These 7 Plants Are Loved but INVASIVE! How to Grow Them Without Losing Your Garden

If you have a small amount of space, don't plant these plants without knowing how to properly grow them. These plants can TAKE OVER. But they can still be loved, just make sure you heed this advice or you will quickly lose your garden to these rapid growing and reproducing space hogs.
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[@gloriahelmer6300]

Luke, I know exactly what you mean about that chocolate mint. I bought one 3" pot of it and planted it in a 3 gallon container on my porch. At the time, we weren't allowed to plant inground gardens here in our apt. complex hence the container. Well, that was fine and dandy for the first couple of years until the management here decided that having a bunch of pots on the porch was "unsightly." They then decided that we had to either have all matching decorative pots or plant in a bed around the porch. I guess I wasn't quick enough that spring to suit them. They sent our office manager over to "rectify" the situation. She took all the pots and containers that looked like they had nothing growing in them and dumped them. Since we'd had a rather cold winter, all of my plants went dormant and most of them hadn't started growing again … yet. Anyway, one of those pots was the one I had the mint growing in. She inadvertently turned the darned thing loose and they've been trying to eradicate the stuff ever since! It went everywhere. There's even a new patch that sprang up in back of the building this spring! Talk about sweet revenge. LOL!

[@barbarajames8610]

Gloria Helmer s

[@Smileface68]

Hahahaha

[@kcojco]

😂

[@thegmanviews11]

That is so funny 😂

[@user-jy2sj4ed4i]

Love it

[@everythingmatters6308]

I grow 6 of these 7 plants. I put a "free" ad on Craigslist and give them away when it's time to thin out. We need more home gardeners.

[@thunderlord2200]

i'll take 20 of each xD

[@alfredwallace8201]

This is technically illegal. Do what you want but just be aware you could be approached about it

[@reneeschweiger9921]

What’s illegal?

[@alfredwallace8201]

@@reneeschweiger9921 distributing Hardy plants without an inspection, even if they're free. Contrary to what people want to think, the law is not in place for money. It's to prevent spread of pests/disease and invasive plants. Someone could give away Japanese Knotweed and not make money but they are still spreading an invasive plant that can do serious damage.

[@AbundanceHomestead]

@@alfredwallace8201 Laws depend on location. A blanket statement that it's illegal, simply isn't true.

[@PenninInque]

So what I'm hearing is, all the plants I want to grow for my family and my guinea pigs are actually crazy easy to grow. Noted and filed away.

[@msmcgrout]

My biggest regret was a tomatillo plant. I let it go to seed and thought the seed pods were so cool so I left them in the garden. Next Spring my entire bed had a zillion tomatillo plants! I spent all summer pulling them up. They’re still sprouting up 2 years later.

[@Calax93]

For someone like me who loved making salsa and wants to make jarred salsa that sounds amazing! Lol

[@schwam6]

1. Mint 1:35 2. Chives 3:50 3. Oregano 6:49 4. Dill 9:00 5: Strawberries 11:21 6. Raspberries 14:27 7. Chamomile 16:24 oh to grow without losing garden 18:08

[@incanada83]

jon smith thanks :-)

[@user-se5gg5cy4y]

none of those plants are problematic. zero

[@jaritasirois3868]

I think the point is that they can take over and once in place for a couple of years, they can be difficult to remove.

[@user-se5gg5cy4y]

Jarita Sirois you got it. that is the POINT that DOESNT EXIST. since they are at all problematic. it just means you are feeble without sense. not really a gardener, but more like a troller. patroling the earth, makinh sure nothing grows . thats THE POINT

[@user-se5gg5cy4y]

Jarita Sirois you will have 1000 people but not 1 gardener. 300 busy body know nothings will pull every mint, successfully. they have NO ability at all yet they succeed to pull 1000l% of the mint. omg the strawberriesx have no chance. the busy body prostitute tax collectors. your words prove evil. you are so unontelligent and youre telling someone they dont know anything. how sick. how proud how evil

[@swdw973]

When you made the comment about Oregano spreading much like mint, there's a reason. It's in the mint family.

[@gamelard1963]

so is catnip.

[@craigathonian5755]

@@KitchenWitchery ...Sorry, no...Raspberries are the rose family.

[@tonyaltobello6885]

Um no their related to roses

[@elsagrace3893]

Apple trees are also related to roses

[@haydenwalls939]

@@tonyaltobello6885 Human's are also distantly related to roses.

[@Mari5924]

The reason oregano grows "much like a mint" is because it is in the mint family. In essence, it is a mint. Square stem

[@artoriasalter482]

"No family can use this much Oregano." You haven't seen my father.

[@Kathleen67.]

or me!

[@Starcraftghost]

Me too! I love it in my cauliflower waffles 🤤🤤🤤

[@homermtz]

@@Starcraftghost APM 1000

[@remymanfre-valdes3810]

I second that.

[@faithsrvtrip8768]

Hah! That's funny! I love fresh oregano. Between thyme and oregano it's a tie for me!

[@A.H-Een]

I wish strawberries and raspberries invade my garden.

[@user-se5gg5cy4y]

A.H-Een you have to remove the real weeds first

[@monacharleston593]

raspberry bushes have thorns! you really don't want them invading ;)

[@user-se5gg5cy4y]

Mona Charleston hardly. you should learn how to pull thorny plants without getting pricked. as long as you pull away from the root, you should be ok, no gloves needed. or usr leather gloves. go go gmo

[@pprehn5268]

Actually, raspberries will take over your garden.

[@monacharleston593]

@@user-se5gg5cy4y :) read my comment with a sense of humor :)

[@that1scoutcollins851]

I use kiddie pools for my herbs. Cheap, shallow, and portable.

