You might want to research that. Bees love sunflowers, beebalm, and really any flower that is yellow, purple, or blue. We renovated our porch two winters ago and the constant packing of the snow killed all of the goutweed surrounding our house. Congratulations on going viral :) The comments were great to read also -except for the few naysayers & you handled yourself well! I'd love to have rhubarb but no success in east Texas. I try to cut off the flowers to prevent seeding but it has deep underground roots and is trying to take over my vegetable garden. Catmint plant is an extremely easy-growing plant with few pests or problems. I love the Japanese Painted Fern best. Almost none of these plants are problematic or invasive in the hot summers, cold winters of the inland desert of Washington State. All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy | Design by Weller Smith Design, Thank you for the zone info!!! I also have a problem with caryopteris. When I lived in Southern Ontario I did find that Chinese lanterns spread quickly but when I lived farther north I could barely get them to grow. . Keep cutting it down so it dies out. I am trying to get an idea of wtf we are!!!!! This is the worst of all in OTTAWA, Ontario. It's a fast-growing, perennial plant that produces small, lavender-colored flowers. There's definitely a niche for garden blogs written by people with an education in plants and I'm sure you would do an amazing job. Anything with creeping in its name is a hint that you may have it forever (or the person who buys your house after you), I think I want a clover lawn. From spring (after the last threat of frost has passed) through early fall. Luckily, none of the plants are any of the ones you just listed! And that what is a perennial When it rains, it floods. I'll have to do a follow up post. Under my deck, in my driveway and completely taken over the 3x8 flower bed. I live in zones 8 and 9 and have had terrible problems with purslane and morning glory. When I discovered it on our property I didn't know what it was, it is attractive. But in all seriousness, it's not much more than a week. Mint, oh my god the mint! Within 2 months I had to dig out a whole section of garden and again the next year plus pulling up strays for a couple more years. It has taken 10 years, but now that the tree can grow, eventually the dead ivy will break off in pieces. Positive: On Apr 24, 2003, . Or will they die out if I cut them back now in August. I have many of these plants and do not regret planting any of them. No ones else seems to give such a straight answer. Hay scented fern roots form mats several inches thick and it's awful to remove. By far, the worst of these are mint and Chinese Lanterns. I Love gardening. My father told me I was crazy, but I said the cold weather will kill them. Simply use a spade to separate rooted sections of an established plant and then replant the divisions, spacing them about a foot apart. I dug them out. That being said, if you do not have the time to keep at these perennials, you will have a forest of flowers and no time to control them. Use a sharp shovel to cut a section of the plant with a good root system and replant it. I heard for bamboo using a buried container. Maybe thats because I have clay soil and also because I cut all the fern fronds off - right down to the ground every year in mid February or early March. Do you have a local gardening group? I had a whole trailer load for the dump.They multiplied quickly despite dying down with frost when they looked a mess. However, in this age and stage of my life, I dont have endless hours to devote to plants that require a lot of maintenance. Growing up to 3 feet tall and 4 feet wide, this is one of the largest cultivars and easily one of the showiest. If you want to see what an overgrown perennial garden looks like, check out the video below: Disclaimer #1: Some of the plants in this list may not be problematic in your area. Oh wow good to know. Actually, butterflies are attracted to any flower with nectar. Just warning about the vincas and the st. johns wort Hopefully you have luck with that! Oh another one that I hate is clethra, also known as summersweet and pepperbush. Bees do love them so don't plant close to your doorway. Then I fill it with soil and plant the misbehaving plant inside the bucket. Gooseneck, spiderwort and those orange day lilies are relentless as is malva. Oh my goodness! Please help, Amazing how canna lilies return every year & with a little TLC, fertilizer & gallons of water, they'll be blooming in 3-4 weeks. But you have a MUCH colder climate and this Fascinates me! So sweet and soft at the nursery in pots then they take over your planting bed. Last part of it is wrapped around my Bougainvillea. You wouldn't think something that starts out so pretty could take down a 200 year old tree, but