The definition of an invasive plant has changed through the years: many of our common ornamental plants, trees and shrubs which we have loved for decades have been declared invasive since they are choking out or can choke out our native species. (Click image to view full size) (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Invasive plants’
One woman’s treasure . . . is invasive to another!
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Black Swallow-Wort, a.k.a. Evil Pod Creatures
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Perhaps I’m going a bit overboard with my angry feelings about this particular invasive plant, but I don’t think so. Every year they infiltrate even my highly groomed garden since they multiply both by lofty airborne seed parachutes from their seed pods and underground sneaky roots. (more…)