Most Dangerous Plants Part 2: Invasive Nursery Plants That You Should Avoid
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- Deadly Flora Unveiled Unraveling the Sinister World of Invasive Nursery Plants. Welcome back to Up to Something! Today I have a spine-chilling sequel the last video, "The Most Dangerous Plants You Should Never Buy from a Nursery." In Part One, we delved into the treacherous greenery lurking within seemingly innocent plant nurseries, exposing the sinister secrets of nature's most hazardous offerings.
brace yourselves, for Part Two promises an even deeper dive into the realms of perilous flora. In this chilling continuation, we'll unravel a dark tapestry of botanical malevolence that will make your heart race and your palms perspire. From innocuous-looking foliage to deceptively enchanting flowers capable of striking fear into the bravest souls, I will present a compendium of plants so dangerous that they should be banished from nurseries.
Whether you're an avid gardener or just a beginner, Embark on this perilous journey with me as I shed light on the shadowy corners of the horticultural world, where beauty and danger collide in a mesmerizing dance. Remember, knowledge is your armor against nature's hidden perils, and this video may save your garden from a potentially lethal encounter . Let's unlock the gates to a botanical Pandora's box and expose the chilling secrets of these forbidden flora. And don't worry: I will turn the music down this time!
In this video we will discuss the invasive nature of Mexican Evening Primrose, Mimosa, Bachelor's Button (cornflower), Periwinkle (vinca minor), Japanese Barberry, California Privet, Wintercreeper, and Oleander. I will also share some research sources and alternatives to these invasive plants.
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Please include "wide shots" of the plants. You have very nice close ups, but it would be useful to see the tree, bush, or mature plant. Thank you for spreading the word about invasive plants that negatively effect native habitats.
I will try to show more wide shots next time.
I'm in Kentucky and have been fighting bamboo (I did not plant it) in my yard for all the years I have been here. It gets behind the siding of my house, spreads like crazy, I've tried all the "this will kill bamboo" things and nothing works. The best I can do is keep pulling the small growth in my grass and keeping the big plants trimmed. I had high hopes that our "artic blast" this past winter killed it, but nope it has recovered. This is the worst stuff ever.don't plant it folks you will be sorry.
Get a bobcat digger and drive over it and then dig it up by the roots. Chop it down with a chain saw first. After you dig it up pour cerasin over the entire area and root system. Cerasin tipped often on the root system also works to kill it off
What kind of bamboo is it, I live in Kentucky too
My son took a
@@istandwithgod2011my son borrowed an excavator to dig up all the bamboo in his yard. He really did a,thorough job,since it's nowmbeen 6 years and no bamboomever shot up another sprout. While meanwhile I struggle with a haywire wisteria.,anybody I know who is keen to start a new garden I warn them about the wisteria. . Buddeleias are no problem. I just tear them out when I see one coming up.
I beat bamboo!!! Dig up the roots! ALL of the roots! It took me most of the summer but I WON!!
I have had mimosas and never had a problem with them spreading. They are beautiful and the butterflies love them.
I’m in Paradise Ca where 5 1/2 yrs ago we lost 85 ppl, most of the town & my precious cottage. I blame the Scotch Broom. It is everywhere & has come back as strong as it ever was. My rebuilt home will be done this spring, so with your help I’m planning my new garden. THANK YOU❤️🥰
I really appreciate your giving us alternatives for the invasive plants.
Once again I appreciate your efforts here, and thank you for trying to raise awareness about invasives. Another important issue you didn't really touch on, disease, is raised by two of these species. Multiflora Rose is a major vector for Rose rosette disease, an untreatable and essentially lethal pathogen that affects Knockout Roses almost worse than old-fashioned types. Similarly, Japanese barberry is one of the most resistant barberries to a wheat pathogen that also negatively affects the native Canada barberry and many West Coast species, allowing it too to be a vector for plant diseases as well as ticks. I would caution more accuracy in future videos--that fern was no Christmas fern. But again, overall, I am happy to see these videos out there. Next time, be sure to hit Lantana, Asian bittersweet, water hyacinth, catnip, spearmint and Autumn Clematis, to name a few. Keep up the good work!🎉
Thank you for this!
Botanic names would be helpful as the common names often refer to many different plants that aren’t related and creating confusion.
That is a good idea. I will have to write them out in text as I may not be able to pronounce some of them.