it can, and it does. I'll have to check yours out as well! I live in the Texas Panhandle and try so very hard to grow some of those flowers and despite "babying" them they do not grow well here. It was wandering everywhere, including into the two neighbouring yards. What is it with plants labeled "Canada" for invasiveness? Whenever I would dig it up, I through it in the field behind us. As a head gardener for many years in Scotland I find it hard to understand your reasoning on invasive plants! Every time someone mentions planting Virginia Creeper in a gardening group, I shudder inside--especially after hearing everyone's stories. I can agree with you on most of the perennials. Talk about work to get rid of. Some anemone species are not "thuggish" at all. Catmint will grow in just about any type of well-drained soil. Every very year i am cursing the day i planted Virginia Creeper. Shearing your plants back by a third or more will reenergize them for a second bloom cycle and produce lush new foliage. I love they flower a long time but they are hard to get under control also. I like vining plants like star jasmine, pink jasmine, banks rose and tangerine beauty. Another NO is bamboo!! It was a lot of hard work to get them under control but I finally did it! Before lawns because so popular most people left most of their properties in a more natural state. In general, catmint plants are not invasive. I am so sad. Invasiveness. I am enjoying many plants I've never grown before. Offering a change of pace from the typical blue and lavender tones, this cultivar is blanketed by delicately scented snow white flowers from late spring to early fall. Perennial plants are a good investment. Cover the area with wet cardboard, several layers, then a heavy layer of mulch. For 10 years weve been removing the ivy from the ground. Used underneath flowering shrubs or specimen plants, they can be quite lovely and reduce the need for weeding and mulching. Everyone in my cul-de-sac has lovely displays, but they're almost all the same plants. What a beautiful presentation. Thank you for the tips about the mint and the hollyhocks! Enjoyed your post! You totally forgot the # 1 worst plant, chameleon plant. All Dead Flower heads are tossed right away in the green recycling barrel. Features gray-green, hairy, ovate leaves (to 1" long) with crenate margins, prominent veining and heart-shaped bases. But if you love any of those plants, you have to keep them under control by either growing them on their own in a separate spot or digging out shoots to keep them from spreading too much or as some of you mentioned, growing them in pots. 4. Thank you for sharing this blog with us. Same with the Violets. 2021 Perennial of the Year: Cats Pajamas catmint (Nepeta faassenii). This feed has been so very fascinating to follow, interesting to hear which plants are invasive in some zones! We ended up having to clear about 2 acres of dead trees and fallen trees. 24 Purple Flowers to Brighten Your Garden Due to its hardiness up to Zone 3, it is a fantastic choice for gardens in the north. Dandelions are also beneficial. I have a tiny yard in Maryland (10 x 10 yards). As stated, up to 80' up the trees, huge roots, difficult if not impossible to get rid of. Thought very pretty, it popped up everywhere and was impossible to control. These dependable perennials produce a profusion of usually lavender-blue flowers over a long season from late-spring to late-summer. Given the right growing conditions, catmint is unlikely to need fertilizing, and applying it can even result in floppy stems and fewer flowers. Horsetail Reed. But it creates such a dense cover in the spring when the other weeds sprout that it kills them out. I have Holly Hocks and have for the 7 years we have been here. Thanks for the post! I say it takes trial and error and patience to find what you like and just as importantwhat will work for you. They multiply slowly. A landscaper tried to get it out but couldnt. I will definitely add those to the follow up post when it happens. I feel lucky to be growing my ONE daisy in my greenhouse! over there, or there, nor in that container, or that one! I live in Los Angeles along the coast. I help new gardeners learn to grow their own vegetables and cut flowers, as well as give them the know-how to beautify their yards with perennials. It is low growing, keeps in it's place well, and if it grows a baby someone always wants it for their own yard. It might take some trial and error, but I'm sure one of these aggressive plants should grow in your space. They are beautiful when blooming but incredibly ugly after the blooms are spent so I hide them with another prolific bloomer orange daylilies. Hi Susan, you are right, no plant is "bad" per se. But it is a thug and crowds out everything and is nearly impossible to dig out. I moved from that century home