Comments on: Most Hated Plants http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/most-hated-plants.html Create Wildlife Habitat. Protect the Environment Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:16:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Stephanie Suesan Smith http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/most-hated-plants.html/comment-page-1#comment-3640 Stephanie Suesan Smith Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:36:49 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=1078#comment-3640 Johnson Grass. Introduced as animal feed after being breed by the Extension Center and widely planted. Then discovered it was not only noxious and invasive, it died if you mowed it regularly for hay. Not one of Extension's better moments. Johnson Grass. Introduced as animal feed after being breed by the Extension Center and widely planted. Then discovered it was not only noxious and invasive, it died if you mowed it regularly for hay. Not one of Extension’s better moments.
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]]> By: Christine McCalla http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/most-hated-plants.html/comment-page-1#comment-3341 Christine McCalla Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:47:45 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=1078#comment-3341 Perennial Sweet Pea (Lathyrus latifolius)! I mistakenly planted some seeds that I got from my mother-in-law (whom I still like despite this!) and have been fighting it for over five years now. The first year it was lovely, and stuck to the area along the chain-mail fence I wanted covered. The second year, it went insane! Not only does it climb the fence, but it rambles out horizontally and has smothered out most of my ornamental garden in that area, and I need to cut it back at least twice a year. It's rooted in so deeply that I can't yank it out. What's worse, it's seeded itself somehow across the yard. :( So now I'm pulling it out of the lawn (or mowing it), and trying to keep it from taking over my other garden beds. Even if I condoned using herbicides, I can't because of some of the other plants in those areas. Worse, I researched it first and didn't find any indication it could be so invasive. It's almost as bad as the goutweed that I planted. Wish I had known what THAT one was when I did. I only discovered what it was today, and researching that is what brought me to your blog. Chris Perennial Sweet Pea (Lathyrus latifolius)! I mistakenly planted some seeds that I got from my mother-in-law (whom I still like despite this!) and have been fighting it for over five years now. The first year it was lovely, and stuck to the area along the chain-mail fence I wanted covered. The second year, it went insane! Not only does it climb the fence, but it rambles out horizontally and has smothered out most of my ornamental garden in that area, and I need to cut it back at least twice a year. It’s rooted in so deeply that I can’t yank it out. What’s worse, it’s seeded itself somehow across the yard. :( So now I’m pulling it out of the lawn (or mowing it), and trying to keep it from taking over my other garden beds. Even if I condoned using herbicides, I can’t because of some of the other plants in those areas. Worse, I researched it first and didn’t find any indication it could be so invasive. It’s almost as bad as the goutweed that I planted. Wish I had known what THAT one was when I did. I only discovered what it was today, and researching that is what brought me to your blog.

Chris

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]]> By: Phyllostachys Bamboo most hated invasive plants http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/most-hated-plants.html/comment-page-1#comment-2762 Phyllostachys Bamboo most hated invasive plants Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:06 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=1078#comment-2762 [...] Most Hated Plants series is devoted to the worst of the worst invasive plants. These plants are causing great [...] [...] Most Hated Plants series is devoted to the worst of the worst invasive plants. These plants are causing great [...]

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