[@ciarazabolotney3998]

this is a great idea!!! I am gonna do that next year!

[@mkmason2002]

This is the time to buy them if there are any left. I bought 4 for two bucks each last week at Walmart.

[@GladiatorReid]

Great idea thanks

[@panchikofan123]

How can you deal with drainage?

[@colleenpritchett6914]

I put drainage on the bottom and places on a pallet as well. Super easy to contain, just clip along the sides couple of times a week. 6 plants filled the entire bed in one season! Had quite a few berries when I wasn't really expecting a lot. Next year should be grand!

[@tubeagespank]

I harvest the purple tinted blossoms off one of my chives and put them in a jar of vinegar. In a few days I have a gorgeous tinted and scented vinegar for dressings and such.

[@suzannesilva9362]

What type of vinegar

[@aprilausting9262]

I do the same! Plain white vinegar!

[@carolinekloppert5177]

Is the vinegar purple afterwards ? so many plant colours are lost in the vinegar making process, and purple would be fabulous. I make bright pink vinegar with Carissa bispinosa.

[@lauracashman14]

You need to add Lemmon Balm to that list. Extremely hardy and if they go to seed they will set themselves everywhere sun or shade.

[@steingat]

Completely agree, it goes EVERYWHERE

[@LK-3000]

I wish I had this problem. Where I am, I can't get lemon balm to grow. It's too hot in the summer regardless of how much I water and when they do sprout, they don't live very long. I've even tried growing them inside the house with no luck.

[@jSheapullen]

@@LK-3000 hi. Plant in a pot dug into garden under tomatoes. Grows great

[@dustyflats3832]

Oh no, it is true! SIL said it spreads and I have several bunches in flower beds. Yikes!

[@ywt5391]

I can't seem to get rid of them from my property!

[@lindalmiller429]

In the old days, people had strawberry patches, separated from the regular garden. Now I know why.😊

[@tiffanybecker1591]

Linda L Miller we have this and my grandparents taught me to keep them apart.

[@RokiMowntinHi]

Indeed! They were always across a road or berm from the gardens, where I grew up. I thought it was just because it made for an easier harvest. Now I know! 🙂

[@hamsterama]

Oopsie. A few weeks ago, I planted 12 strawberry plants directly into my in-ground 200 sq ft garden. I had never grown strawberries before, and I was not aware of their invasive properties. I'm hoping the cultivar I planted, Toscano, won't be too bad. So far they've been making lots of flowers, but not a single runner yet. If they ever spread and get out of control, I figure I can just use a weeding hoe to chop up any runners.

[@georgeprout42]

We found alpine strawberries growing here and there in our garden when we moved in, they are everywhere now. There could be worse weeds I guess 🤣

[@edithreardon6042]

@@georgeprout42 great groundcover.

[@Veronica-je9qj]

I wish the 20 dollar bill was in the herb family so I could plant some. :)

[@kdiang03]

Preach!

[@shalonamaranth]

Even if it wasnt invasive it'd be nice to have

[@user-se5gg5cy4y]

Veronica these herbs are so useful it's not hard to grow 20 dollars worth. If you can press oregano oil.. you'll make some money. 50$ for a little bottle.

[@Veronica-je9qj]

Thank you David. :) I have a great bunch of herbs growing here in New York this year. Oregano, mint, peppermint, thyme, sage, basil and dill. My dill plant currently has 5 caterpillars on it that will soon be swallowtail butterflies. I'm so happy! @@user-se5gg5cy4y

[@user-se5gg5cy4y]

Veronica yes. Butterfly weed is good too. My butterflies and moths recognize me in my garden and they all flutter round and land on me. Everywhere the busy bodies will always poison the garden. I plant on empty lots but theres a network of weeds and they dump weed killer on everything or miracle grow, resulting in killing everything. Every garden community is filled with weeds and they RIP out all the mint, kill all the flower seeds and poison the earth. Everywhere. They even spray chemical on the flowers themselves so they don't seed. Poisoning the pollinators. They'll see a bind weed climbing a lightly on a Bush and decide to bombard everything with round up leaving a desolate ghastly death. Really evil people.. I had 40,000 wildflowers growing in the groves left from my sandy. They decimated all with round up. Mostly all native choice flowers. These weeds look the same and are wealthy evil people. People need to raise awareness of these evil families. Their words and work are etreme evil.

[@ThundermanDeadEndScribes]

The fact that strawberries are so invasive makes me want to grow strawberries even more.

[@emilyemm8460]

Right? Small investment, big payoff, right??

[@vinlago]

They are hard to mess up unless planted too shallow. The crown needs to be above the soil line. They do ok in cool temps and can handle being a bit dry. They're so hardy I kept several in one fabric pot for a year and a half waiting for a garden bed to plant them in. Also kept some in 4 in seedling pots. After the bed was prepped I transplanted and they took off. 11 plants spread across the entire bed and runners are even climbing out of it. After potting up over 30 runners which all rooted we still have dozens more than we started with.

[@dalebailey754]

Me too! I would love to be overrun by strawberries!

[@squidbeard492]

Who needs a front lawn? I want a strawberry patch. Even better if they actually choke out the grass and weeds

[@rickytorres9089]

@@squidbeard492 They can indeed and you can "replace" your lawn just by decently mulching to compete out the weak 4 or so years' old strawberry plants for the younger plants to come up pretty ding plants.

[@mkmason2002]

Mint does grow fast and takes over, however, bugs are repelled by mint so I'm growing as much as I can. : )

[@soniakeith5105]

I grow mint in large pots and just place the pots in my garden among my other plants.

[@elsagrace3893]

Also mint likes a moist shaded place so it can’t spread everywhere.

