is catmint invasive

Yes, it produces a lot of nectar for certain pollinator species at a certain time of the year. My other neighbor has a walnut tree and i now have walnut seedlings popping up everywhere. My problem with bird feeders was not with sprouting seeds but the dropped seeds were a buffet for mice and voles the raised havoc with my garden and invaded the house. Aggressive plants are great for a laissez-faire gardener ;). Much of WA. If you love it you should plant it, and these plants have their place. The Torenia is another that can be -- quite literally -- off the wall. The buried container for planting mint didn't work for me. That is horrible! When they become overbearing, I don't let the berries ripen and I will pull a few out to make more room for my hostas that I defend from the deer with Liquid Fence. How can you simply say 'Daisies' , when there are some 23,000 members of the daisy family in the world, not to mention countless cultivars and hybrids. My personal list of 'promiscious' plants: Not possible to get rid of it. Some plants may go into a summer lull after the first flush of blooms has faded. I belong to a provincial gardening group and this was a compilation of everyone's suggestions. It showed up in lawn. Lucky you. Nepeta has slightly aromatic gray-green foliage with a delicate, lacy appearance. Ugh. It doesnt matter if youre going to put it in a south-facing spot right against the house It will die. I'm also enlightened about a few others & I thank you (& everyone!) That being said, I love growing Bee Balm in my cutting garden and would definitely recommend it to more experienced gardeners. Virginia creeper is pretty easy to control with a secateurs. I qualify for three of these four. 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. Hi Kristen! Far from my garden, I have a place with bees. It's not crazy at all! Photo by: Holmes Garden Photos / Alamy Stock Photo, 10 to 12 inches tall, 18 to 24 inches wide. My dad lives up north and grows ferns like weeds. Wish someone had warned me. As stated, up to 80' up the trees, huge roots, difficult if not impossible to get rid of. 1 inch left in ground could grow 1 foot in a day. I am enjoying many plants I've never grown before. I dug them out last year and this year they came back with a vengeance. If you feel like it isn't thriving, you can feed it an organic fertilizer once a year, but otherwise, it will do fine without any extra help. I would never plant lamium as I've had it take over areas I've not yet gotten to. I've had one plant that just wouldn't quit. Catmint (Nepeta spp.) I was expecting to see Four O'clocks.. Judy C. I find it rather sad that so many of the plants listed, really attract the pollinators. My lawn is utterly overrun with it. Crocosmia Mine is like a tree now. LOL! This beautiful herb is so aggressive it will grow in gravel. I love my daisies and tho they do spread like crazy, I just thin them out every fall or Spring. They said yes and I was off and running. Also, Violets throughout my lawn. I have had a problem with arium itallicum. Preemergents is brilliant! For PC's, go to "images.google.com. Now I am finding the same with my big red daliahs and carpet roses that turn into climbers and keep resprouting when dug out. It adds freshness and spring-like beauty to the fall garden. Creeping Jenny on CLEARANCE. 'Cat's Pajamas' will be the most well-behaved catmint you've ever seen. One had to know how to manage your flowers and/or plants! What if you have a hundred plants and more are added each year? Noted for its neat and tidy habit, Nepeta faassenii 'Purrsian Blue' (Catmint) is a compact herbaceous perennial forming a dense, rounded clump of small, aromatic, gray-green leaves all season long. garden. I keep most of the daisies on the south side which is separate from my other beds by quite a bit. So basically anything that will grow here. They are beautiful but creep into the lawn in no time at all everywhere.. You're right, they are really bad for that. Mint doesn't even grow well here. What a difference zones make. :) Horsetail Reed. LOVE clover for "lawn", it looks fabulous when cut, and tends to stay low if cut somewhat regularly. My sister has some of those problems in her yard and is looking into getting professional help to make it a little easier! around the house. I tell people isn't it pretty? You forgot morning glories. But mine are not as avaseive as some have claimed. I have a tiny yard in Maryland (10 x 10 yards). My unintentional invader: Verbena Bonariensis. And kindness. Have you considered mulch around your plants and on your pathways? "Canada" goldenrod. I agree.I was shocked when I read this article!!! It's a mother all right. Shearing your plants back by a third or more will reenergize them for a second bloom cycle and produce lush new foliage. "a weed is a plant in the wrong place". Planted outside of its native range, catmint can be somewhat invasive. It has over taken one raised flower bed and is now spreading to the one below it. What do you think is the most inexpenive, fast growing/spreading plant? I tell you its roots go to China and back. Some you can't get rid of when you try and those are really the ones to avoid. What is it with plants labeled "Canada" for invasiveness? 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. I will take violets over bluegrass anytime. Nope not bitter at all. What's that saying, 'forewarned is forearmed'? What part of the world are you in? My sister always loved lily of the valley and had a shady area she just let it take over and it smelled and looked lovely too. Or 'Ferns', of which there are maybe 15,000 species worldwide, together with a huge numbers of varieties and cultivars. I just want to put in a plug for Lulaby Baby, my favorite daylily. See how you can maintain Harmony in the unique conditions you live in.how to make your " Weeds " work for you. So I guess I would say Grandma was right.live with your plants awhile and I will definitely share them with my readers. Early on in those years, I planted spiderworts, hollyhocks, lily of the valley, bee balm, and others, but the absolute worst one was snow on the mountain. Perennial in USDA Zones 3-8. Mostly it doesn't rain, and things catch fire. I think it depends on what variety. I've probably spent 45 minutes, reading intently! We love them. Iris, Roses, Daylilies, Hollyhocks? This is my 'Cat's Meow Buy now from Proven Winners It destroyed my pergola and grew 80' into nearby trees within less than 5 