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“Invasive plants proliferate themselves at a high rate, which makes them alarming,” says Amanda Bennett, vice president, horticulture and collections, at Atlanta Botanical Garden. “It’s ...
Kudzu is an invasive plant species in the United States, introduced from Asia with devastating environmental consequences, [1] earning it the nickname "the vine that ate the South". It has been spreading rapidly in the Southern United States , "easily outpacing the use of herbicide, spraying, and mowing, as well increasing the costs of these ...
Once the invasive plants are removed, you can bet the soil has what we refer to as a "healthy seed bank." The years of the honeysuckle, burning bush and autumn olive (or insert any other favorite ...
Here, a gardening expert outlines common invasive plants, what an invasive plant is, how to get rid of them, and the threats they pose to U.S. agriculture.
Kudzu smothering trees in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Kudzu (/ ˈ k uː d z u, ˈ k ʊ d-, ˈ k ʌ d-/), also called Japanese arrowroot or Chinese arrowroot, [1] [2] is a group of climbing, coiling, and trailing deciduous perennial vines native to much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands. [2]
Privets are any of a number of shrubs or trees in the genus Ligustrum, many of which are invasive. The genus contains about 50 species [1] native to the Old World and Australasia. [2] Many members of the genus are grown as ornamental plants in parts of the world. Several species of privet have become a nuisance in regions outside their ranges.
Vigorous growth is also a hallmark of many non-native and invasive plants, and burning bush also checks this box and can grow to 30-feet tall and wide when it is not regularly pruned.
Some garden flowers originated as weeds in cultivated fields and have been selectively bred for their garden-worthy flowers or foliage. An example of a crop weed that is grown in gardens is the corncockle , ( Agrostemma githago ), which was a common weed in European wheat fields, but is now sometimes grown as a garden plant.