[@erikjohnson9223]

@@elsagrace3893 If you live in a desert, you could control by limiting irrigation, but I guarantee you that rainfall is sufficient in the Eastern USA.

[@lactofermentation]

Rabbits and deer aren't too fond of it, either.

[@adde9506]

@@Stettafire Burn it and start over? Ash is great fertilizer.

[@lillyinthewild3298]

Lol when you were talking about mint I felt like I was smelling mint! Turns out my mom was just brushing her teeth and walking around the house😐

[@CoreyB0]

I was brushing my teeth at the same time 😂😂

[@elizabethwinkelman5536]

That’s hilarious!

[@stellabonds4251]

I can't stop laughing, I have tears in my eyes!!!

[@j.d.8075]

As they say... "a weed is any plant, that is growing where it isn't wanted" ... so even the most beautiful orchid could become a weed

[@shalonamaranth]

Yep. Absolutely. In some places dandelions are a delicacy. But they grow all over so we tend to think of them as terribly irritating weeds

[@lynncraig6151]

@@shalonamaranth My goose ,Baby Huey loves those yellow flowers.They are definitely a delicacy to him.

[@rodneycampbell2978]

Yes and it is a parasite

[@keithwesterman2727]

"We regret planting it (oregano) here..." You have no idea how relieved I am to hear a seasoned gardener admit a mistake.

[@crispycrunch9971]

Strawberries and raspberries growing untamed. _That's a blessing if ever I've seen one._

[@butternutsquash6984]

I used the weediness of mint to my advantage in a New Mexico pattio garden where it was so dry and awful we CELEBRATED having weed grasses. I tucked mints into every corner and soon had a lush border all around for almost no work. All I had to do to keep it from spreading into the path was to not water that spot. Sadly, this doesn't work in Virginia.

[@user-lf2vw5dw6d]

smells wonderful if you mow it

[@AmazingAutist]

Yeah there's a shame but quick question how did you land upon your name I need to know? Is that your favorite vegetable?

[@butternutsquash6984]

@amazingautist, Butternut is one of my favorite squashes but my name comes from our nickname for our cottage, Palais Cucuribita. It's one of my favorite latinate words.

[@AmazingAutist]

@@butternutsquash6984 wow that's very clever thanks for sharing

[@glenncordova3365]

It used to be that every garden in New Mexico grew sweet mint (yerba Buena). I grow it for sweet tea all summer and share it with my neighbors for cooking. I added lemon balm and monarda (Earl Grey tea).

[@user-uu3ry9sn4v]

u should make a video about how alot of plants you can eat the entire plant, like broccilli peas beans, and what plants you can teat the whole plant like peppers and tomatoes be interesting

[@jewell62m]

Never had any luck growing dill and sadly that is my favorite herb.....trying again, never give up!

[@IncredibleMD]

This man is brave enough to plant dill, oregano, and chives in his garden and not in a potter or something. Absolute mad lad.

[@staceyruff2966]

I've planted all of these in my garden....living on the edge! hahaha

[@juliekadams]

You rebel, you!

[@candyackley1255]

At the end of the video, he shares his secret. Planting them in a pot and then planting the pot in the garden. Great tip! 😁

[@reginaweiner3817]

In the South, the high temperatures keep some of these from being pests. Then there's mint, which is hopeless.

[@dol3980]

@@reginaweiner3817 Never plant mint anywhere in a home garden environment.

[@christal2641]

Dill supports swallowtail butterflies, and discourages spotted wing drosophila. There are strawberry varieties which don't put out runners. I have the old fashioned kind and I'm too old to weed them out, so I put out the word that they were available on NextDoor. Several people came and I told them that everything in the paths was theirs for the taking. Now they are the stars of a community garden and I'll be giving away more in August. We do the same thing with raspberries. Black raspberries don't send runners, though branches touching the ground can root. So consider growing black raspberries instead of Heritage Reds. We control our reds by growing them along the alley as a 2' wide how; and laying 16" square concrete block CLOSELY on the other side. That acts as a mowing strip. Each spring and fall I offer "free plants for the digging" on NextDoor. I still have to remove a few myself, but it's not overwhelming. NEXTDOOR is a neighborhood INTRA-NET in the US operated by NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT. If it's not available where you live, see if there is a FACEBOOK page for your neighborhood.

[@SuperKatiki]

I have a bunch of perennials that I split that I need to get rid of. Maybe I'll try putting them on NextDoor. Thanks for the idea!

[@glenncordova3365]

Gift them to your neighbors. You are the best.

[@flowergardenforrest1140]

Great idea, I have a huge Pollinator bed that needs major thinning...I think my neighbors would like some plants.

[@ritagibson225]

Great idea didn't know about NextDoor. Even better offering to a Community Garden. I'm part of a Community Garden that helps feed the area people in need. I've been supplying my potted tomato suckers. Now they will be getting more. You are a good neighbor Christa L. Thanks (and the Community Gardens thank you too).

[@deborahhanna6640]

Well where are you? I went to the seed library & got many seeds but I pulled a groin muscle & lost so much time my garden did not do well this season.

[@desiraemonique]

Watching this the day after I just planted half of these in my beds LOL great video and thanks for the tips!

[@SuperKatiki]

Same here. Planted three oregano plants, lol. Oh well! I do use a lot of oregano, so hopefully it will be fine.

[@shalonamaranth]

Yeah. I want them to spread so this video made me excited. I just wanna know if they will choke out my asparagus or blueberries and how quickly so i can manage that

[@user-se5gg5cy4y]

If these plants are a problem in your garden, you would have to be pathetic. Real invasive like amariith, or mugwort or many others are maybe 1000 times more invasive and are hardly a problem in small garden.