years! Named the 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. I can't believe they actually sell seeds!! Trees 100 feet tall had ivy with trunks 6 in diameter that completely engulfed the trees. I just embrace them for now. I wonder if it would spread as much as the white variety? I want to spare beginner gardeners some heartache until they gain the knowledge and experience to keep up with more aggressive plants. I happen to be one of those who like invaders. Bunch by bunch! You're kidding me! Probably gout weed, lily of the valley, and bellflowers are your best bet. We can grow annuals like crazy? If things grew better, I might think they were a problem, but even with these plants, I'm often just hoping they will overwinter and spread enough that I can divide them and get them to live. Husband was talking air conditioning. A long bloom season, handsome foliage, and carefree performance are just a few of the allures of this versatile perennial, Sign up for weekly gardening inspiration and design tips. Ha! I grew hollyhocks and enjoyed them in the spring. A true Nightmare! 20 Drought-Tolerant Plants for Your Garden Look it up! Hi Kristen! If I remember correctly it is claimed to not alter the nutritional value of the seed for the birds, just sterilizes the seed so it won't germinate. Funny how some things can be so pretty until you look under the pretty! It's great to have people share their actual experience. Neighbors like to receive the ones that even I find out of bounds. I agree that some of the cautionary plants are lovely, but knowing a plant has a tendency to take over a garden is exceedingly useful information. I also agree, I have had most of them except the hated lily,of the valley which is one,of the worst weeds ever. 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. There are ways to keep them more contained in your garden and yes you have to make some effort pulling seedings but it's called "gardening" for a reason and it's healthier than taking antidepressants. It would be valuable to educate novice gardeners in these techniques instead of blacklisting certain plants. To avoid this, you can plant the herb in a container and then bury it near catnip companion plants. The bane of my garden is spiderwort. Two perennials you forgot though, are bugleweed (ajuga reptans) a beautiful plant that spreads by runners with bronze coloured leaves and small purples spires reaching only six inches high and Siberian squill (scilla). You take a picture and voila you get a name. In general, catmint plants are not invasive. During winter we do cut them down to the ground but they do come back every year. They are beautiful when blooming but incredibly ugly after the blooms are spent so I hide them with another prolific bloomer orange daylilies. They were the start of a butterfly garden and bird haven. This plant ranges in size from 12 inches tall to 24 inches tall. This Spring and Summer, I transplanted these variety of "Perennials" in paper Solo brand soup cups and gave them away to our Scarborough community residents, as well as in our churches. Some succeeded, some didn't. Brightens up a shady spot, but DONT do it!! I've tried a dozen times to transplant them 400 miles south to my garden and they seldom make it or at best last a couple of anemic years in my heavy clay. For instance, I planted soapwart for a few years ago and it has scattered on the wind. I've never noticed that when I've visited, but I think the ditch lilies are a great idea. Thanks again for a humorous, well-informed post. Over watering kills off my mint and daisy. Catmint is low maintenance and attracts butterflies and does not migrate the way Russian sage does. However, unless you only have a few, I think it would be quite an annoying solution. Mowed mint (camomile too) smells lovely. One of your hated flowers, the daisy, is one of my favorites, but I haven't found it to be very invasive. My biggest mistake was planting "obedient", a very pretty plant, named because once cut, you can bend the stems as you wish in a vase arrangement. I used to let some wild goldenrod grow because its a good late bloomer for pollinators, but it crowded out other plants. We have beautiful soil so most things grow without any trouble and thrive. forgot the self seeding. Hmm.I'm in zone 6 Michigan and wondered why I have so many beautiful orange day lilies opening up! It blooms profusely for months on end, from late spring through midsummer. I have Shasta daisies, they are not invasive here, but the plant itself is bushy, so I trim it in the fall. Exudes a chemical that kills soil fungus needed by tree seedlings to thrive, as well as many other plants. You glazed right over bamboo. I will be planting them in the spring. Some species aren't so good for pollinators, though because they displace other species and form monocultures. I love growing a garden & it's hard to find perinneals that can stand our long cold winters so I would love to see how they do this, I'm going to try growing morning glories in a hanging planter if you want my mailing address, email me at. 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. It's easy to hand pull, but I can think of 1000 things I'd rather do! I imagine that getting rid of those plants or other problematic garden features like rotting trees can be a real pain. There are many other plants you can plant that are equally as good for pollinators. They can also do searches for plants that do well in their zone and their soil conditions, as well as light requirements. I do hope the beginning gardeners reading this post will at least try growing a rose or two. This article was originally written with plants that are problematic in zone 3 in mind. It is important that the walls of the bucket go down more than a foot and stick above the ground couple of inches. Love this site! This list is intended for a newbie gardener who might not be as vigilant with their plants and easily get overwhelmed by a plant that didn't produce as expected or overtakes a yard with a year or two of neglect. Not fun getting it back so I can plant sun-loving plants to replace the shade-lovers that I moved. Has worked wonders for me! I think if you keep up on trimming them back then they do not take over. It was sold to me as an Aster plant which I love! I love your grandma's saying and the story of your Virginia creeper. I try to cut them back after flowering but they seem to seed anyway. I'm new to gardening. 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