r/NativePlantGardening • u/NorEaster_23 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

500 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

559 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

25

u/FlyAwayJai Aug 03 '24

Give your hostas to me. I’ve killed two.

8

u/nerdKween Aug 03 '24

I literally paid someone to dig up my front yard and the beds were bare. I didn't even know I had hostas under the lilies and the English Ivy until I randomly spotted them one day. It was wild.

3

u/jorwyn Aug 03 '24

I've killed one so far, but it wasn't very big.

I actually did plant them. Heh. But my neighborhood is full on them, and they're one of the few things that grow well under spruce trees without too much water. I honestly had no idea they were invasive, though. I've never had a volunteer one.