[@user-se5gg5cy4y]

katiki it will be fine.

[@kat1984]

@@shalonamaranth I think your asparagus will be fine. It also grows quickly and can become invasive. There's a video Luke made a while ago where he dug out a wild asparagus plant by the summer cottage.

[@StAndrew65]

As someone else has mentioned: LEMON BALM! Fortunately, I've learned to pinch them back several times during the growing season so that it get very busy when it begins to flower. The bumble bees absolutely love it! Now you know why I grow it. 😁

[@japaneseflea]

my mint spread like crazy.. i can tell where patches are growing when i mow the grass. smell so nice

[@almightydawnthegreat]

That sounds like a delicious problem, I wonder if the city would allow you to have a bed a mint vs. A bed of grass

[@stoverboo]

We had mint throughout the grass around the house. My husband said nobody could ever sneak up on us there, because the smell of crushed mint would give them away.

[@leahayes4644]

Our yard smells like chives when we mow.

[@dNEj4q3ce]

my husband doesn't mind that the mint took over his grass. When he mows it smells so nice plus it mixing in with his grass very well.

[@aprilwestervelt3516]

And Lemon Balm! Yummy, good for you but oh boy! It’ll spread like crazy!!!

[@deeblakley7422]

I was going to say, "You forgot lemon balm."

[@EarlyMusicDiva]

Yes, lemon balm is a member of the mint family and acts the same way :)

[@glenncordova3365]

Keep it in a large pot. Keep it trimmed to not let it seed.

[@reneeschweiger9921]

I give the trimmings and unwanted plants to my urban chickens. They love it!

[@goldengryphon]

@@reneeschweiger9921 I've got a "chicken garden" in planning. I figure a couple mints, some rosemary, lavender, wormwood, and wild tobacco will give the poultry something to much on, play around on, and I can tuck it into their nest boxes as a preventative for parasites. If my geese haven't eaten all of my curly dock, the chickens can have some of that, too.

[@learntocrochet1]

BORAGE (star flower)! I once bought a home with large garden. During the time it was on the market the borage - about 4 plants - went to seed. Up came the wind and the borage went to seed everywhere. It took me three years to tame it.

[@diytwoincollege7079]

I have some mint growing in my lawn. Makes mowing smell good.

[@berhanegebriel3155]

Very Educational. I Don't Think The School Of Agronomy Have Teachers/Professors Who Does Teach Like You.

[@nattierags]

Arugula!!! Its everywhere!!! I pull it up and pull it up but as you said if they flower..Heaven help you.

[@erikjohnson9223]

This includes the perennial, yellow flowered sort also, in my Chicago experience.

[@nicholassmerk]

I've found feeder roots to be helpful with potted hot pepper plants with the pots just placed on the ground. If we have an early dry period, the feeder roots aren't established and the pots require watering. But by mid-July - August, the feeder roots are established. Come the end of the growing season, if I want to overwinter a hot pepper plant, I can just pull the pot off the ground and bring it inside. Similar can be said with potted trees, I tend to grow them out for 2-3 years in pots before finding them homes.

[@stevecotes301]

I know this is almost a year later, but I just found your channel. One that I've found way worse, beyond any of these is Lemon Balm. We planted Mint and Lemon Balm on the back side of a strawberry patch to try and repel rabbits. The Lemon Balm has spread to the point it has choked out the mint, is overtaking the strawberries and is even go after the lawn. In another ornamental area, we planted Lemon Balm along with a bunch of other plants. The lemon balm has spread more than any other plant and has overtaken many. Like your channel, good stuff.

[@doloresm7396]

Awesome, can't wait. I put an entire pack of seeds in the holes of a cinder block wall. Absolutely, gorgeous stuff. How long does it take to over take a lawn? The sooner the better.

[@elswiskerke1076]

I planted a dying mint a few years ago. I now have mint everything. Like absolutely everywhere!

[@greenghost6691]

I love dill popping up everywhere because it repels aphids. I just rip it out if I see it over compete with a different plant I want.

[@carolynsteele5116]

Great video, but totally agree with Green Ghost on loving the dill! I let it grow all over the garden because it's feathery leaves have a fragrance that confuses all kinds of pests so they can't find their favorites to munch on. I plant dill early around the base of squash plants, and it has cured my vine borer problem! The flying parent bug smells dill instead of squash vines and goes elsewhere to lay her eggs. At the end of the season I gather dill weed and dry it for winter cooking. It's easy enough to pull up the tiny plants in places I don't want them.

[@sarahnice1809]

Really!!!! I needed this info!!! Thank you

[@christal2641]

Green ghost, When you pull dill, clip off the flowers heads and use it as a mulch near plants you want to protect from aphids.

[@AmazingAutist]

Does it help protect the smell of carrots from carrot flies?

[@greenghost6691]

@@AmazingAutist Garlic and chives help prevent carrot flies naturally. Snuggle them up next to each other when planting. Carrot flies hate garlic.

[@HEWfunkingKNEWit]

I like using these types of fast spreading plants as compost filler

[@ThesmartestTem]

I have a designated bed like yours for all of my "spreaders" and it's heavily heavily mulched, so it helps keep the runners from rooting too fast until I can prune.

[@smalah100]

I am laughing not because it is funny, but because I have every single plants you talk about...

[@seedbae581]

if you can find grapefruit or orange mint, theyre my fave for cooking in savory meals, each variety of mint has such a different taste too, its almost like a completely new herb

[@Hannah-ox5ig]

I love orange mint. 😊

[@vgil1278]

Seed Bae-my fav. is spearmint for my iced tea.

