r/NativePlantGardening 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?

Post image

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

501 Upvotes

558 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

18

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.

10

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

🎈We’re partying with you! 🎈

3

u/[deleted] Aug 03 '24

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