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Invasive Plants

Are Paulownia crops the same as Monsanto GM corn?

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By now you all must know that I have a problem with the continued planting and sale of invasive plants, which destroy native habitat and reduce wildlife biodiversity. I tend to rant a little (understatement, of course) because if we stopped the sale of these plants and stopped putting them in our gardens, we would [...]

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English Ivy: Most Hated Plants

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Think those ivy-covered towers are pretty? Unfortunately, English Ivy (Hedera helix) is one of the most pernicious, nasty, and destructive of the invasive plants because it not only destroys native habitat, it can also destroy your house.
That is why I’ve added English Ivy to the Most Hated Plants list.
We can thank some very early European [...]

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Most Hated Plants

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We are accumulating a library of the “most hated” invasive plants, which we regularly update. Removal and control of invasive species costs taxpayers more than 32 billion every year. Many of these plants were introduced for sale by the horticultural and landscaping industry to satisfy a seemingly insatiable desire to have the most exotic plants [...]

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Oriental Bittersweet on Most Hated Plants List

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Every week, we discuss one of the “Most Hated” plants, plants that are so invasive and damaging to ecosystems that they should never be planted, let alone sold. Many of these plants were introduced into this country as ornamentals by the horticultural industry and have since escaped the garden and are running rampant through native [...]

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Autumn Olive and Russian Olive on Most Hated Plants List

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Our weekly saga continues with the worst of the worst invasive plants. Plants so harmful to ecosystems they should never be planted, yet alone sold.
Topping the noxious list this week is Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) and Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia), two plants in the same genus that are leaving a swath of destruction in their [...]

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Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants

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The UN has just announced that invasive species and climate change are the biggest threat to ecosystems and biodiversity. The cost of controlling invasive plants in the US is estimated at more than $138 billion every year. But invasive plants continue to be sold by the horticultural trade who have turned a blind eye to [...]

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Chinese Lespedeza makes “Most Hated Plants” List

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Our continuing feature looking at the worst of the worst invasive plants continues with Chinese Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata), also known as Chinese Bush Clover or Sericea Lespedeza. This plant has been listed as a noxious weed and its sale is banned in Colorado and Kansas.
I chose this plant because Ecosystem Gardening has a great friend [...]

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Paulownia (Princess Tree) on “Most Hated Plants” List

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Known as the Princess Tree, Empress Tree, and Royal Empress Tree, Paulownia Trees are highly invasive and are destroying native ecosystems from Maine to Florida and Texas, as well as the Pacific Northwest. However, open almost any gardening magazine and you’ll find adds touting this tree as an “amazing, fast-growing, shade tree.”
It is this fast-growing [...]

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Brazilian Pepper Tree on “Most Hated Plants” List

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Last week when I wrote about Norway Maple being one of my “most hated” invasive plants, I posted this question on twitter:
What’s your most-hated plant? Norway Maple tops my list. Tell me yours at: http://bit.ly/2Q2ih0 (@CB4wildlife)

And I got this response from @Gr8RedApe: Brazilian Pepper Tree. Listen to the frustration this plant causes:
@CB4wildlife It will.not.die. Have [...]

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Norway Maple makes “Most Hated Plants” List

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You may have noticed by now that invasive plants make me a little angry as well as the people who continue to plant invasives, and especially the people who continue to sell invasive plants. Or rather, they really TICK ME OFF.
So I’m going to start a new series in which I highlight a specific invasive [...]

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