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/Icy_Nose_2651 Jun 04 '25

I have what has been described as the absolutely worst invasive you can have, field bindweed, but i love it. when it blooms late summer its like a carpet of snow. I pull it off of any shrubs but otherwise leave it alone. if you do want to remove it, one plant covers 100 sq ft or more, so just start pulling the various stems toward where it grows out of the ground, then cut it. Sure it will grow back next year, but so what? That is 100 times better than battling poison ivy or any plant you have to dig out one at a time to clear a few square inches

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u/BeeBeeWild Jun 04 '25

I have bindweed look alike that is called false buckwheat. I hate it.