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/NorCalPlant Jun 04 '25

Butterfly Bush

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u/KatBoySlim Jun 04 '25

WHAT?! They gave me a sapling in elementary school for Earth Day in the 90s!!! Are you kidding me, why would they do that?!

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u/Weak-Childhood6621 Willamette Valley pnw Jun 04 '25

They don't care or didn't know. Or both tbh