Right.... because people are too stupid to use Google🤦♀️
Thank you for this valuable information !
Texas zone 8a. Many of the plants you talked about I see all over the country side here. Used to see mimosas trees a lot as a kid, but probably due to the mess they create, people stopped planting. I have problems with crepe myrtles dropping seed pods from birds I guess, but they are springing up in every plant bed I have. I also have problems with the ivy, constantly having to pull that up and out. Great video, especially since as you say, the nurseries sell these plants and buyers assume they are native so good plants to buy. I have a nursery by me that only sells plants that are either native or grow well in our area of either extreme drought, heat or deluge periods of rain.
Our oak trees are dying, loosing their bark we think from the extreme drought we had a few years ago, then recently the really cold freeze we had. It is getting more difficult to know what to plant.
watching from hoodsport, wa, new gardener, appreciate your info
New homeowner and first time gardener here. I simply don’t understand how there aren’t more local regulations and restrictions on noxious and invasive plants. All the big box stores carry many of these and they just fly off the racks!
These plants only take over if you are not pruning them on a regular basis and keeping it in controlled check. Most nurseries don't inform you on the maintenance of these plants. Most of these actually do best as a fence hedge that needs regular trimming. These plants a often quite fine when in a garden with high maintenance and depends where you are actually living
@@istandwithgod2011 ok, that’s not very helpful for a new gardener just trying out a hand trowel for the first time
As with most corporate big box problems, education is far better than regulation. Invasive government regulations are far more dangerous than any invasive plant or animal. Spread education, not regulations.😊
I’m located in Western Massachusetts. Twenty years ago I purchased a single, small Gooseneck Loosestrife plant. I read a positive account in a very well regarded garden catalog, and saw a charming photograph. The plant is very pretty. But it is also a stone cold killer. It spread throughout my flower bed and killed just about every other plant. I hand dug the border three times, sifting through the soil to remove every trace of these plants that I could find. But year after year it came back, I gave up that garden entirely. Beware!
I’m in the UK and also bought a gooseneck loosestrife in full flower as it looked stunning. Within weeks bits were popping up yards from the main plant. Red flag, so I dug it up straight away and put it in a pot. Now I’m wondering if I should simply bin it. Made the same mistake with a yellow baptisia, also awaiting its fate in a pot!
I live in Utah and have been battling English Ivy and Virginia Creeper for years!! The previous owner must have planted these as they have been a constant nuisance all the way around the border of my yard!! Climbing up trees and into the lawn. It is a constant in pulling them off trees and cutting them back. They are both the most invasive plants I have ever seen. The ivy actually drilled through one of my pine trees and came out the other side!! I wish there was a way to get rid of all of it without killing my beautiful 60 foot pines.
Same here! It is all through my neighborhood.
Thank you for these! I'm in Ireland and the amount of people who want you to plant English ivy in your yard is unreal. After watching a ground cover video that recommended English ivy I was happy to see your first video against it 😂 this is the kind of info I want for my garden
Thanks so much for watching! My heritage is Irish, but I have not had a chance to visit yet. I definitely against English Ivy. It is everywhere in my neighborhood and into the next town.
@@uptosomething6271I'vy is not invasive in ireland as it is part of native flora. It might be a bit rampant and take over a garden if you plant it into a wrong garden.
And Wisteria!
Ireland is on my bucket list.❤️Australia is the other. 😎
Watching you from Greece. Thank you for the beautiful videos!
great video and very informative- keep suggesting alternatives that are native- most channels dont do that. I look forward to your next video
Thanks so much for watching!
You did a great job with both your videos! We moved into our property here (about an hr and a half outside Chicago) and it’s inundated with Wintercreeper. Not just that, but Japanese Knotweed and pachysandra. The winter creeper has moved beyond our yard (where it was landscaped with metal borders and isolated islands) to run wild in the forested area on our property. It’s the bane of my existence and we have started slowly cutting out section by section. But Knotweed is some nasty stuff. I read it can even grow through your pipes and cement. But I love that you included native alternatives instead to use. I have been eyeing up Phlox for us. 😊
I totally understand! I have pachysandra and have been trying to get rid of it for years. I will include knotweed in my Part 3 video. I was not going to because I didn't think it was still for sale in nurseries, but I checked last weekend and sure enough it is. Thanks so much for sharing!!
