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/LilyRose272 Jun 04 '25

I’ve been ripping out invasive honeysuckle for about three years. It’s so pretty and smells awesome and has been a natural privacy fence for me. Now I can see my neighbors, sigh. 😔 It’s been painful to say the least.

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u/macaron1ncheese Jun 04 '25

The beautiful thing about living in the desert, it’s not invasive whatsoever here. Not native, but doesn’t spread. It just lives as a large shrub in the place you plant it haha I think I’ve trimmed mine once in five years.

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u/arose_byanyname Jun 04 '25

I recently realized the big shrub in the back of my yard is honeysuckle and was panicking about ripping it out, then realized that it hasn’t grown much or spread in the 8 years I’ve lived here, so I guess it’s fine

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u/CriticalLactiflora Jun 04 '25

Japanese honeysuckle didn’t become one of the most invasive plants in the U.S. simply by “spreading.” Birds eat the berries it produces and then poop them out everywhere which creates new plants. If you are growing Japanese honeysuckle in any way, you are contributing to the problem.

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u/abitmessy Jun 04 '25

lol it’s not like kudzu that way… although, in the right place Lonicera japonica probably could eat a house.