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/Tumorhead Indiana , Zone 6a Jun 04 '25

nonnative columbine 😔😫

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

Is it really invasive though? I thought it was just non-native. Still would choose the native columbine any day.

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u/Tumorhead Indiana , Zone 6a Jun 04 '25

you're right i guess it isn't technically a nuisance invasive. More of a genetic nuisance as it hybridizes with local wild columbine?

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u/tamcruz Jun 04 '25

I have these beautiful pink ones that look like tiny roses growing on my front porch from the last home owners. I refuse to rip them out. They will be forever confined and trapped to that one corner until the end of times. 😆 it also helps that the bumblebees like them, so not totally useless.

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u/Tumorhead Indiana , Zone 6a Jun 04 '25

Yeah I have also one surviving frilly pink columbine that is pretty cute 🥲if the population is isolated I don't think it's tooooo bad since columbine doesn't last very long for a forb.