Great info 👍 👌 👏 😀
Thank you for watching.
I like your channel it's been very helpful. I live in Arizona and would love for you to discuss which plants harm and which plants flourish in my state. I live in the valley also.
I'm in Northern Georgia, and i loved your video!
Purple violets. Yikes😮😮
Really enjoy your videos! It is amazing how many invasive plants you can buy. One plant I had trouble with is Creeping Jenny. It is like baby Kudzu. It took 3 years to finally eradicate it from our garden.
Oh no! Creeping Jenny is definitely a nuisance. I am sorry for your struggles. Thank you so much for taking the time to share and comment!!
I knew immediately you’re from Long Island. Me too! Anyway, great videos! Wish more people paid attention to what they’re purchasing at nurseries!
Hey Neighbor! Thanks so much.b
I am from the South Shore of Nova Scotia Canada , I believe I am in Zone 4 🤷♀️,l so love to garden and have enjoyed your 1st and 2nd series on invasive plants, and thanks for turning the music down.. 👏👍💐🌺
Thanks so much for watching. I have always wanted to visit Nova Scotia!
I am from the exotic land of...southern New Jersey. When I think of invasive plants I remember the porcelain berry plant that has totally invaded the bird sanctuary in Cape May. That stuff is gorgeous, but it's very invasive.
Hello I am from Rensselaer,In. I'm surprised at all these poisonous plants. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much! I used to have family in IN, near LaPorte. It really is amazing how many plants are poisonous! Have a great weekend!
I hope part 3 is coming 🙏
Thanks so Much! I am working on it.
How about kudzu? Now *there’s* an invasive plant! Perhaps you covered it in the first installment.
I live in “Exotic” Alabama! Great knowledge and thanks for sharing.❤
Alabama is exotic to me!!
Thanks for this video I have a wisteria that is invading my Long Island back yard. I fight the runners it puts out every year, the vines that wrap around anything and everything, the beautiful flowers that turn into seed pods. I have decided to try to remove it.
I know I have a long fight ahead. If you can do a video on ways to get rid of invasive plants it would be most welcome.
Sun City, CA! Gardening is way different out here!
I am from Alabama and we have several invasive plants. Kudzu and Popcorn trees are just a couple. This is great info!!
Thanks so much! Kudzu seems to be a problem everywhere. I can't believe you can still find it for sale! I don't know much about popcorn trees. I will have to look those up!
Yes, redbuds are wonderful small trees!
Kudzu? Tree of Heaven? Crepe myrtles (personal distaste)?
Good collection of videos!
Thanks so much!
Hi from South Germany, love Your videos, have no garden yet , yust 3 dozens of potplants , but working on that. sorry for any mistake in written english,
Very informative, thank you! An important addition to the hazards of the multi-flora rose I’d like to point out is that they’re a known vector for RRD (Rose Rosette Disease, aka RRV, Rose Rosette Virus), a devastating and incurable disease to which all currently known species of garden roses are susceptible. I recently had to remove 6 climbing roses ranging from 20 to 60+ years old after they contracted RRD, most likely originating from a nearby wild/overgrown area of public land where many multi-flora roses are present. It was utterly heartbreaking. 🥀
That is great information. Thanks so much for sharing!
Cattrfly;
Appreciate this information.
How do you identify this disease? What does it look like?
I have roses throughout my gardens and have been treating with insecticides every year for spider mites and black spots.
Zone 8b PNW
Loved this, I’m surprised about a few on the list, especially the rose. I’m also in your region, Suffolk county Long Island zone 7 a, so I can relate. Love your accent btw, I’m also a native New Yorker born and bred in Brooklyn 😉🥰
Enjoyed the video...........in South Yorkshire ....England
Thanks so much for taking the time to share!
Wow, great Info to know when selecting plants for around the house and garden! One plant I love are cattails, the way they look is amazing and I understand the invasive species threat they are under with other invasive grasses. Any info on Cattails? I think they are native to the US but maybe not? Great info!
Purple fountain grass, King Tut, prince tut are non invasive and beautiful.
Zone 8b I overwinter my purple fountain grass in my garage every fall as it won’t make it through our winter.
Oklahoma Redbud is an amazing tree for zone 9b... loved vibrant flowers in spring
Beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing.
Kudzu is making it's way into Indiana!