[@andrewlittlefield3425]

Wow! That last tip about feeder roots was helpful 👍🏻😁

[@DropBearClaire]

We always grow strawberries in hanging baskets, easier to contain and fruit just hangs down and stays clean 😋

[@shirleysunshine3319]

Feeder roots and surface roots, wow I did not know that. Also, I knew a few of these could be invasive but I did not think about strawberries being an issue. I just planted 16 plants close to other above-ground beds. I might need to move them to a place where they will have more room and can not put runners out all over the place. I learn so much from you and I am 51 and have been gardening for a few years now. lol ty for this info.

[@Thebookrat]

Listen, chives are welcome to take over my *entire life,* as far as I'm concerned.

[@soufwesthoustontx]

What all do you use them for?

[@MrSlavaoat]

@@soufwesthoustontx Food

[@peep3616]

@@soufwesthoustontx Chop them and use them in a similar way to scallions/green onions, or just snap a few off as a tasty snack while working in the garden.

[@chriswaters2327]

Chad Chives, your future husbands name.

[@generalsmedleybutler340]

lol

[@Saved4NewLife]

Sun Chokes seem really bad for us. We have moles and the moles tend to carry off parts of the tubers through their tunnels and drop parts everywhere. Not to mention it's really aggressive on it's own. I end up mowing so many down. Thank goodness I didn't plant any in my veggie area. Comfrey is another that really grows fast and can be hard to get rid of if you ever need to since the tap roots go down so far. I just grow the Comfrey for compost so in this case I like having alot. Great video.

[@lilycollins4616]

Wow strawberries ! The critters out where I'm at will love them. Will plants some now out in the open.😸🐾🐾🐾🐾💕

[@nathaliewalker7468]

I love that my raspberries take over, as they are so sweet and expensive at the store. I'm waiting for my blackberry plant to grow bigger, I left it in a big pot. Great video ❤️

[@irenehessenauer169]

Morning Glories. I had them vining up a trellis in a small, segmented space in my front yard but had to pull them out because they reseeded so prolifically. I'm still pulling seedlings out of that space every time I turn the dirt and it's been a decade since I removed them. It breaks my heart because they are GORGEOUS up a trellis. Meanwhile, my neighbor's Ivy keeps dying off which is a huge bummer for me because it grows outside of my dining room window.

[@ahiparagmailcom]

Morning Glories should never have been marketed as a flowering vine. They are a weed, highly invasive and almost impossible to kill even using the strongest weed kliier.

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

Why don't you want them growing anymore? If it's that much of a problem for you, why not cover the area?

[@eljenison7312]

Sunny Deise I had wild morning glories on my old place, plus I planted ones on a trellis as well, they are prolific seed producers. They are poisonous to livestock, though I never had a problem I was aware of.

[@theBenson5]

@@Sunshine_Daydream222 They pop up everywhere, in the beds where the vegetables are supposed to go. EVERYWHERE. They are impossible to get rid of.

[@peacefulwind6559]

I dry all my excess herbs and give to friends for the holidays.

[@glenncordova3365]

Harvest your oregano just before it blooms. Dry it. It days very well. Then you have plenty for cooking and it never spreads beyond where it is welcome.

[@juliekadams]

I still have a bottle of dried habañero pepper powder from a summer back around 1999. You don't need but an 8th of a teaspoon in a large crockpot of chili, even this many years later, LOL. If it has lost potency, it is still above the scovilles of any jalapeño I've ever had.

[@johnfitbyfaithnet]

Great idea!

[@darby5987]

I know it's been several years since Luke put up this video but he's absolutely correct about dill. I grew up in the small town of Summerland which is just south of Santa Barbara, CA along US 101. Sometime in the deep past someone planted mustard, dill and anise. They all bolted. The plants didn't actually take up the garden. Instead, those plants took over thousands of acres of land. All undeveloped land in Summerland was completely covered in dill, anise and mustard. There was almost no native plants left. So when Luke warns about some plants being a bit of a pest he's correct.

[@jthor3097]

Is anyone else thinking they need to get some if these “invasive” plants so they’ll invade baron areas of the yard you don’t want to deal with?🤣

[@jiiaga5017]

*hides the chocolate mint he "threw away" into some problem spaces* Why I don't know whatever you could mean!

[@mrmustachio6297]

Barren

[@jthor3097]

@@mrmustachio6297 Darn autocorrect. 😁 Nope, I spaced. Thanks.

[@kathysahagian7478]

That's how it starts

[@vinlago]

Oregano. We took the plunge. AND let it seed. We'll see if I regret it later. Lol

[@swdw973]

A side note. Black raspberries are different in most of their spreading is by tip propagation rather than root runners, so they are easier to control.

[@Aritul]

Thank you for making this video. It will be immesenly helpful as I start my garden. For those who would like to go directly to a particular section, please see below. 1:37 Mint 3:51 Chives 6:51 Oregano 9:01 Dill 11:22 Strawberries 14:27 Raspberries 16:24 Chamomile

[@leighb.8508]

There are no words big enough. Thank you is all I can say. My heart is full.

[@Aritul]

@@leighb.8508 You're welcome! 🌝

[@user-se5gg5cy4y]

Aritul anyone who abides by this is a true weed. Its a fact

[@carolinerose5743]

Ha, ha! I guessed most of those. I planted chives and oregano once, and they both became invasive. It took a while to get them out of my garden. I never had much success with dill, so it never took over. But it was probably the climate where I lived. What I learned about strawberries is that they LOVE wood chips! I planted a few strawberry plants in my garden in the 90's, they were there for years, but never grew much, and the birds got the strawberries before I could get any. After I started using wood chips, they literally spread all over my backyard. I even transplanted some out front. The last year I lived there, I was picking about 30 lbs of strawberries every two days! I had also planted raspberries along a fence line. They hadn't gotten out of control yet, but I found that I didn't have time to pick them before they would get rained on and get moldy. My next door neighbor had a bunch of kids, so I asked her if she wanted them. She said yes, so I dug them up and gave them to her. Little did I know that she planted them on the other side of the fence until they came back over to my side where they were originally planted (they also REALLY liked the wood chips!). LOL. Hopefully the new owners of my house are enjoying my garden, because it was a food forest!

