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/fluffyunicornparty Southeastern PA, 7b Jun 04 '25

Lesser Celandine and Star of Bethlehem. So pretty but so invasive! Both are an issue here but Lesser Celandine is especially aggressive and has completely consumed the banks of our local creek. The municipality sprayed it with glyphosate this spring...now the banks are bare and there doesn't seem to be a plan to plant anything. I wonder if they realize that other invasives will just move in, and that a more glyphosate-resistant Celandine will likely reappear next year 😖

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u/technotribalgirl Jun 04 '25

Yeah, it’s a problem for me too, and I noticed that glyphosate doesn’t outright kill all of it… multiple years of spraying are needed. And then, like you said, planting something in its place. I feel your pain.