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  1. Star of Bethlehem: Toxic, Invasive, or Lovely? - Dave's Garden

    Mar 8, 2011 · What happens when the habits of history and the studies of scientists are completely at odds? Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

  2. Fig Buttercup - Invasive, Yet Useful - Dave's Garden

    Mar 19, 2014 · An Invasive Welcome at the Dinner Table In Romania, fig buttercup isn't considered invasive thanks to its culinary use in salads and soups and also of its medicinal use.

  3. Hearts A-Burstin' -- The American Euonymus - Dave's Garden

    Sep 24, 2009 · It, too, has invasive tendencies in some portions of its hardiness range. Euonymus europaea, a European native, has also escaped cultivation in parts of the United States. As usual, …

  4. The Knotty Problem of Invasive Japanese Knotweed

    Jun 10, 2025 · This weed can keep too much of your landscape "tied up!" Back in the 19 th century physician and plant explorer Phillip Franz von Siebold introduced Japanese knotweed into Europe. …

  5. The Invaders: Virginia Creeper - Dave's Garden

    Mar 13, 2013 · Virginia creeper is a plant that generates profoundly different opinions among gardeners. Some call it desirable. Some call it invasive, while others mistakenly call it poison ivy.

  6. Sweet Alyssum -- A Tiny Plant with Big Impact - Dave's Garden

    Jan 16, 2013 · Some gardeners reported that sweet alyssum was invasive in their gardens and that volunteer plants reverted to the somewhat gangly species. If this is a problem, select one of the …

  7. Identifying wildflowers: Packera glabella, Butterweed

    Apr 9, 2016 · Sometimes even native plants become troublesome. Invasive isn't always alien. It is butterweed season and the fallow fields and roadside ditches are a mass of yellow. Packera glabella …

  8. Koelreuteria paniculata, The Golden Rain Tree; Friend or Foe?

    Aug 12, 2017 · The roots are not invasive to plumbing and sewers and very few pests seem to bother it, although deer will brows young trees if hungry. The thousands of lantern-shaped seed pods give the …

  9. Lantana, Garden Darling or Invasive Weed? - Dave's Garden

    May 9, 2015 · Some popular plants also have a dark side. Depending on where you are, a plant can be a great summer annual or an invasive problem. Lantana is one of those plants.

  10. The Lawn Invaders: Violets - Dave's Garden

    May 8, 2013 · The fragrant sweet violet, Viola odorata, is often accused of the invasive crimes of its wild relative, but it is a European import, although widely naturalized, while the common wild blue violet, …