[@Chivalry10]

You are just an awesome human being!! Thank you so much for all the information and the time that you put into producing these videos. God-bless you and your family!

[@ThisIsAnneleen]

It makes me wonder, if you would put all of them together, who would win?? 🌿🌱🌾🌼💮🍃☘️

[@DanCooper404]

#8: Jerusalem artichokes (a.k.a. sunchokes)

[@deborahhanna6640]

I have heard of them before! Supposed to be real tasty. A few determined humans eating it every day would soon get it under control. Then more so.

[@deborahhanna6640]

Mmmmm.... lemon spearmint! Sounds like the next flavor of gum.

[@kansmill]

Deborah Hanna My dad grew those once. They got nicknamed Fartichokes. A lot of people have difficulty with digesting them unfortunately.

[@aobrion95]

I'm putting my money on the mint - mine is ruthless

[@AbundanceHomestead]

Any plant that can manage to survive our harsh desert environment is welcome to take over our garden. That way at least something is growing! Lol

[@cecilitaf]

I agree!!! 😁😁😁

[@cecilitaf]

I agree ! !!😁😁😁

[@abdizzll]

@Joe Smith They are called deserts for a reason... too dry to support these.

[@abdizzll]

@Joe Smith Yeah because it is being extensively irrigated, it's not growing by itself lol.

[@abdizzll]

@Joe Smith Ok Joe, I volunteer you to build desalination plants and water the desert, lol. P.s. you are describing agriculture not "nature".

[@dustyn4970]

2:05 but is your mint collection in MINT condition though? Eyyyyy I will see myself out.

[@shekinahthorat7940]

Ahahahaha lmao.

[@MiloBloom83]

Thanks, Dad

[@elizabethingham7789]

From my experience with basil, I'd say that pretty much any herb needs a dedicated space in an herb garden or be fully harvested each year. Our basil has even taken over the front lawn of our previous house and we only planted it 4 years ago.

[@roppelstables]

Just want to say...I am so grateful for your channel! Thank you for the great content!!!

[@jeffereyhopkins750]

I grew dill but grew because it is one of the host food for black swallowtail butterflies then a groundhog decided it ate to the ground.

[@rebeccamccreary8530]

I have a family of groundhogs and have found that they avoid the areas near my onions.

[@goldengryphon]

@@rebeccamccreary8530 An onion garden border would be fun! If it keeps some of the plant munching critters out, all the better!

[@purplewildflower1031]

Interesting video! I've read about one possible solution to plants like mint: insert those fabric planter bags into your raised bed (leaving about 3 inches of the cloth pot above the ground to prevent spreading that way), fill with soil and compost, and plant your mint. (The cloth pots allow drainage and air exchange for the roots.) Keep an eye on it throughout the growing season and prune, if needed. What are your thoughts on that idea?

[@tracycrider7778]

I absolutely love it 💜💜

[@rubylady7126]

The strawberries! Yes lol. I planted about 17 strawberry plants that I bought from a strawberry farmer, they had a "dig up your own strawberry bush" day last year lol. $2 per plant!! Had some lovely home grown strawberries last year, then this year I go outside to prepare the garden beds and to my delight, the strawberries had come back and were vining out!! I planted them all in my front "flower" bed and it had some nice mulch in it so just a quick weed pull and my strawberries are growing twice as much this year 😊

[@sandimorreale3685]

I have a couple to add. Lemon thyme may start out as a cute little play the first year, but by the third or fourth year it's a space hog. And the sun choke; I can't think of a more invasive plant. Most of the plants you mentioned, I have to work to get them to grow well. (Soil isn't optimal) Keep up the good work Luke. Thanks for all the great vids. Blessings!

[@gillianmuspic2337]

I read somewhere that the only way to get rid of sunchoke is to move. Lol

[@sandimorreale3685]

@@gillianmuspic2337 😅😅😅

[@vgil1278]

@@gillianmuspic2337 That's what my sister does when her bamboo takes over her neighbors yard! Not nice.

[@brittneydarnell7609]

I planted lemon thyme in the same container as my mint. I let them both go crazy and take hedge trimmers to the entire container when they get out of control. They both seem to be pretty happy there but there is no way I could get anything else in that space.

[@xenazheng5071]

@@brittneydarnell7609 I have my mint and lemon thyme in the same container too! Except I keep my mint contained by drinking 3 cups of mint tea a day, and have no idea what to do with the lemon thyme

[@HaphazardGardens]

I too have a mint collection. My two favorites are pineapple and strawberry, and I also had an adorable cotton candy mint, it was just a sweet mint, with a bluer hue and so, so fuzzy

[@kmoney14141]

Does pineapple and strawberry mint taste like pineapple or strwberry

[@deborahhanna6640]

Throw chives over the fence into my annoying neighbor's yard. ✔

[@donnaallen2207]

Hehehehehe 😁

[@ZE308AC]

Your actually doing him a favor

[@glowdarkstudios]

Let's use herbs to replace lawns everywhere 😂🌱

[@tthappyrock368]

I was thinking seed fennel might be good :)

[@adde9506]

Bet he's confused why his lawn smells like onions every time he cuts it.

