip it out. Not sad about that. 😆

@tylerk.7947

Ай бұрын

But that fall color!!😂😂😂

@taravamos2954

12 күн бұрын

It could have been “planted” by birds instead of the previous homeowner

@mollie3244

9 күн бұрын

Lol, I think I love it as much a you hate it. I have it growing through a long ratty old hedge and for most of the year it's completely gorgeous.

Ivy and I will never understand people that plant creeping Charlie on purpose!

@bethandrews7103

Ай бұрын

I have been fighting with creeping Charlie for 5 years now. Why anyone would plant that is beyond me.

@CA-rx9ze

Ай бұрын

Someone way up my street on the opposite side of the road long ago had ivy now the neighborhood has ivy. It pops up in our lawns and flower beds all the time.

Not something that I planted but something I inherited from the previous home owner. 2 silver maples in the front yard on a small city lot (0.25 acres). What's worse, one of them is planted directly over the sewer main. Why? There are surface roots every where in the front yard. They are always dropping dead branches. Then there are the whirlies / helicopters every spring. And lastly did I mention that one of them is directly over the sewer main. The little devil decided to puncture a hole in it and grew itself a nice little root mass inside. In addition to that it also caused another section to bow / form a belly, so that it kept liquid in it all the time. If this were the forever home, I would cut them down and plant something else but since it's not. I guess I'll continue to put up with them for about 3 more years.

@GardenKath

Ай бұрын

Uggggh. I had one at my last house. Maple seedlings absolutely everywhere. They even grew little forests in my coir door mat. The fibrous roots made it impossible to plant anything, because they’d choke it out. Raised beds? Completely full of roots in one season.

@K414nn4

Ай бұрын

Omg, I hate that tree, how someone can plant something so messy? It's just hell, I bought a house with 3 of them (obviously, I did not know the trees), I got rid of 2 and regret to death not taking the 3rd one down (but 2 were already so expensive at that time), that tree is the worst and billions of seedlings) ☹

@mavisjones4750

Ай бұрын

@@K414nn4 After the sewer issue, I was seriously contemplating cutting it down but the sewer repair bill nearly caused me to have a heart attack. Just don't have enough extra, right now, to go ahead and remove them. Plus I'm not going to be in the house much longer. Hate leaving the monstrosity to the next person but it is what it is.

@Anonymous-wn2wj

Ай бұрын

I cut mine down. Thank God!! It dropped red buds/flower things in the Spring. All over the street,my front sidewalk and my gutters. And then whirly birds in the Summertime. Twigs here and there. I finally took it out and had my front yard replaced with new sod. My yard looked so nice until the roots from the Silver Maple did not dissolve totally and now I have a big bald spot in my yard😠 They need to rename that tree and call it Satan Maple!😂

You are spot on with the bell flower. It is so invasive.

We totally understand (but won’t hold you to it)! ❤

Beware the friend, neighbor, relative that presents you with a 'gift' from their garden. Ask yourself why are they are sharing it and why it was so easy for them to propagate!

@EvelynM-vlogs

Ай бұрын

I agree, but I also ask myself, "why do neighbours or friends give away problem plants, just why"?

@origamistigri976

Ай бұрын

Un grand classique de la fausse generosité ! Cela me rappelle ma voisine qui me disait sans mauvaise conscience aucune quand elle me proposait ses rhysomes de Canna :" J'allais le jeter mais si vous le voulez... "

@carmenbailey1560

Ай бұрын

Yes,yes and yes 😊

@cmnr8487

Ай бұрын

I have shared many iris, hostas, and daffodil bulbs. Why? Because they grow well for me and every few years I divide them and share them with my friends. Not everyone is 'out to get you'.

@douellette7960

Ай бұрын

@@cmnr8487 Yes obviously there are exceptions. You misinterpreted the comment. Beware means to be cautious. Neighbors should be alert to negative consequences of 'gift' plants and know what you're getting before planting. Everyone would agree with that including you.

