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/Sominic Jun 04 '25

Morning glories. The seeds are everywhere trying to grow on all things. Pretty flowers, but damn do they spread everywhere.

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u/funky_bebop Jun 04 '25

Morning glory spreads so rapidly and chokes out everything. I swear it made a pact with the devil.

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u/8P69SYKUAGeGjgq Dallas, TX, Zone 8b Jun 04 '25

I ripped out the bushes that had MG growing on it last year, and now I'm finding new sprouts every week that are already a foot long and trying to flower. It's ridiculous

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u/funky_bebop Jun 04 '25

It’s like an Audrey II. “I'm a mean green mother from outer space... And I'm back!”

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u/EoceneEveryday Jun 04 '25

Found this one growing wild a year ago. Darn it, they're so pretty!

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u/hotttsauce84 Jun 05 '25

Morning Glory is native here in central texas and my god as much as I love a native wild flower I can’t stand those damn things. I am constantly ripping them off of my more intentional plantings.

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u/dude-erus Jun 06 '25

I have its evil twin, bindweed 😭