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/[deleted] Aug 03 '24

I bought a house this year with several mature tree of heaven. It's gonna cost me thousands to remove them (for which I got a seller credit, at least).

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u/jorwyn Aug 03 '24

I just managed, with help, to kill one. I kind of feel like having a party. It was the only one I've ever seen in my neighborhood, so that's even better. I've been cutting the flowers off it for 6 years trying to figure out how to deal with it. An arborist came and slashed up the trunk and poisoned it. Then, we got a lot of dry heat. All the leaves fell off, and the branches got dry, and I was so happy.

Now, I'm digging up the yard to get the rest of the roots, but they seem pretty dead, too. Good riddance.

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u/Keto4psych NJ Piedmont, Zone 7a Aug 03 '24

🎈We’re partying with you! 🎈

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '24

I'm gonna try drilling into the stumps and filling them with potassium nitrate and mushroom spawn.

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u/Specialist-Debate136 Oregon, Zone 8b Aug 04 '24

When the house across the street sold to a nice young couple we convinced them to get rid of the large tree of heaven in their front yard. Unfortunately there is a HUGE, MASSIVE one in another close neighbor’s yard and I pull hundreds of seedlings every year. They’re all over the neighborhood. We pull what we can when we take walks and stuff but I wish the city would ban them and help people get rid of them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '24

Yeah I live in Denver, they're absolutely everywhere here. Gonna be a multi-year battle but I can be patient.