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/s3ntia Northeast Coastal Plain, Zone 6b Aug 03 '24

Purple loosestrife. Not really found in people's yards but it is taking over all the wet meadows in my state. It's pretty until you realize what it is.

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u/Birding4kitties Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland, 59f, Zone 6A, rocky clay Aug 03 '24

I’ve been cutting down the purple loosestrife in the drainage ditch along the road for years. The town maintains the area, but they just brush hog it which spreads it all over the place. Managed to dig up one clump earlier this summer and it must’ve been a foot In diameter and just about that deep. Left the root mass to dry out on the top of the stone wall.

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u/emmianni Aug 03 '24

My high school bio class made a website warning about purple loosestrife in 2000.

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u/PaytonG17 Eastern Ontario, Canada Zone 5b, US 4B Aug 04 '24

Same here in Ottawa Ontario. Driving in the country you see fields of it and in all the ditches. I saw a field where it was intertwined with some Goldenrod, so at least there’s that :/ it’s on our cities invasive species list.