[@shaynecarter-murray3127]

Im surprised basil wasn't on the list. Ive seen basil obliterate a garden

[@camic3345]

I agree with you 100% on ALL of this! On the plus side, my compost bin loves all that oregano 😜

[@tammykayz3459]

Calendula!! I've just learned this is another one you need to keep on top of the flowers. I planted one in a pot among others last year and now spring is here I've got a million seedlings popping up in all my pots. They're everywhere!! I've given away so many and as fast as I'm pulling them up more keep sprouting. And dill is sooooo good for attracting beneficials to the garden. I'm happy to have that everywhere :)

[@oldcowbb]

i just realize how overprice herbs are after seeing the huge bushes he got

[@kaiteemitchell9453]

10 small pots with 10 seed pouches of different herbs costs the same as buying those 10 herbs fresh once…

[@janicehofer5067]

I’d love to learn more about keeping some other flowers contained that I now regret planting but love. Obedience flowers (runner roots) Buttercup primrose (runner roots) Tanzy (fern-like with yellow button flowers)-(runner roots) Spider Wort (runner roots)

[@dustyflats3832]

Yes, Spider Wort--Ugh!

[@dustyflats3832]

@Nathan Anderson They were planted by a previous owner. Also a plant called steppables that is a low growing sedum and it dispersed all over the grass worse than the plantain hostas, but they are easier to dig. After 2 years I'm still seeing the sedum in various spots and need to stay at it. I recently read burning bushes are invasive. We really dont want non natives creeping into the woods or the grass.

[@HealthyLifeFarm]

Great information! I now have 9 oregano bushes growing in my raised bed garden all from one plant. Giving them a good haircut and making oregano oil as well.

[@brettlessard2532]

Great to know Luke! I have experience with dill, mint and oregano, however keeping my fingers crossed for the strawberries and raspberries to take over! We absolutely love them and have a lot of space we want them to fill in. Chamomile is a new one, love the tea but I didn't know of it's invasive nature. Keep up the great work

[@christal2641]

If you cut off the flowers for tea, they can't send millions of seeds everywhere! As for red raspberrued: they are a LOT easier to pick if you raise them between parallel wires 2' apart. I use a soft rubber coated wire to tie them up to the parallel wires. You don't want them to touch the ground or you'll soon have a thicket that would scare a prince away from Sleeping Beauty.

[@ReenyNY]

9

[@user-se5gg5cy4y]

Christa L this guy migardener is the real weed. Useless evil. This is the face of Monsanto and home depot.

[@bronwynsmith3502]

This video was EXTREMELY helpful. The only reason I did not plant 5 of these 7 plants was because I knew we were going to have a few days of really hot weather yesterday and today, and I didn't want them to get toasted in the heat. Very grateful. Thank you! I really like your videos!

[@coldwhitespring5004]

I planted one single mint plant last year, not really believing it would spread very fast, but it's all over the bed now! Which was my plan anyway so I'm really happy with it :)

[@kat1984]

I'm glad I keep all of my herbs in containers and use them frequently enough to avoid flowers

[@homesteadingonthehomefront]

Spot on. But I would add #8: Horseradish

[@michaeljohnson3976]

It took 3 years to get rid of horseradish.

[@DeleightofThere]

I'm not sure how rapidly horseradish spreads, but I do know that once you have it, it's there forever pretty much lol

[@stevek3627]

I wanted to grow horseradish....that is why it all died! lol

[@chelseajordan5081]

And #9: Sweet potatoes. Mine grew out of the container and started trying to take over my back yard 😳 Wouldn't be a problem if we owned the property, but it was INTENSE

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

@@chelseajordan5081 holy wow! What zone are you in?!

[@amandacondrin227]

Hi Luke! I stumbled upon your channel and just knew chives would make this list.. I planted chives about 3 years ago and they absolutely took over a whole bed in the side of our house. Some of the chives I've clipped this year are already 3 ft tall!!! I try to clip the flower heads off but it's madness. Anyway, wonderful channel and super informative content. Be well.

[@Rutrag]

I'd add basil to the list. Mine grows to a 3' tall bush over summer and patches are spreading. It's a "sweet" variety and smells very nice when I hit it with the string trimmer or mower at least. Like the oregano, I don't think we'll ever use as much as we produce.

[@triciawilliamson2081]

Thanks Luke. Also learned the hard way about chives. Just threw out 4 huge deck planters that had become overrun with chives. Total root masses. Couldn't even save any soil. Starting over with chives I just ordered from you. This time the chives go in only one tiny planter and flowers get cut when they emerge. No more chive forest!

[@gelwood99]

They took over a part of my back yard. I have dug out many masses and they still won't go away! Who would have thought chives would be that invasive.

[@DavidMFChapman]

Here in Nova Scotia, chives are hardy, but hardly invasive. Mine sit in the corner of my raised bed, and only very slowly spread.

[@vgil1278]

@Duke Norfolk Maybe he means Chinese Chives-the beauties that bloom white in August. You must deadhead those religiously.

[@shalonamaranth]

Yeah. I have tried to grow chives 2 years in a row and this third year im finally getting a couple of shoots. I planted them because i WANTED perenials that spread and self propagate..

[@MrZachman88]

I always thought I was crazy listing 7 different types of mints I grow, glad to hear someone else is as crazy as I am

[@hollycampbell4103]

Ten years ago when I first moved to the PNW I planted a herb garden and yep, I planted mint not realizing what I'd done. Here I am 10 years later trying to eradicate the suckers.

[@stomishi]

Luke, Can we see the koi pond please? We had a koi pond when I was little, and would die to have one again someday!

[@supernewt]

love the new haircut

[@LauraBeeDannon]

I was just going to say that. Lol

[@courtneykeeps]

Ditto

[@tangenting2417]

Very flattering cut for him, like a magazine cover male model kind of look.

