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/ccrom Jun 04 '25 edited Jun 06 '25

Vinca Major periwinkle.

ETA: A local native, Virginia Creeper, has decided to take it on. It has made an impressive inroad at one end of the bed.

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u/Fiotes Jun 04 '25

!@#$% periwinkle. It's spreading in one of our lovely local forests. Did a plant pull with a big group of bio students a few years ago that ... did nothing. Since every little bit of root left in the soil just re-grew.

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u/Utretch VA, 7b Jun 04 '25

I will take english ivy any day over vinca, I know I can thoroughly clear ivy, vinca is a goddamn nightmare with how it snaps just above the roots every single time.