Improved day lilies take ages to form a decent clump and are beautiful when they bloom. Huge difference between them and the takeover kind.

The campanula is the bane of my garden existence. I too, was warned and boy I wish I had listened.

I'm so glad to hear that I am not the only one who does not care for daylilies. I ripped out huge chunks of generic orange daylilies from my garden a few years ago and could not have been happier with my decision. In their place, I was able to make a pollinator garden that I enjoy so much more.

I have killed every butterfly bush I’ve tried growing. Never again. My mom had a “flower” growing in her beds she called “Grandma’s Flower” because she got it from my dad’s mom (my grandma). She hated it because it was so invasive. My mom gave me a peony several years ago from her yard and who do you think came along for the ride? Grandma’s Flower - ugh! Lo and behold I’m watching this video and the very first “flower” you show is Grandma’s Flower! I got that peony from my mom probably 20 years ago and that %#+$& plant is still haunting me!

@summitsandy

Ай бұрын

I planted a Butterfly bush in my Zone 9b garden 2 years ago All of my other Buddlias thrive AND are very well behaved (if I prune them back hard once a year). BUT this white-flowered variety turned out to be a thug. By then end of its 2nd year it was 7' tall and had expanded into such a huge clump that when I finally removed it, I ended up with 13 good-size bushes. I put them in the "back 40" (no where near my nice gardens) on a large steep hill where I am hoping they will take over, suppress weeds, and bloom like crazy all summer long. If they escape into my neighbors property, their herd of goats will make short work of any potential problem!

@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane

Ай бұрын

Some butterfly bushes are very invasive and will take over native areas, out competing native plants that supply insects for birds and mammals. NOT good!

I’m totally with you on day lillies for pretty much the same reasons as you. I banished them from my garden years ago, but I’m still digging them out!

You're the best. Love your honesty ❤️

Tossed my head back and laughed when you said "I have killed three Redbuds" I planted English Ivy, it was a gift from my neighbor. A huge chunk of root ball. Think, thirty year woody vine war

@wildjane2010

Ай бұрын

Haha I laugh because I laughed at myself. My mother in law had it and of course I wanted some. It was beautiful except her house was brick and mine wood. Uggh.

@jessieyork4508

Ай бұрын

I have some along my back fence line. It was here when I bought the house 4 years ago. It was taking over everything. I'm still fighting it

@kasiacholewinska

Ай бұрын

Same here 🙈

@nikkistewart6767

Ай бұрын

I just bought my house 6 months ago and there is a large section in my back yard with some kind of ivy and I don't like it at all! I am in the process of finding someone to remove it all and I know it will be a chore because it's all up my fence too!

@ZePopTart

Ай бұрын

Nonono the aerial roots…. With their grabby little death hands 🫡🫡🫡

My hellebores are crowding out my Lily of the Valley, which never bloomed well anyway.

Lessons are learnt quite quickly. 👍❤️🙂

Totally agree with all of your points!! 😊

I actually bought Chameleon plant at a garden center 😳 After seeing it taking over my garden bed the next year, I then spent 5 getting rid of it🤨 IYKYK

@TheImpatientGardener

Ай бұрын

Oh yeah! That’s one I wish they wouldn’t sell at garden centers.

@lorrigierman7089

Ай бұрын

Ditto! Amazed that they actually still sell it at the garden center! Not sure it is even possible to get rid of it.

@patriceg1100

Ай бұрын

Me too, I am on year 10 of trying to get rid of it. Horrible plant.

@lightwavz

Ай бұрын

The smell of it makes me so nauseous. It worked wonders for a relative who gardened on a rocky slope, but, man, it STANK!

@vlink4071

Ай бұрын

Have you had any luck getting rid of it? I thought I did after 5 years of working at it, but it is up again! I don’t like the pachysandra and lily of the valley taking over, but I really just have no appreciation for Crape Myrtle. I just don’t like it.

Oh so that is creeping bellflower, I was trying to figure it out. Its growing in my garden. Thank you so much! good to know about this plant.

