The Most Dangerous Plants You Should NEVER Buy from Nurseries

Welcome to Up to Something ! Today, we're going to talk about invasive plants that are commonly sold at nurseries, but could potentially wreak havoc on your garden and the environment.While these plants might seem attractive and exotic, they can quickly take over your yard and cause ecological damage that's difficult to undo. That's why it's crucial to be aware of the risks associated with planting invasive species and to avoid purchasing them if you are in an area where they can do damage.
In this video, we'll show you the top invasive plants that you should never buy from nurseries, along with safe alternatives to choose instead. So, let's get started and protect our gardens from these dangerous invaders! Fortunately for this video and unfortunately for me: many of these plants are right in my backyard!Even sadder is that a few of my loves are on this list. Let's take a look.

Update: This is an older video and the music is too loud. I apologize in a advance. I learned my lesson!

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[cindybrooks]

FYI: Music is SO loud it drowns you out for most of this video.

[jannertfol]

One of the best non-invasive plants that give fantastic autumn colour (and other benefits as well) are blueberry bushes. The kind that grow to 4 feet tall, or so. Nice plants, with white flowers in spring, berries in summer, and the scarlet leaves in the autumn.

[BobLigget]

As the comments indicate, a little geographical context goes a long way! For example, here in the Salt Lake valley burning bush is sold everywhere and is not all invasive. I have two and can attest to that. I've seen wisteria grown as a tree here in many places and it's both beautiful and non-invasive. You suggested azaleas, but in our highly alkaline soil it simply won't live nor anything in that family. For a tree example, in my native Philadelphia area woods the Norway Maple is considered an invasive species, but they're recommended here as one of the best maples to grow. It does fine in our soil with zero self-propagation. Box Elder maples are another story! Thanks for the consciousness-raising, it's just that there's no universal advice.

[margaretcaine]

In Vietnam, bamboo is grown on purpose. It is used for everything possible: I’ve seen scaffolding, ladders, furniture, flooring, whole buildings, and even food for pigs and humans, as well as waterwheels and piping for irrigation. It is ridiculously versatile and the Vietnamese are very inventive in its use.

[richardbenke]

I’ve spent 23 years battling wisteria that a previous owner planted in the backyard. It’s beautiful, but it’s the most tenacious plant I’ve ever dealt with.

[irenehabes-quene]

I live in Europe and most of these plants are not considered invasive here, ( with the exception of bamboe, and English ivy) but we have very invasive plants here which are native to USA or elsewhere. Our rivers are being clogged up by aquarium plants that people dump into the water. Since the winters are mild they don’t freeze off anymore.
Amongst the worst plants on land are: Fallopia japonica, Impatiens glandulifera, Heracleum mantegazzianum, Prunus serotina, the last being native to the USA and killing off diversity in our local forest’s undergrowth.
It’s probably just bad practice to move plants out of their natural habitats.

[bahba]

1. English Ivy
2. Ground Phlox
3. Purple Loosestrife
4. Burning Bush
5. Butterfly Bush
6. Wisteria
7. Scotch Broom
8. Bamboo

[susanmayfield]

I live in the greater Denver area and I have Bell Flowers that have taken over my flower beds and they drop tons of seeds for each plant. Very invasive and they shade out everything as they grow about 3-4' tall. Plus, my neighbor has a Sumack Tree that starts new trees in my yard that grow a foot in a couple of weeks. I spend a couple of hours a month pulling these tree seedlings up, worst part is they smell like cat spray. When I first moved here, the former owners had planted a multicolored ivy plant on the chainlink fence, it sent out 20' runners that wanted to get into my house foundation and siding, plus the next door neighbors foundation and siding. It took me two years to get rid of it.

[damienkurrin]

My wife made the mistake of buying and planting trumpet vine, and we've been fighting those things ever since (20 years).

[CaliforniaCountryBumpkin]

I’m in the PNW and Scotch Broom is a big problem here.

[ekscentar]

Hello to the new channel about plants. I appreciate every effort like this, because I love my garden. He is a legacy of my grandmother and mother, but I contributed a lot to his current appearance. Unfortunately, with the legacy garden, I also have some legacy invasive species that I can't seem to get rid of. I've been fighting my grandmother's useless Indian strawberry for decades, and there are some other low-lying creepers that spread by rhizomes. That's why I divided the garden into several separate zones, in one of which I mixed all these invasive, low species, but that zone is dominated by the beautiful vinca minor, so they can't even be seen from it. Given that this is a new channel to which I wish good luck, I would have two pieces of advice: first, instead of music, the background can be the sound of the garden itself, birdsong for example. Secondly, I would like to always highlight the scientific Latin names of the plants in question for easier international recognition. Good luck!

[mindjob]

I would also add mint, which tends to run under the soil

[texasflood]

May I add Bradford Pear. Here in the Mid-South, it has spread everywhere.

[broddr]

Blueberry bushes (all native to the US) are also great for vivid red leaves in the fall. And you (and the birds) get berries as a bonus.

[blondek]

I planted a forsythia in my side yard a few years ago. I am training it to grow like a water fountain. It’s very lovely. I trim it to be symmetrical. I have a climbing rose bush I do the same to, letting it grow standing alone without a trellis, trimmed in early spring to then resemble a water fountain of roses in late spring. I have a 20 year old butterfly bush outside my side entrance. It came with the house and it’s a dam ‘hedge’. If I don’t trim it every week in summer, it would overtake the door and steps. I use the weed eater on it.

[JeremyWertheimerScience]

Thank you for highlighting the dangers of invasive plants. Always plant native plants whenever possible

[janegerard]

The best thing to do is study what is native to your area and to use those plants as much as possible. In addition to not having to deal with invasive plants that get out of control, generally speaking native plants require very little care after the first 1-2 years. I live in the Pacific Northwest and can attest that our native woods are full of ivy, blackberries and scotchbroom. And in my own yard I have a constant battle with those plants and creeping buttercup. I have mostly natives and use some perennials and annuals that I know will not cause problems.

[southerner]

Chinese wisteria is like the monster in a horror movie that keeps coming back every time you think you've finally killed it. I've battled it for seven years, and I still get new sprouts coming up. It's extremely hard to kill.

[wwtv]

My neighbor's wisteria is over 12' tall. Its vines grow into our trees, and come through the fence while pushing it over. We just keep trimming it back, but my fantasy is spraying it with Round Up.

[annham]

I think it is important to consider the invasive potential of plants and to suggest alternatives. Your first example, English Ivy, can't be replaced by Creeping Phlox, because Ivy is for shade and phlox is for sunny areas. A Lobelia groundcover with brilliant blue flowers grows very well and is not invasive.