- The Invaders: Virginia Creeper - Daves Garden
Virginia creeper is a plant that generates profoundly different opinions among gardeners Some call it desirable Some call it invasive, while others mistakenly call it poison ivy
- Best Solutions for Vine Weeds in the Garden
The cut-vine method makes it possible to treat a whole plant with an intense herbicide without spraying it all over both your favorite tree and the invasive vine Instead of widespread spraying, clip the vine a few inches from the ground and apply triclopyr weed killer, an organic compound used as an herbicide and fungicide, to the fresh cut
- 10 Hardy Vines You Should Know - Daves Garden
Unfortunately for gardeners in more intemperate climates, most interesting vines are annuals, tropical or completely invasive If you are on a search for vines that will remain robust perennials in your zone, here are 10 hardy vines you should know
- Dont Get Burned by Burning Bush - Daves Garden
One study in Maine (a state which has yet to outlaw burning bush) examined invasive, non-native species as they took over "a tract of land managed as as natural area:" Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), Norway maple (Acer platanoides), and burning bush
- Identifying wildflowers: Packera glabella, Butterweed
Sometimes even native plants become troublesome Invasive isn't always alien It is butterweed season and the fallow fields and roadside ditches are a mass of yellow Packera glabella is a native plant for most of North America east of the Rockies and for the next few weeks these yellow flowers will be everywhere
- Star of Bethlehem: Toxic, Invasive, or Lovely? - Daves Garden
What happens when the habits of history and the studies of scientists are completely at odds? Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
- Mock Strawberries - Daves Garden
Mock strawberry plants are decidedly invasive in nature Scientifically, the plant is known as Duchesnea indica, but it's also sometimes referred to as Potentilla indica This genus is different from that of real strawberries, Fragaria, though they are both members of the rose family, along with apples, pears, almonds and spiraeas, just to name a few As you can see, they look just like
- The Invaders: Lily of the Valley - Daves Garden
Like many other invasive groundcovers, Convallaria propagates itself vegetatively from underground rhizomes While it does produce seeds, the cross between daughter plants descended from a single parent seems to be sterile, and it spreads so vigorously that an entire bed might be daughters of the same original parent
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