Hi! I love flowers and trees. I am from Montreal Quebec
So cool! Thanks so much for watching!
With that introduction, I think a concrete garden painted green would be safer!😂
I have Vinca in Colorado. So far it hasn't been too bad, but I'll keep an eye on it.
Love the videos! I have found Bee Balm plant to be very invasion and hard to control. Western Kentucky
Thanks so much for watching! I have always wanted to see Kentucky.
It’s part of the mint family ❤
I have vinca minor growing in my yard on hill was planted years ago and surprised how little it has spread, the moss phlox on the other is spreading nicely and just started to flower so lovely. Another great list of invasive plants. I have hay scented fern which grows wild no considered invasive but aggressive since native, so I cringed when I hear people wanting to grow fern, but clumping ferns are okay 😊
I have some native ferns that are invasive as well, but I just keep pulling them from my flower beds. I love the moss phlox! It looks so pretty in the spring.
I also have a variety of winter creeper called emerald gaiety. It does "creep" and grows quickly, but it tops out at about 6 feet across and it not invasive. It will however grow through other shrubs around it if you don't trim it regularly. It's can kind of annoying, but it's so pretty! And pretty in bouquets too.
Emerald Gaiety is pretty! I see it in my area usually planted in between parking lots and garden beds that line the street. That is a patented, newer variety. I will have to try it in a bouquet! That is a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
I’m on west coast, Canada. I once bought a wisteria and planted it in my garden…it died almost immediately and was replaced by a trumpet vine! I’ve been fighting it for years now. Already a terrible plant (I was new to gardening) was replaced by a worse one! I’ll never buy a plant from Canadian Tire again😤
That happens to people often when they are new to gardening. I hope that some new gardeners who saw this video will avoid the same situation!
Morning Glory, black eyed Susan vine and passion fruit vines are hard to control down here in south Texas - Corpus Christi.
My experience with phlox is that it is invasive. Maybe I have an old variety in my yard but every year I pull them up by the roots and every year many more come back. Furthermore, if I walk up my semi-wooded street you will see many of them at the edges of the woods. By contrast, my vinca is very well behaved. I have a patch of them in front of my mailbox and they have never spread beyond that. In another spot where I tried planting some years ago they have been outcompeted by weeds. I know they've been introduced to the wild because I've seen them out in nature but they don't seem too problematic to me. You see patches here and there but they don't seem to spread boundlessly (and they are pretty). Now Chinese Tree of Heaven, that's a pure nightmare. I'm sure it's not sold in any garden center but someone at one time thought it was a nice tree and introduced that evil incarnate to our shores.
Plants can behave differently depending on zone, climate and even sun exposure. Thanks so much for sharing!
Vinca is completely taking over everywhere in my shady back yard. It’s fairly easy to pull up, but there is a TON of it.
Northern California. I've had problems with Morning Glory. It's in neighbor's yards on each side, and it's impossible to keep out. Previous problems with mint, lambs ears. The few minutes research I do to make sure a plant won't get too happy pays off, and was one if the best things to learn about gardening. I've also got a lot of song birds coming by, and I'm careful about the type of seeds they eat from my plants, so they don't spread invasive species. If they aren't in my yard, they won't spread from my yard.
That is very smart! I am going to talk about mint in the next video. Thanks so much for sharing.
Yes!My neighbors Morning Glorys are a huge nuisance.They creep through the cracks of the sidewalks and the foundation of our house .
Trumpet vine! Sold in garden centers everywhere out west. Mine was labeled as "non-invasive" it was until it was 10 years old and thick as my wrist and then BOOM! sucker shoots EVERYWHERE! Creeping roots run horizontally at least 4 feet deep with shoots popping up from nodes along the main root and spreading 20-30 ft in all directions from the vine. Shoots are popping up in flowerbeds and lawns. Spraying the tops with Roundup will kill the tops of one plant but it senses an attack and stimulates up to two or more new shoots deep down and further along the root. Roots are DEEP averaging 4 ft straight down from each shoot and then you have to follow it horizontally to dig out every bit in the ground or it will sprout. I am trying triclopyr stump and vine killer, painting it full strength concentrate on fresh cut ends of each emerging stem and then covering it with a plastic bag and securing it tightly with a rubber band. Triclopyr kills the top leafy part in a matter of hours but I don't see it traveling down to the root yet so I'm reapplying every week until I see results meanwhile my vegetable garden is full of 3 & 4 ft deep trenches and holes 10-15 of them plus the main radial roots after I dug the stump out. Never again!