last November and have a DO NOT BUY LIST for my new home which includes almost all the plants, with the exception of daylilies, on your list! . I will make sure to do that when I write a follow up article. So many times she agrees to plant what you love. I mean, I grow them, but the foliage does take up a lot of space, the bloom colors seem washed out and dont last long. My home was a century home and pretty well the only thing I let run are the double red poppies that were planted after WW1. I don't think it will grow in zones 2 and 3, though. plenty of sun To avoid this, you can plant the herb in a container and then bury it near catnip companion plants. I have mint in parts of my lawn and quite frankly, I love it.? and Virginia Creeper is a weedand very invasive but Holly Hocksday lillies..veronica, lily of the valley, roses daisies????? If you love something on this list, you should still plant it. But, a plant like ox-eye daisy can overrun an area. Good to know! I've had more birds, butterflies, and bees on the European "bull" thistle than practically any other plant. 50 years later it is the ivy that ate the forest. Will spread them all over to cover the newspaper. Catmint doesn't need any fertilizer. Neighbors like to receive the ones that even I find out of bounds. Thank you for mentioning it! When we purchased this place last year I was excited to see them out there. I'm suggesting you add gooseneck to this list. several years ago, as a Penn State Extension study found it to be one of the top pollinator plants in their common gardens.Out of the 86 native plant species and cultivars tested, clustered mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) ranked number one for the diversity of pollinators that visited.I had to try it out for myself, and it hasn't . Some of these perennials are beautiful and the butterflies and hummers love them; however, a big, however, I do have a few of them but I try to cut to ground before they seed. They were the start of a butterfly garden and bird haven. Although from your experience, it's probably a good thing I can't! I'd rather see a plot of wild flowers growing and bees, hummingbirds and butterflies than being concerned about what is in the garden. You're right about the basket. Thanks for warning others about the dangers of planting without research! Why do you bother having a garden? That is a long time to not maintain an area. The tough plants are easy to grow and low maintenance, use them in borders with other perennials or as an informal edging as an alternative to lavender. After twenty years of battling bishops weed, which came with the house and killed off so many plants that I put in, I finally solved the problem. Oh wow, that sounds horrible!! It's easy to hand pull, but I can think of 1000 things I'd rather do! Sadly I have a terrible problem with daylillies. I don't actually hate most perennials, I'm just not as patient or willing to pick tons of stray plants at this stage in my life. We live in South Carolina now, but lived in Illinois for almost forty years. My garden has been on garden tours and I can't agree with you more about some of the plants on your list. WHAT THE NATURAL HECK! I made a pear! Skip the ivy. They look beautiful, but if you want to remove them it takes a lot of muscle power. Some you can't get rid of when you try and those are really the ones to avoid. I'd like something different but haven't a clue what to try. 50 years later it was an acre! My personal list of 'promiscious' plants: I suspect some of my nuisance plants wouldnt even grow in your zone. Almost every daylily in the market performs and behaves better than the ditch-lily you cite. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Do not say the plant is bad just because you do not want to / have the time to maintain it. Perhaps this is just my ground though. Which is why I have a greenhouse filled with Bouganvillea, hibiscus, petunias, fushia, canna lilies and geraniums, jasmin, amarillas, carnation, chrysanthemum, and about every plant that blooms and it is crazy flowers out there and it is almost dec. but why can't we grow outside like you? If you really love any of these perennials, please dont let this list stop you from planting them. 7 @$!