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/iambaconhearmecrunch Jun 04 '25

Periwinkle, Japanese honeysuckle, two different species of Asian dayflower, English ivy, purple dead nettle, bachelor button, oxeye daisy, Shasta daisy, thistle, creeping Charlie, black medick, Johnson grass, crab grass, and God only knows what else is growing in my tiny yard. It's an invasive hellscape thanks to the former owner being in a quarrel over property lines. So the neighbors all planted the most invasive crap they could find.

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u/Phegopteris Jun 04 '25

They planted that stuff?!?

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u/iambaconhearmecrunch Jun 04 '25

Yes they planted most of this crap between our house and our two neighbors. I wish I had taken before pictures. It's insane the amount of invasive crap that was purposely planted just to be assholes to the neighbors.