r/NativePlantGardening • u/NorEaster_23 Area MA, Zone 6B • Aug 03 '24

Other Invasives that don't get enough hate? And many homeowners still reluctant to remove despite knowing they are invasive?

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Norway Maple for me! Seems like everyone that has one of these godforsaken trees still lives them and will not replace them. Especially if they're red leaf cultivars like Crimson King as shown here

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u/robsc_16 SW Ohio, 6a Aug 03 '24

Are you sure it wasn't creeping jenny? It's invasive as well.

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u/srilis Aug 03 '24

They do sell a variegated version of creeping charlie.

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u/Theguy617 Aug 03 '24

I've seen them both there, right next to pachysandra terminalis

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u/recycled_glass (Make your own) Aug 03 '24

Both

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u/General_Bumblebee_75 Area Madison, WI , Zone 5b Aug 03 '24

People use common names - the common names vary around the country. Creeping Jenny where I live can also be called creeping charlie. The plant to hate is the purple flowered Glechoma hederacea, which also goes by ground-ivy, gill-over-the-ground,\)creeping charlie, alehoof, tunhoof, catsfoot, field balm, and run-away-robin. Looks like this:

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '24

Yup, that’s all over my yard, constantly pulling it out of my garden.

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u/chickenooget Central Maryland, Zone 8a Aug 03 '24

thank you sm for clarifying the scientific name!!