#% years to get rid of it! I'm curious, is there any plant that's particularly problematic in Texas? Dont Roto till!!! and then God created Morning Glories . * Required | We will never sell or distribute your email to any other parties or organizations. Over ny 9 years Ive tried many different varieties of plants. Then knock on wood, this year there's been nothing but regular weeds yet. Campanula! If you've ever grown catmint and were disappointed in how it split open and oozed over onto its neighbors, we have good news! I live in Knightdale, NC, and I have one of these 'regretable' plantings. I'm definitely learning that these perennials don't behave the same in all locations. Catmint is not considered invasive, though catnip, its close relative, can be weedy and somewhat invasive in the right growing conditions. From late spring onward, masses of fragrant two-lipped lavender-blue flowers tower above the dense gray-green foliage, creating an eye-catching display for the middle or back of sunny garden beds. Please do not plant Scotch Broom! However, if you love it, you should plant it. Hello Kristen Mom planted ivy in the woods to avoid dealing with leaf raking on that acre. However, it may help stimulate new flower development. For PC's, go to "images.google.com. Discover the different types of catmint including Walkers Low and Junior Walker, and also Nepeta cataria (catnip). Its shape is like a blue bowling ball in the . I take large plastic pots (2-4 gallon pots left after planting trees or, better yet, large empty buckets from cat litter). Of course what does grow super well is grass! 3b zone and always looking for ideas. I had originally planted it because it looked leafy & healthy. I think I'll have to do another post. My other neighbor has a walnut tree and i now have walnut seedlings popping up everywhere. Hi, while I agree with a few on your list (bishop's weed, comfry, lilly of the valley), I feel that a lot of the others should be used. I'm hearing the same thing from everyone who has commented in Texas. This way, they dont get overly bushy. If I get enough new suggestions like yours I'll make another post. Avoid it! It is a bishops hood or jack in the pulpit. It has taken on it's own zip code in my backyard and it just keeps growing. Perennials I really despise are: My wife loves them so I thought I could grow some in our garden as a surprise. This person MUST know some Catmint 'Purrsian Blue', Garden Caminth 'Purrsian Blue', PP24788. Unfreakingbelievable!!! An alternative would be catmint- I use the variety 'Walkers Low'. I totally agree! I want to buy this My Mom had them in the back yard when I was growing up, and they disappeared before I had to sell the house. Just deadhead them daily to keep them looking really neat. I am confident it is on Michigan's invasive list. I love sharing bouquets of daisies, irises, roses and day lilies with friends, and some of the plants such as clover and dandelion are pollinators for bees. I've never noticed that when I've visited, but I think the ditch lilies are a great idea. It has a brain. I have Corabells and violas (violas in containers) I also have Autumn glory in a containers. I enjoyed your post and have another one for your list - BLEEDING HEART! They're called ditch lilies here in PA too. Most are fine. This blogger was not influencing anyone. Its billowing foliage is topped with spikes of flowers in early summer . It will take over your world; your house, garden, and trees. Oh my gosh, Tansy.the previous homeowners at my house planted it in the perennial bed and it is EVERYWHERE now and completely impossible to get rid of!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! Canada anemone is a north American "ground cover" species that spreads rapidly. I'm in zone 8a as well, specifically NE Texas, and you're definitely right about it being an exercise in futility! brought them over in pots, but when they started growing out of the pots, made the mistake of putting them in the ground. I found the article very misleading, where you live often determines what is invasive and what is not. I did the same thing!! In its first year, 'Purrsian Blue' forms a small, perfectly rounded, densely branched clump of tiny, green leaves. Catmint is not a plant that is generally considered invasive according to Cornell University. That is just one example. I loved the sweet flower and thought the more the better! 'Cat's Meow Buy now from Proven Winners I even cut it back in June to try to keep it at a decent height, but it does what it wants.. its crowded everything out. I'm on a very limited budget, too. Buy or make your own non sprouting bird seed. But it too is a late-flowering perennial for pollinators, attracting the last of the summer bees.in vast numbers. The DEVIL is a plant called Chamelion Plant. Intermediate and advanced gardeners are also better able to stay on top of plants with a spreading habit, whereas beginners might not know what they're getting themselves into. As well as blogs like yours where the property is located in the same growing zone. That being said, I love growing Bee Balm in my cutting garden and would definitely recommend it to more experienced gardeners. 