Amen on the daylilies, Erin! !!! Beautiful flowers to admire in SOMEONE ELSE'S garden!

I totally agree with you about the lily of the valley.

Oh man Erin!! I feel the same way about day lilies. The deer eat mine too. So, I’m getting rid of them this year, you have motivated me.

I agree with all of those! If I had to pick one though, it would be Lily of the Valley. I can remember my grandma grew it wild on a hill. To this day whenever I smell it, it brings me back to my childhood. That smell is Iike no other!

Erin, thank you for your list and personal experience supporting each plant choice. Your videos have given me valuble information on different garden topics that have helped me with my own gardening journey (especially alerting me to the perils of creeping bellflower several years ago. I have been working to get rid of it ever since.) I agree with lily of the valley as being a total thug and nearly impossible to get rid of, and would add vinca and trumpet vine to the list for the same reason.

I pulled out the majority of my daylillies last year, daisies and coreopsis. I bought all when I was a poor beginning gardener, and do not regret it, but now I need the room for things that bring me joy.

Great talk and you had me laughing! Mimosa tree from a seed a friend gave me. Living here in Charlotte North Carolina in zone 8a. I chopped down the tree 5 years ago and the roots still come popping up every year! So invasive. Top of my list of regrets!

Rose of sharon re seeds everywhere, Solomon seal is a thug and ditch/ tiger lillies never die and stop blooming after so many years in the same spot!

@debbiecoppolo3342

Ай бұрын

I have been pulling out Rose of Sharon that came from my neighbor's yard for 30 years!!!!

@kmsch986

Ай бұрын

Ohh, good to know. Was about to buy a pretty one

@andrewgraves4026

Ай бұрын

Only double Rose of Sharon for me!

Agree on lilies of the valley! I have the same problem, I could not get rid of them

Can totally appreciate your stance. We all have different tastes and what were willing to take care of which is 1000% ok. Taking care of some things may be enjoyable and others not. The more open we are to discuss, the better and maybe come across tips or applications.... Etc.

My neighbors planted bamboo almost 40 years ago and it has been a constant battle since we moved here over 30 years ago. Our township actually just sited them because it falls into the road every time we have heavy rain or snow. It is also a tick magnet. Bamboo should be banned.

This video was fun!

Love hearing your experiences & perspective. I personally have a 30 year old patch of lily of the valley that I love and it never has given me issues. I personally have killed 3 lovely large lupines in 3 different locations and have decided to quit trying. For me they are an expensive annual

Rose Of Sharon! OMG, I’m forever picking out the seedlings.

I grew up in southern Indiana where redbuds ran wild and were the pinnacle of spring. Now in I'm in Minnesota, zone 4b, and am determined to grow cold tolerant varieties to recapture some of that magic. I'm just not ready to give up just yet.

@dustyflats3832

Ай бұрын

I’m concerned as last fall I planted 3 of forest and flame thrower. Always seen redbuds in other yards. Company said they would grow here in Z5a, WI. I think I read there are native redbuds but never seen them. Hope they live as they are beautiful. As you know our last two winters have been warm. If they do live I wonder if they will if it turns cold again.

I am in total agreement with you on the Day Lilies .... !!!!

Most of the plants I will never grow again arrived in my garden as gifts. Like you, I was starting my gardening journey and happy to have any and all plants- especially free ones! Not so 'free' once you add up the hours of digging, pulling, and cursing these gifts! My list includes: Clustered Bellflower; Fairy Thimbles; Loosestrife; Lamium; and Cornflower. I've also learned the lesson to get rid of plants plagued with disease or pests, or plants that I don't love (still working on this!) Not all the thugs in my garden were gifts though... I have bought many unruly plants. The moment I see an unwanted wandering habit, out they go - to the city compost bin. These are not pass along plants!

I've never planted it, but I've worked for years to get it out of my garden/yard -- Sumac -- Tree of Heaven. Painful!!!

