You don't have to worry about ANY plant being invasive in the desert environment except mexican evening primrose. I finally got rid of all of it in a couple of years.

Thank you for this video! Lots of good information!

I hadn't thought of putting of putting pebbles in a dish. Nice tip.

Good morning

Thanks SO MUCH!!

Good work

Some years ago I planted a packet of wildflower seeds and I have been weeding plants none of my other townhome neighbors have ! Grrrr!

I thought she said panties 😮😅😂

Another VERY invasive plant is Mint! The owners before us, had a few small mint plants on the side of the house, which I thought was kind of cool at first... But now? It has completely taken over, choked out every other plant and is interfering with our heat/ air conditioning pump. It seems like once I get it cut back, It doubles in size over night. Bad news...

No way! English Ivy is in perfect balance with its surrounding habitat, and I've never had any problem with it! Oh wait.... I live in England.

This is a very nice explanation. So many awesome bits of info. It took me a long time to understand clematis.

English Ivy...the absolute BANE of my farm!

Water lilies can choke out a small pond in just a few years.

Slugs on Clematis?!? Who knew?!? I never heard of that.

I'm also a lover of peonies. I have 3 varieties of herbaceous peonies , a deep red, a dark pink and a white that were a weeding gift to my grandparents in 1922, Proud to keep them flourishing in my gardens

I would say the thing that surprised me the most was pruning it. I do cut them back in the fall within a couple inches of the ground. And I let the old vine dry on the trellis. Once it dries I pull it off But i've never pruned mine during spring through fall. All 4 of mine go crazy in the spring giving so many blooms. And I just figured when they quit putting new buds and blooming, that the next step in the cycle was just being green and letting its roots grow deeper.

What is slug bait. I’m so tired of picking them up

Jerusalem artichoke. Yikes. You will be amazed how much it spreads and how persistent it is. Just say no.

I would also put pearl hyacinth I put 1 pot in the ground, since then I cannot get rid of them .. the seeds and the bulbs grow and spread.. and the lantern flower. I love them but don‘t make the mistake and let them free.. keep them in pots..

I have had clematis for years, but the question for me is what kind do I have. There are bell shaped purple blue vigorous bloomers, and two purple large flowering bloomers which I never cut back but the plants are spindly and don't produce many flowers. There are not many vines from the ground coming up to the trellis. These I have never cut back because the step seem woody. The bell shaped I cut back to the ground in the Spring and they bloom for weeks so this year I will try cutting them back after that first bloom. The last one I have is a Josephine and it only has ever had two vines up from the root and blooms very little. What do I do with this one to get it be lush and throw out more blooms? One I have may be a Jackmini I think and that has the same leggy appearance, how and when should this one be pruned? Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Snow on the mountain and bittersweet I live in Mich

butterfly bush is invasive and crowds out against native growth. Butterfly weed is much healthier for the global environment..

I love your energy and enthusiasm 😃 Great video, thanks for the information.

I love my clematis, so found this video useful 😊

That English Ivy is ridiculous!! I cannot get rid of it and I have no idea why the original owners of this house planted so many invasive plants here.

Thanks for sharing this info, looking forward to trying them all to see which ones my plants like best!

Queen Annes lace!!

I have a spindly, at least 6 year old clematis vine that has only bloomed twice, once the first year and then, to my surprise, this year. How do I make it happy?

Thank you! Great info

My dad planted Lily of the Valley in a rock garden we had in NH, it never spread out and died off on its own over the years.

They are absolutely beautiful. Have some seeds on the way that I'm going to sow🤞🏿🤲🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾

I planted wisteria and loved seeing it bloom every spring, until I learned the awful truth by accident. Driving down the highway, I began to notice beautiful wisteria blooms covering dead, 40 foot trees. The thought of my own wisteria smothering my Japanese maples and dogwoods nearly made me hysterical. I knew that it the root systems ever became intertwined, it was game over. I'd never get rid of it. I cut the wisteria, poisoned the wisteria, and dug up roots that ran for 20 feet. Years later, I was still finding new wisteria growth from the smallest of root fragments. It was like playing wack-a-mole.

Cherry Bells are another pain in the butt plant.

I have been looking for a video like this. Thank you. Beginner green thumb here!

I have had lily of the valley for years and it hasn't spread.

Thank you! I learned some new things today. Not sure why, but my late mother, would prep a bed, with a relatively flat and smooth surface. Then she'd just drop zinnia seed here and there...and lightly PRESS them into the topsoil, not even covering them, with dirt. Beautiful zin̈nias....go figure.

I would add the tall biennial bell flower and celandine poppy, biggest mistake ever.

Buddleja has so many subspecies and only the davidii self seeds. However, here in the UK, more research has discovered amazing benefits of the plant. It can only seed in poor soil and that is because it is a pioneer plant that actively improves soil. As it improves the soil, other plants appear. As the soil improves the plant will die and then self seeds to improve soil elsewhere. So not only provides nectar for bees and butterflies but a soil improver. I have a large collection of buddleja species including three davidii and yet have never found it to be invasive at all and I live in the countryside here. It is only seen alongside railway tracks and stations and in similar poor soil areas. So not invasive at all just an unjustified bad reputation.

Thanks for sharing

it was quite amazing

Wisteria

“Sterile” or “seedless” sounds great but often Nature does find a way.

No. Dont plant grasses, they are invasive north of Montreal

Well this was fun! Never seen your channel before, but glad it popped up!

Goes to show that introducing plants (or any other living thing for that matter) based solely on appearance and ability to thrive/serve a purpose under certain circumstances is a BAD IDEA. I'm in Minnesota, and the invasives list here includes many that seed/plant catalogs encouraged us to buy 30 years ago. Better to stick to old fashioned varieties whose behaviors have been observed for generations, or get an expert opinion BEFORE you plant.

Don't plant ivy unless you have the time to upkeep and restrain it! It can look very nice in a potted plant grouping, but if you put it in your shady bed, don't turn your back! The same is true for virginia creeper, japanese honeysuckle, vinca major and pepper vine. All fine-looking plants, but vigorous spreaders.

AND THAT LIST IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLE !

What variety is that last Itoh peony shown that is yellow with purple striation?

you can freeze banana peels in a ziplock bag for up to 3 months...then I just keep in a jar of the dried out coffee grinds a dried out egg powder and then of use some banana water with the water in their

Fall clematis- Bought as a large flowering white clematis. This was definitely missing labeled or just sold. It spread all over the neighborhood.