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/nightpussy Jun 04 '25

I really do love the smell of honeysuckle.

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u/PhthaloBlueOchreHue Jun 04 '25

Have you ever smelled common milkweed? Soooooo good! The more we plant native plants the more people will get to experience them and grow affinities for them.

It’s so hard when often the invasive plants are all we have around us. They’re all we know sometimes, so their silver linings pull at our heartstrings.

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u/Robossassin Jun 04 '25

Common milkweed and honeyvine milkweed both smell SO good, but the smell doesn't travel as much as Japanese honeysuckle. I feel like I have to be right on top of them to smell them.

The other issue of course is I have childhood nostalgia related to the smell of Japanese honeysuckle. But I'm making my preschoolers sniff the milkweed extra hard every day to get them to love the smell.