@redlantern3371

Ай бұрын

Oh yes.....In my old house there was a grove of it in the side yard. Although I liked the pretty palmated leaves, no matter how many times I cut them down, they grew back. Trees of Hell.

@edanaestenes9656

Ай бұрын

You can't cut them down, because they will send out a runner and a new one will pop up. You have to completely did it out. Also in NJ those crazy new invasive moths loves the tree of heaven. Trees of heaven are all over the place along the sides of roads. It's an invasive in NJ. And NJ is getting ready to ban those pear trees that bloom in April. They are the most fast spreading thing I have ever seen in trees.

@mollie3244

9 күн бұрын

I have a couple of staghorn sumac but as long as I get to the runner in time I don't find it a problem. The worst is when the root stock of an ornamental cherry goes rampaging around. They are impossible. I've been digging them out of this garden for years and years and they are still going. Even if you dig out the original tree the roots are still running around and popping up everywhere.

I could not agree more on all of your choices. In fact, my Redbud is getting the boot. Although I was told it would do well in Colorado, (5b/6a) I now have come to the conclusion that our local tree nursery just wanted to sell me a tree. I have grown or my next door neighbor has grown nearly every variety you listed. We both have gotten rid of them as recently as last week. I still see her and her husband digging to China on the Lilies of the Valley. We always seem to feel it is somehow sacrilegious to get rid of plants. I am looking at 2024 much differently. Add creeping buttercups to the list.

Star of Bethlehem bulbs are one of my biggest nemesis. I've given up in one garden. I let it come up, bloom and then it disappears until next year. Second, spider wort. I'm down to one clump, but it pops up in areas that aren't even close to the mother plant. I agree, every gardener has their own list!! Maryland, Zone 7.

@dustyflats3832

Ай бұрын

Just when I thought I mentioned all the problematic plants you bring up Spiderwort! Fully agree!

Erin, what a great topic! I highly enjoyed it and the reading of others thoughts and pains. Laughing at your choices because it could have been me saying them. Coming from you brought so much clarity to how I can look at and rid them. The purple bell flowers...uhg! I am at that place of regret! Thank you for showing us we should be enjoying our choices and not putting up with them.

I love how honest and open you are!!!! I will never grow Ivy again except in pots. I was crazy and planted some in a shade bed by my old home. Crazy because I knew you shouldn’t let it grow up a house because it can ruin mortar etc. But I never thought it would actually grow through the cracks around a basement window! 🤪 I do like it trailing from a container though so will do that again. 😂🤣

I'm with you on the daylilies but for another reason: the deer eat the heck out of them; I so rarely get to see a bloom! I chucked many of them into the compost pile, and they come up, but no blooms. It no longer irritates me quite so much. The same goes for Hostas because the all-night-deer-buffet is unchecked. The other plant I won't grow again is Photinia. I had to cut out 4 really big ones because an aggressive fungus consumed them. Roses have begun to annoy me pretty badly, too; the maintenance, and the creatures that like the eat them, are starting to eclipse the joy I get out of their blooms. (I hate Japanese Beetles!)

@dustyflats3832

Ай бұрын

Ugh! JAPANESE BEETLES!! They ruin everything! I got a bad skin infection from a bite. We put up traps well away from garden and we can at least go outside without them going down our shirts and in our hair!! I know the traps can attract them, but I’m getting a ton of them as we change full bags out all summer. Stopping the reproduction! I use Milky Spore everywhere also and we have less of them now. They still find my roses😤 but I did figure out that they don’t attack bush green beans only the pole varieties. Win! And yes, the deer think day lilies are bon bons. 😠. I have to fence Everything.

@JS-jl1yj

Ай бұрын

I hate Japanese Beetles too. They used to mate like crazy in my raspberry patch during harvest time and then lay their eggs in my lawn. And then the racoons dug patches of the grass to get to the grubs. I started applying beneficial nematodes at the end of April and beginning of October, five years in a row, till I finally got rid of them. But there is no guarantee that they will not find their way back into my backyard.