Yes, I have it near me too. It grows all along the railroad tracks in my town. Not in my yard, luckily!
I made the mistake of planting a single Mexican primrose 10 years ago. Every year since I have tried to remove it. You have to get every rootlet. I have even tried herbicides, which it actually seemed to like, but which killed everything else in the area. So I have dug out the primrose every year for 10 years and I am just barely keeping it from spreading farther in my yard. Lots of regrets.
So sorry, I hope that you can win that battle.
New subscriber from Michigan
Thanks so much for sharing. I have never been to Michigan. Where is the best place to visit.
I’m watching in central Alaska.❤
I have always wanted to see Alaska. May I ask: What zone are you?
I'd also suggest growing the prairie of wild rose which is the floral emblem of Alberta by the way which is an especially scented flower and is a common plant in western north america and is a native plant for the western states and provinces of Canada and the US.
Greetings from Oregon. My mother had a mimosa tree. It did none of the awful things reported on this video. It was neat, tidy, orderly, didn't drop seed pods or spring up anywhere else. Maybe hers was a civilized cultivar? Also, we don't have issues with periwinkle or bachelor buttons. I can't get multi-floral roses to grow at all, croak every time. I've seen them along a nature trail but they don't seem to spread. Smell really nice. So, maybe things are different in Oregon?
I think I'm done 9. I live in Midland Ontario Canada. Just spotted your site. Thank you for your knowledge . It would be nice to hear about some Canadian content... Good going.
Thanks so much!
Zone 5 here. Bought a house this year with lots of existing plants, among them butterfly bush and burning bush. Our new neighbor said we have invasive Japanese mugwort and she's been digging up shoots for 10 years trying to get it under control.
New Zealand here. Useful information. Thanks. I have a battle with Convolvulus and Ivy in one area of my garden. The former is particularly difficult as it spreads from my neighbour who does noy care for her garden at all. Any suggestions would be gratefully received :)
Glad it was helpful! I have the same problem. The ivy in my yard is coming from an abandoned lot that is in back of ours. I mow over what I can that creeps under the fence. To effectively remove invasive ivy, cut surface growth at chest height, pull vines away, and dig around the base to extract roots. Dispose of cuttings carefully, either bagging or composting them. Regularly monitor and repeat the removal process as necessary, as ivy tends to regrow. Consider using herbicides as a last resort, following local regulations and guidelines. Installing physical barriers like fences can prevent further spreading, and seeking professional help is advisable for extensive infestations. Always be cautious about potential environmental impacts and minimize harm to surrounding ecosystems during the removal process. Our biggest problem is that it covers our trees! I hope this helps!
The lesson being that you should try to plant only native plants and their cultivars as far as possible. Where I live, for example, by lake Maggiore in the alpine region near to the Swiss-Italian border, vinca grows everywhere in the woods, but has plenty of competition for space. Wild multiflora roes climb through the trees at the woodland edge, but don't have a chance to become invasive because here there are hundreds of square kilometres of dense forest, or cold, rocky mountainside.
Hi, I live in Laughlin N.V. where it gets hot here like 120 or more. It is a desert area. I love to plant trees and flowers, and we get a lot of hummingbirds here too. We don't have very much shade here either full sun. Except if you build a patio. The heat kills all my plants I buy and some time I have to put then indoors. I use mister spray to but some plants just don't make it. Can you give some kind of a ideal. Also I would love to grow a veggie garden too. Thanks.
I am from 108 mile Ranch BC Canada. I would love to learn more about how to get rid of these especially in my zone 3
Watching from Isle of Wight ,England , 🇬🇧
Wow!! Thank you for sharing!
I have two Deutzia bushes that do not grow tall, but is very invasive. It roots deeply and anywhere a branch may touch the soil it will quickly form roots. If not constantly monitored it will become a spreading and invasive nightmare. I hope to have mine pulled out soon.
Hello from exotic Romania... still considering Vinca Minor because it looks prettier than the buttercups covering my entire garden.
