Re: Garden Thugs - 3 Biggest

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I find it interesting that many plants are listed as "thugs" but are not truly invasive, as in "invasive non-natives". I've been able to manage  aggressive plants (Artemesia, Aegopodium, Convallaria, Campanula, etc.) by judicious thinning, pruning, etc.   (I know, I know - I grew up in a garden where  we had to dig out lots of Lily of the Valley . Now, I welcome all pips. ) 

What I worry about more are the plants that spread like a metastatic cancer, such as Common Privet  and Oriental Bittersweet. They spread into woodlands and crowd out our natives. 

Is anyone compiling a list of potential non-native invasives? If so, I'd like to nominate Crepemyrtles. Since the introduction of 'Natchez'  a prolific seeder introduced a few decades ago,  I'm seeing lots of seedlings. They're scarier than the Buddleia I saw in England and the PNW. 

Daryl

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