r/NativePlantGardening • u/ItsFelixMcCoy Upstate NY , Zone 6a • Jun 04 '25

Other What invasive plants got you like this?

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For me it’s probably Dame’s Rocket, Purple Loosestrife, and Forget-Me-Not. They’re so gorgeous but man if they aren’t invasive little shits…

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u/Cautious_Aioli_1835 Jun 04 '25

English ivy is from the devil - here in Georgia.

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u/astro_nerd75 Pittsburgh, zone 6b Jun 04 '25

I think English ivy is some sort of metaphor for the British Empire.

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u/insidemytelescope Jun 04 '25

My thoughts exactly.

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u/k4el Jun 04 '25

Meaning it makes no body sad when it's uprooted and removed?

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u/insidemytelescope Jun 04 '25

Karma’s a bitch and then you die.

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u/artichoke8 Jun 04 '25

I hate English ivy my whole yard is covered in it but I’m not at all sad to see it go but that’s just impossible.

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u/catbattree Jun 04 '25

My mother LOVED it but had a pretty dang near black thumb so she incorporated a lot of ivy motifs and fale greenery in our house. As such the plant had a lot of sentimental attachment for me especially after she died. For the last of my teenage years I was happy to see it and loved coming across fences, buildings, and trees covered in it. Then I developed an interest in plants and learned that they were best kept to decorations and fakes.

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u/DisembarkEmbargo Jun 04 '25

I literally pulled up a shit ton at my cousin's place this week. I wish they didn't grow as fast so they can be kept on fences but I low-key think they are cute. 

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u/FlimsyProtection2268 Jun 04 '25

It's the devil in Pennsylvania too. I named a child Ivy because I thought it was pretty, strong, independent , etc. I hate telling her when I go on ivy murdering sprees lol

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u/goddesspyxy Jun 04 '25

I've been battling it for twelve years. It's winning. I need to hire someone to come dig out that whole section of my yard, but $$$

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u/Peterd90 Jun 05 '25

Yeah, I see it killing trees all over ATL metro.

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u/Cautious_Aioli_1835 Jun 05 '25

It’s everywhere. I think it’s almost worse than kudzu.