I live in Oregon and Vinca Minor is awesome! We've lived in our home for over 20 years and it's just now taking over a hill that's been eroding. I welcome it! Keeps me from having to propagate English Ivy, which is considered a noxious weed here (but not by me ... just have to keep it off of the trees). Better yet, Vinca helps to keep the RAMPANT poison oak under control, but not entirely. Unfortunately, blackberries don't care ... which is why I'm very tempted to propagate the ivy. However, I hate to deprive the deer of an end-of-summer meal. I had no idea until a few years ago that deer will eat new poison oak leaves. Our summers are getting hotter and drier and the deer need food. However, they don't eat it in the quantity needed to control it, so, sorry ladies. Poison oak is going to go. They also eat the English Ivy, so that's a plus.
Maybe I'll try that English Ivy alternative ... but we'll see if it grows readily in red clay, which is what we have here.
Sorry about your poison oak. I have poison ivy, myself. I am glad to hear that the Vinca has been effective for you!
April Degele;
I’m guessing you’re in eastern Oregon.
I lived in Oregon years ago…I’m in western Washington Zone 8b and I have vinca and English ivy throughout my front driveway beds probably planted 50 years ago but I consider those garden thugs here even know they are pretty to look at. I have to cut the ivy back constantly so it doesn’t grow up the trees and the vinca is so thick and other invasive stuff growing through it. I have a tractor and would rip it all out if it wasn’t for all the underground pipes and gas lines.
The other garden thug is Snow on the Mountain aka Gouts weed….horrible stuff.
Hi ...enjoyed watching your video ....never realised some of these plants shown here were invasive or poisonous. Will be more mindful.
I am from India ...and two three varieties of plants shown above grow here as well .
Lantana is an invasive plant here .
Yes! I am going to talk about Lantana in my next video. Some varieties are invasive and also poisonous. Thanks so much for sharing!
I’m in uk thank you 👋👋👋🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Ok. As far as I can remember, mimosa has been outlawed here in DE. Many years ago. Neighbors in my subdivision have cut it down. No one's allowed to sell or plant it. Doesn't mean it isn't still spreading itself around. I see it growing along roadsides. All for the very reasons you speak about
I have a couple of these in my yard, specifically I have a 40-year old hedge of privets. Unfortunately, mine were in terrible shape and had to be completely hard pruned, but are looking a lot better.
I think the only truly invasive plant I ever had was false spirea (Sorbaria sorbifolia). The leaves of the plant are gorgeous; however, the white flowers attract the worst bugs and smell awful. The thing grows uncontrollably and spreads with offshoots underground popping up EVERYWHERE. It took me a solid year to remove the bush.
Privets always remind me of summer. Hope yours recover.
Privet stinks! I hate it.
Trumpet vine! Yikes!
Hello from south of France !
Hello!! I would love to visit Southern France. I hope to tale my family someday!
That was really smart to show how deadly Oleander is! It is used extensively in Southern Calif. as a privacy shield and wind break. It has deep strong roots and tough to cut out! I cut out about 10 huge plants when I raised dogs because they are so dangerous! The seeds fly into water bowls and every part can kill. My vet said only 3 leaves can kill a horse, cow or large deer. It would help people with small children and or pets to have a list of indoor and yard plants showing which not to have around! I supplied a list from my garden store in SanBernardino, CA years ago when I gave a puppy to any new owner!😉
Thanks so much! It always bothers me when I see these plants in the store with no warning tag. As a mom of both children and pets I worry for my friends!
I just watched Parts 1 and 2 of the most dangerous plants. Boy, I learned quite a bit. I'm in Yuma Arizona, the Sonoran Desert where it's super hot in the summers and hard to grow anything outside, unless it's cacti. I'm a new subscriber too, loved your videos I will be playing catch up to see all that you have.
Thanks so much! I am really new to the TH-cam world and this comment made my day!!
I live in Juneau Alaska it’s also zone 7
I’m in Colorado, the Siberian Elm has similar situation to the silk tree. It’s a noxious weed in our area. I’m currently pulling seedlings out of my flower beds. I hate these trees.
Purple popping plants
My MIL gave me a piece of gooseneck “loosestrife “ .. I thought she liked me! Took over my whole garden! It is pretty as a cut flower!though.
Roundup won't even kill that crap.
I am sure she loves you! It has a pretty flower. Most people don't realize it is invasive until it start taking over.
I live in Yukon Canada and our growing zone is 1a
Lilac,for S.Calif ?
