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Bookmark or Share- Lantana, Garden Darling or Invasive Weed? - Dave's GardenThe plants produce hundreds of seeds that birds and wildlife scatter and the offspring spread into dense thickets that crowd out other plant life. Citrus growers despise it as it is a serious economic pest to their industry. In many frost-free regions it has become an invasive nuisance, crowding out grazing lands and agricultural areas.
- Invasive Weeds: Creeping Buttercup - Dave's GardenGet the Invasive Weeds of North America field guide here. Identifying Buttercups. Buttercups are both perennial and annual, and comprise about 400 species globally. The finely-palmate, alternate leaves are quite attractive, often with light mottling on the dark green.
- Callicarpa americana the American Beautyberry - Dave's GardenWith so many invasive plants causing untold problems, many people have started to educate themselves on natives. By choosing local species, gardeners are also helping wildlife and insects with familiar food sources too. In the southern half of eastern North America, the beautyberry, Callicarpa, americana is a great native choice. It grows best ...
- The Invaders: Rudbeckia - Dave's GardenBecause the Rudbeckias are native plants of North America, some people will say I can not properly call them "invasive" here. Fine, but they certainly do spread! While they seed themselves, they spread more readily by runners that sneak along just below the surface of the earth, popping up new plants every couple of inches.
- The Invaders: Virginia Creeper - Dave's GardenThis reaction is one indictment against Virginia creeper. The other is its invasive habit of growth. Now there are some people who insist that the term "invasive" properly applies only to non-native plants in a given habitat. In that case, Virginia creeper can not be labeled invasive in the eastern half of the U.S., where it is native.
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