[@diannt9583]

@@tangenting2417 Personally preferred the old, but as long as he's happy that's what counts.

[@aprildolan223]

I love it too! He looks like the young Tom Cruise now.

[@anajordan8544]

Thanks. I just planted a garden. I have a herb area. I have chives, oregano, and mint, and strawberries. I was going to plant chamomile today. I am glad I waited. Will plant it in a container.

[@judyberends4586]

The ground cover...Red Apple does that too. I planted a couple pieces & it grew all over the hill & down in the yard & the grapes were covered with it.

[@gonzaga45377]

Lemon Balm and Valerian. Absolute experts at reseeding. Valerian has tall flowers and the seeds fly with the wind. Lemon Balm clings to my cats and dogs. I have found both everywhere.

[@WillPellKB926]

I had a full on war with lemon balm for two years and I still haven't had compete success.

[@gonzaga45377]

@@WillPellKB926 Good luck with that. I think the seeds can stay dormant for an unspecified amount of time. At least they seem to do that on my property!

[@cherilewis2899]

I really the lemon balm tea I hang them up to dry then pull the leaves off when they're dry very good you don't need very many

[@Nasharak]

The people who owned the house before us planted lemon balm in the flower bed. Even after actively trying to kill it, it's come back even stronger lol. We've just accepted it and are trying to keep it under some control.

[@hfortenberry]

I wish I had this problem. My lemon balm promptly died, both times i planted it. I planted it in a large pot and kept it moist. I almost think a pest got to its leaves because they all disappeared so fast, right down to the stem. :-(

[@wild-radio7373]

*other spreaders: grow in metal troughs, or raised beds♡:* fennel and sunchokes

[@nikolefuqua-butler4699]

Aname Aname my community garden is over run with sunchokes! It’s unbelievable

[@minenot4753]

Sunchokes are so bad that trying to compost the tops caused more, yep thet will root!

[@paulmaxwell8851]

Invasive ornamentals are the biggest hazard: orange hawkweed and mountain bluet come to mind right away. Many seed mixes contain invasives so be very careful. And nurseries still sell invasive perennials to unsuspecting customers. It took me three years and frequent applications of Grazon, a herbicide, to stop mountain bluet from taking over the neighborhood after my wife planted it in her flower garden.

[@buzzymm]

I had mint escape the planter box because of the runners, luckily I caught them in time!

[@Keyboardje]

Very informative and helpful for a biginning gardener! Prevented a lot of extra work in the coming years for me. Thank you :)

[@be6715]

I hear horseradish is another problem plant once established, though I've never tried it. Since it has a long tap root, it is hard to get rid of once it is in place. Of course bamboo is a notoriously invasive if you plant the running types of bamboo. I like my raspberries to spread a bit, but they are easily dug up when in the wrong place. I think that they might also be controlled by putting in edging material that goes into the ground? I'm a transplanted Michigander here in IL, and my early gardening was done in a community garden. Some one or people had planted mint at one point, and the city each year plows the plots. Guess what happened? Yup! Lastly, containment is a great idea (I've even heard of people planting mint in the ground in clay pots), but also think about not treating plants with this tendency too nicely. Don't keep them well or over-fertilized, don't keep them well watered, etc. Show them tough love, and they may not grow as crazy. They are already genetically coded to take full advantage of their opportunities, so don't coddle them. Nice to hear that MI accent. :)

[@cherylbradley8797]

Horseradish, hurt my back pulling it out 22 years ago. My back has never been the same.

[@KG-if2oc]

Higly informative, thank you! MY BIG GIANT (literally) REGRET!: I planted one grouping of 3 ASPEN TREES dead center of my front garden surrounded by a circular driveway. Gorgeous! One died (thankfully), the other two sent out runners! I knew about grasses, bamboo, blackberries, but i never imagined that giant TREES could send out runners too! Imagine your raspberry problem ON A GIANT SCALE! And with giant thick roots as thick as young sapling trunks! And deep! Digging up those roots basically involves digging up your whole yard 2 ft deep & killing everything youre trying to grow in the vicinity. And if you just cut or accidentally break the running root it will just sprout a new tree right there. I couldnt keep up with the nightmare so the shoots have now reached the edge of the circle. Next couple years i will be driving over saplings among my driveway pavers & a few years later i wont have a functional driveway at all, unless i resort to chemicals, i guess, idk :( I live in a conifer forest, but at this rate it could become an aspen forest. And i thought cedar was bad, spewing thick carpets of sprouts that have to be weeded every year. DONT PLANT ASPEN TREES!!! (or cedar) (PS: ive heard stories that someone planted yucca in so cal & it has become an invasive species, taking over the entire area.)

[@imlostinmyhead]

My Egyptian Walking Onions have spread like crazy. Also my Mizuna Red Streaks Mustard came back with a vengeance. I had them in one of my garden beds last year and as soon as spring hit, they popped up everywhere.

[@wispafish]

Chive flowers are so pretty though x I love them everywhere :)

[@juliekadams]

I have had some in a container for several years now and they have choked up the planter with themselves, but I haven't noticed that they've spread anywhere around/outside of the container.

[@blackoak4978]

Not edible, but a flower you will regret is Datura innoxia, aka Moonflower. It grows as a shrub, has giant white trumpet flowers and produces spikey seed pods. Once you have them it's hard to get rid of them

[@kimwardle2762]

I'm glad I took time to read the comments! I'm just starting with those this year... I may have to rethink where I'm putting them, thank you!!

[@jackjkantrowitz50kantrowit12]

Great video for new gardeners such as I. A lot of information about these plants and how to deal with them in a effective manner. Thank you for the information.