3 . Any plant that resembles a Dandelion in full seed is probably not a good idea. Any advice on clematis, versus hollyhock versus morning gloy against a retaining wall? I loved how they have different varieties besides the purple, but they are everywhere! Its highly invasive and you literally have to burn it out to get rid of it. Get a pair of pliers and wrench it off to prevent future suckers. I have quite a big garden and that is my problem. :-). Some species and environmental factors can make them invasive. No more seedlings under the feeder. I called it my plant from hell. The sweat potatoes are pretty but are too thick a ground cover for here. Hollyhocks only live for two or three years but are masters of reseeding themselves. Thanks so much for your kind comment! Named the 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. Now I am finding the same with my big red daliahs and carpet roses that turn into climbers and keep resprouting when dug out. Wow! Not such a bad thing. When I originally wrote this post, I wanted to include it but didn't know what it's name was. 17 yr old boys digging plus a backhoe when we dug the septic mostly got the last of it. (Chameleon (Lizard Tail) I just embrace them for now. Many of these plants attract pollinators very nicely, and are doing a huge service environmentally speaking. If you want to plant something in that same area, you'll have to pull the plants for years. Trees 100 feet tall had ivy with trunks 6 in diameter that completely engulfed the trees. The problem is I have it everywhere and how can I keep water at boiling temperature? And marigolds. It's a weed for sure, Plantnet and garden answers are that I use. Everyone have a great spring and summer. I'd welcome some input! Catmints with showier flowers, better-behaved garden habits but less excitement for cats (leaves less enticing) include certain edgers to 12" tall ( Nepeta x faassennii and Nepeta racemosa ) and certain taller plants ( Nepeta subsessilis , Nepeta siberica and Nepeta . Its a beautiful coral color, and the Hummingbirds love it. Lived on 1 1/2 acres when I first bought it. I never dreamed this post would go viral!! doubt I planted it all! I qualify for three of these four. Can you imagine how much money and time is wasted mowing bluegrass..CapCarl, I live in Michigan. This was a very interesting post. I'm in zone 2b - 3. Love this site! This year tried digging the whole thing up. Its perfectly okay to not have time to maintain tight lines, or have a small yard, or dislike a natural look, or be a lazy gardener. Good to know! It's good therapy for me. While searching on the internet for the best ways to get rid of these prickly nuisances, I read a horror story of someone in the US who had bought an old house which had a 4 ft wide 100 ft long hedge of wild raspberries in the back yard - took YEARS to get rid of them. I keep a nice patch that I can see from the window in the winter. Lo and Spreading personal preferences off as bad species advice promotes miseducation about ecology. Thanks again for a humorous, well-informed post. UGH! It's great to have people share their actual experience. Perhaps it's the size of the garden (s) that could be a problem. They've only had a few months to get established so if I made a rookie mistake planting mint I'd like to nip it in the bud ;) It's invasive and rarely stays where you want it to be. It is very 'curious' though and likes to explore. If you love it you should plant it, and these plants have their place. This plant takes over, by roots and by tons and tons of seeds. their leaves and flowers are v attractive - training them high prevents them taking over the garden bed and they still provide giant fruit while providing a bit of shade. Even without being sheared, they will often repeat bloom, although not quite as prolifically. I know I should be more aggressive about keeping it inbounds, but it is under and around so much that it became daunting. 2. 'Cat's Pajamas Buy now from Proven Winners Look it up! Forms a neat low-growing mound that is perfect for the front of the border or edging a pathway. Thank you in advance. Dead head old flowers and you get beautiful roses from June until they are covered in snow. I have about 10 listed and do not regret having any of them. She also has a few of my other invasive perennials. don't want a lot of bees. Note: Kristen, read the sentences you wrote about affiliate links. We moved from Ottawa to Woodstock, Ontario last year in September, and I discovered in the spring that the previous owners had planted wild raspberries in the back corner of the yard, and had allowed it to get out of control. You glazed right over bamboo. Once established, it begins flowering in late spring or early summer (depending on where you live) and will continue to bloom right into fall if sheared. Thank you to you and all your contributors. Hi Kristen! This year they tho there are more than last year. Long-blooming perennials such as the first two types discussed below are very useful to those of us seeking a continuous sequence of . I'll take a dozen! 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