Great video. I live in Czech Republic it’s not exotic country but it’s far away from the USA.
Thanks so much for watching! Czech Republic is exotic to me!!
Spanish bluebell. Last year I was over a foot deep in a hole gathering the bulbs (?) and tossing them into a bucket. Some were as big as a garlic bulb; if you find one keep digging because there can be ten more nearby. They took over both edges of my walk, are IN my hydrangea, behind and in the ornamental grass and were sneaking toward the backyard. This year they were back but not as bad. I was pro-Armada but NIMBY (or front).
Thank you for sharing.
Northern Indiana zone 5 the Mexican primrose it beautiful but seriously a problem. Still trying to contain it.
Uh oh. I’m growing bachelor’s buttons! I’m going to take them out right now. I’m in Vancouver BC and it turns out that they are invasive here too.
It is too bad they are invasive. They really are pretty.
Hello from Bulgaria! I'm happy that mimosa tree is not invasive in my country. It is my favorite tree.
I love it too! It smells amazing. I have to dig up many seedlings each year, but It is so pretty. Thanks so much for watching!
Indiana here. Eastern Redbuds in my yard spread like weeds with numerous seedling trees.
Oh boy! Thanks for sharing!
Where I live, zone 8, the red bud trees reseed themselves and they are all over the place -- very invasive.
We bought a house where the ivy was 3 feet thick. We had to use hatchets to chop it out. We rolled it up like the hay rolls you
see in the countryside. Twenty two years later, we still find it. Michigan.
I havent seen a mimosa tree since I was a little girl. They used to be all over our small town in Mississippi. We actually used to called them "pee bug" trees due to the sprinkling we'd received from standing under them. I guess hurricanes must have rid us of them.
They do tend to come down in storms!
Where in MS? I'm from small town Bay St Louis
Hello from the exotic Eastern shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio. Thank you for the information.
Hello! I bet the lake is beautiful!
I live in Canada, but I'm actually south of you. I'm on the north shore of Lake Erie, west of Niagara Falls. I'm Zone 6.
My husband is dying to go see Niagara Falls. We have never been!
I don't know if you consider it exotic - I live in the low desert of Arizona, zone 9a/9b, and it's insanely difficult to get anything non-native (and sometimes native) to grow here. You *can* grow a few non-native things here: eucalyptus and lantana come to mind. I wouldn't say they're at risk of taking over the neighborhood, though. The one invasive species I DO know thrives here is sisso (Indian rosewood) trees. From what I've learned, you can go from a single tree to a forest in a few short years, even with our high temperatures and limited rainfall.
I did plant a dwarf oleander recently. It wasn't my first choice because I knew it was poisonous (though I wasn't aware it was considered invasive.) But it was one of the first things I planted that didn't die within 24 hours of putting it into the ground, so it's staying... for now. The neighbors have a couple of (native) mesquite trees, and promised me seeds. Fingers crossed...
Thanks so much for watching! I will have to look up Sisso. It is not something I am familiar with. I have always wanted to see the desert.
I’ll have to look that up as well.
I’m opposite weather as you… zone 8b
Rains all the time.
Is eucalyptus invasive? That is one I have always wanted as I like the scent and the foliage.
Lantana is an annual in my zone.
I'm in southern france, I guess the climate is a bit warmer than in your area.
Northwest Louisiana, zone 8 a/b.
Lily of the valley took over our yard. Took two weeks to dig it out.
How exotic is Western Montana? 😂 I'm in zone 4b, and our growing season is SHORT. I have enjoyed both of your videos.
Never buy - plant bamboo trees.
They will damage your yard - your house- and neighbors.
Yes, it can be a major problem. I have friends who are battling bamboo that was planted by neighbors many houses away. It has spread throughout their neighborhood.
Please do passion flower vine. So invasive in Texas.
Or passiflora
I'm in 5b/6a and l have a silk tree l grew from seeds. It's about twenty-five feet tall now and just started seeding last year. I'm not sure if I'm at the northern limit, or it's not getting enough sun, but it seems to struggle. I also have never seen another (other than the parent) in my area.
Yes, they are considered hardy in zones 6-10 so that may be why it struggles. That may also be why you are not getting seedlings. Thanks so much for sharing!
You are showing two different flowers: corn flower (blue) knapweed (purple)