I Really appreciated this video cuz it made me look around at my garden and see my various plants and groupings with a some objectivity--unusual for me. Potentilla on your list was the one that surprised me as it is native and a host for some pollinators. I have quite a few. Now, as a result of your video, I find that I agree with you. Potentillas are not a pretty plant--flowers are small and foliage is non descript. At this time of year, my many potentillas--and they're in the front yard--are actually quite unsightly. And they have only one season of the year that's at all attractive and/or interesting--and really not so much of either. Result: I'm moving a a bunch of them to the backyard. We'll let the pollinators find them back there. Thanks for a very good video, Erin. It opened my eyes! 😊😊😊

Totally with you on Lilly of the Valley. I pull that out all over year after year.

I totally agree about daylillies. I love them. I think they're beautiful. But they are a lot of work when the foliage dies :(

Siberian Iris. I was given a single tiny tuber by a "friend" and three years later it's absolutely massive, crowding out all other perennials anywhere near it. I'm sure it's lovely where it has space to roam, but my small garden is not the place for it. Also Silene Vulgaris, inherited a garden where it was planted and have been battling it for years.

@christinemalnati9440

Ай бұрын

Got rid of mine last summer for just reason. It’s a lot of work to divide these. Bearded iris are only ones I will grow as they are easily controlled and divided.

I have 2 never agains: English ivy. we had a hilly lot and thought it was a great solution to avoid mowing the hill. it grew like crazy, attracted mice and snakes. Second was irises. they need divided too often and the flower beds with irises went rampant with thorny weeds. I do like daylillies and I have a redbud I love but every spring it looks like it’s dead until almost June (zone 6a). If it fails, I’m moving on to something else. I also have learned to do my own research and not walk into a garden center and believe what they may tell me. Thanks, Erin. keep up the good info on your likes and dislikes and why.

I agree with all of your choices and that creeping bell flower is the worst to get rid of in the garden!

I planted a Marrow Malva (hollyhocks) extremely invasive! I also had beautiful yellow and orange Tiger Lilies but they were taken down by a nasty beetle so even though I love them I don’t want to go through with that again. Gardening is about enjoyment and beauty and if it does not work, like you said there are so many more plants to put in the garden. Thank for this update 🤗

Purple passion Vine period even my neighbors hate me for this one.

@patriceg1100

Ай бұрын

My neighbors passion vine was killing my dogwood. They took it out and the dogwood recovered.

Here in coastal California near Tomales Bay the climate is mild so plants don't have to fight very hard to survive. I've been gardening in the same spot long enough to have all my mistakes come home to roost, some of them forever. For some plants all it took was one plant to take over three acres of forest. This is the list of plants that I would never plant again: Geranium x cantabrigianse 'Biokovo'/ Campanula of any kind / white Calla Lillies / Periwinkle any kind / mexican Daisy / violets / English lawn daisies. Not planted by me but invasive in my area in the extreme: Cestris and Ivy of any kind. Thanks for sharing your list and encouragement to get rid of plants that we don't like.

Funny and honest. Thanks

thanks for this video, good info and yes beware of what you plant. Lily of the valley completely crowded out large beautiful hostas. Deer eat off my daylilies every year, I give up! Gardening is a joy, let's keep it that way.

I too have bellflower in my garden. It is a vicious thug!! It’s winning the battle.

I call day lillies "gas station lillies". Here in Chicago suburbs, all gas stations have the stella d'oro yellow colored daylillies mass planted in beds by the curb! I don't feel like planting and growing it which in my mind is gas station decor😂

@Braedensground

25 күн бұрын

Planted in red dyed mulch too. Yuck 🤮

@Braedensground

25 күн бұрын

Planted in red dyed mulch too. Yuck 🤮

In my NY garden I was forever digging out morning glory. It smothered my other plants. The roots grew 6" below the soil. Its cousin, moonflower is one of my favorites.