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10 Common Garden Plants You Might Not Know Are Invasive 
10 Common Garden Plants You Might Not Know Are Invasive 
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Creeping Phlox: Spring-blooming Ground Cover
Creeping Phlox: Spring-blooming Ground Cover
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Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
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How to Attract Hummingbirds to Your Garden in Early Spring
How to Attract Hummingbirds to Your Garden in Early Spring
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Eastern Redbud Trees Provide Early Spring Food for Bees
Eastern Redbud Trees Provide Early Spring Food for Bees
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Pale lavender flowers of the woodland phlox

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Heucherellas with lime green and purple leaves

Purple and Lime Green Plant Color Combinations For Your Shade or Full Sun Garden

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Black swallowtail feeding on zinnia

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The copper iris is a Louisiana iris, so it has a d The copper iris is a Louisiana iris, so it has a distinctive flat-topped flower, that adds a unique visual appeal to any landscape. Not only does it enhance your garden's aesthetic, but it also provides valuable resources for local wildlife, attracting hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. It is also the host plant for several moths.

Copper iris (Iris fulva) has large, copper-colored flowers. It thrives in wet soils in full sun, producing multiple flowers per stem.

#louisianairis #irises #copperiris #flowergardening #moistsoils #wetsoils #nativeplants
When I was learning to identify plants, the leaves When I was learning to identify plants, the leaves of boxelder used to trip me up. To me, they looked so much like poison ivy. They both are found throughout the eastern half of the U.S., often in bottomlands. However, there are a few key features that can help you tell the difference between these two plants.

Box Elder:
- three to 7 leaflets that make up a compound leaf
- Oppositely arranged leaves
- has a pinkish stem

Poison ivy
- 3 simple leaves
- Alternately arranged leaves

#nativeplants #nativetrees #poisonivyidentification #poisonivyid
Do you have this in your garden? Nandina, also ca Do you have this in your garden?

Nandina, also called “Heavenly Bamboo,” is a highly invasive evergreen shrub from East Asia that’s problematic in the Southeast. It forms dense thickets that smother native plants. It also produces berries that are toxic to wildlife.

This shrub is highly adaptable, thriving in shade and sun, and can grow in almost any soil type. Even a tiny root fragment can grow into new plants, making it extremely difficult to remove once established. 

What is an invasive plant? It's a non-native plant to the ecosystem under consideration, and that causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.

#invasiveplants #invasivplantspecies
Hummingbird moths fly just like hummingbirds – the Hummingbird moths fly just like hummingbirds - they can move in all directions and even hover. They unfurl their tongues to insert them into a flower to get nectar. This one spent quite a while feeding on the ground phlox. There are four species of these moths found in North America. This is a snowberry clear wing (Hemaris diffinis) and its wings are see-through. #hummingbirdmoth #coolinsects
I added peonies, lambs ear, oakleaf hydrangea, one I added peonies, lambs ear, oakleaf hydrangea, one anemone and some verbena to make this bouquet. It smells really good. #flowergarden #bouquet #flowers #flowersmakemehappy
Did you know poison ivy produces flowers that supp Did you know poison ivy produces flowers that support pollinators and berries that birds, deer, black bears, and small mammals eat?  #poisonivy #nativeplants #pollinatorplants #wildlifefoodplants
Strawberries! It’s the first pick of the season. Strawberries! It’s the first pick of the season. It may be tiny bit but it’s so good. 🍓 #strawberries #strawberry #strawberryseason
Gotta love a knock-out rose. The easiest roses to Gotta love a knock-out rose. The easiest roses to care for. After transplanting these two small bushes three times, I think I finally found the right spot. Give it another year or two and the bushes will be thriving. #knockoutroses #roses #rosegardening #flowers
Here is one corner of my garden with spring flower Here is one corner of my garden with spring flowers. The garden is starting to fill in with purples, yellows, and reds. I can't wait to see it in another few weeks. I bought the large driftwood from a neighbor's estate sale and it has become the favorite perching spots for birds and small mammals. #springflowers #springgarden #gardening
A lovely pair of peonies I added to the garden las A lovely pair of peonies I added to the garden last fall. #peonies #flowergarden  #flowergardening
I'm so excited! I have never found a native wister I'm so excited! I have never found a native wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) in a garden center before. We're planting this one along a fence at my parents' house. It doesn't have the lovely smell of Chinese wisteria, but then it won't have the invasive nature,  either.  #wisteria #nativeplants
Who doesn’t love purple? Who doesn’t love purple?
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