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From the lens What You Should Know About Invasive Plants in the U.S..

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  • kajohu Apr 29, 2012 @ 8:43 pm | delete
    We spent some of today pulling up large quantities of garlic mustard in our backyard. I like how they look in small quantities, and I can use small quantities for cooking, but they overrun large areas. There's a garlic mustard pull at many of our local parks this year on May 1.
  • AnthonyAltorenna Apr 1, 2012 @ 8:36 pm | delete
    Important information on invasive species of plants, especially this time of year when gardeners head off to the local nursery. I've ripped several plants from my yard including Barberry shrubs and was disappointed to learn that Buddalia butterfly bushes can become invasive.
  • elsahc Mar 28, 2012 @ 10:59 am | delete
    A good place to get information about invasive plants is the California Invasive Pest Council at http://www.cal-ipc.org/ip/inventory/ This is an important issue and I am glad it is represented on Squidoo.
  • COUNTRYLUTHIER Feb 8, 2012 @ 6:18 pm | delete
    Did I miss Kudzu, the Scourge of the south and one plant that will cover your cottage in foliage while you sleep it seems. Thanks for all the others you brought to our attention in this informative lense.
  • OrganicMom247 Oct 28, 2011 @ 12:54 pm | delete
    Great stuff i found it both interesting as well as useful.
  • karmicchristian Aug 10, 2011 @ 1:57 am | delete
    Hmm... had no idea about alien plant species. Always thought that they came from outer space! :)
  • Shanna_Redwind Jun 25, 2011 @ 10:02 am | delete
    We've got a lot of garlic mustard around our place. It's terrible stuff- hard to kill, and not much will grow in the spot that garlic mustard has been
  • Frischy Jun 3, 2011 @ 11:17 am | delete
    Interesting lens! I have a big problem with creeping charlie. Wild violets, bindweed and mulberry trees are also big problems in my yard. It is a constant battle.
  • A-Redneck May 10, 2011 @ 6:22 pm | delete
    I have pulled more knapweed then I want to remember. Here it is a real concern as it is slowly spread by recreational vehicles, logging, and wildlife. Sad situation how quickly these plants creep in.
  • Jimmie Apr 16, 2011 @ 8:52 pm | delete
    Whoa! That hogweed is some kind of crazy plant! I had no idea.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Feb 11, 2010 @ 4:53 pm | delete
    Very informative. This lens would be an excellent addition to the Squidoo Garden Plexography. Add it to the Pest Plexo. It's not a perfect fit but it will work.
    Thanks
    Lizzy
  • ---Chazz Feb 11, 2010 @ 9:46 pm | delete
    Thanks. will do.
  • Gloriousconfusion Jan 26, 2010 @ 9:09 am | delete
    I found your lens so interesting that I even watched the videos, which is rare for me. The National Park one about tamarisks was a bit too long and I got impatient before the end.

    I have several invasive flowering plants in my garden, including tamarisk, which has not really invaded at all - it has not sent up any shoots or multiplied. I had skin poisoning from hellebore seeds which looked similar to that described in the video about Giant Hogweed, but not quite so virulent. I described it in my lens Ten Plants which tolerate shade - http://www.squidoo.com/10_shade_tolerant_plants. The following plants in my garden are invasive and need a lot of rooting out every year, and half of North London has seeds, cuttings or roots from my garden, but the flowers are so lovely that they are worth the extra work: Vinca, Montbretia, anemone japonica, eunonymous and shrubs - mahonia deutzia and pernetya. I don't know how to put photos into "comments" but it has given me an idea to make a separate lens.I am also plagued by blackberry plans.

    I am giving your lens 5 stars and lensrolling and favouriting it.Well done.
  • ---Chazz Jan 26, 2010 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    Thank you for your comments and for sharing your lens. We moved into a house with a yard full of invasive plants -- from scrubby groundcovers including wild strawberries and choke weed to forsythia and burdock. As someone who does not use pesticides, I am still trying to get rid of the berries and choke weed. I do grow vinca, but it is in a restricted area between the cement sidewalk and curb so it is easy to contain.

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