I had a non native buttercup which was pretty but I had to pull it as it’s also on our noxious weed list.
Icy-Conclusion-3500
Western Lupine
ccrom
Vinca Major periwinkle.
No-Inspector449
Vinca. Nice blue flowers but it’s got to go.
CrimsonKepala
Rose of Sharon. We had 2 then that turned into 5 and we quickly realized that was going to turn into 100 with the number of sprouts that started to grow in our yard. On top of that our poor neighbors had to keep up with pulling them as well all because of the ones in our yard.
They’re beautiful though.
loki_cometh
Oxeye daisies.
Confession: I’m not really trying to fight them. 😬
NorEaster_23
Black Locust 🥲
Basically invasive everywhere outside the Southeastern US. They have *THE* best smelling and tasting edible flowers
AtheistTheConfessor
Porcelain berry. The fruit looks like something from a fairy realm.
SoFreshSoBean
Black locust trees (which are invasive in our area). Very pretty flowers, it smells fantastic when it blooms, bees use it for particularly good honey… and it spreads like crazy, killing everything around it.
NorCalPlant
Butterfly Bush
Ehbean
Musk Thistle. I like how tall they get and how bright a purple they have.
bylgh
Creeping Charlie tbh, only because I saw so many pollinators on it this spring when there was basically nothing else blooming in my yard besides violets and dandelions
mossling
Bird vetch. When I bought my house, I was infatuated by the beautiful, dainty, purple flowering vine I saw all around the neighborhood. I couldn’t wait to find some to put in my yard! Then I learned how horribly invasive it is, and saw how it spread and choked everything out. Now, I check my yard meticulously for vetch, and remove it by the bag-full from the abandoned lots and wild places in the neighborhood.
BaldingKobold
Star Jasmine
ham_rod
lily of the valley. solomon’s seal just isn’t the same.
Own_Bet8683
Mimosa trees 😭😭
Edited to add: In Florida ☀️
Icy_Nose_2651
I have what has been described as the absolutely worst invasive you can have, field bindweed, but i love it. when it blooms late summer its like a carpet of snow. I pull it off of any shrubs but otherwise leave it alone. if you do want to remove it, one plant covers 100 sq ft or more, so just start pulling the various stems toward where it grows out of the ground, then cut it. Sure it will grow back next year, but so what? That is 100 times better than battling poison ivy or any plant you have to dig out one at a time to clear a few square inches
CloverLeafe
My neighbor has both an ivy and honeysuckle that are choking out all of the bushes on our property and no matter how much we pull it keeps coming back. 😭 But I have fond memories of honeysuckles as a child and the ivy when it grows nicely on the fence post is lovely. Unfortunately it also ends up everywhere else and doesn’t look lovely as it kills my azalea.
saucypancake
Creeping Bellflower is pure evil.
ErroneousRecipe
Forget-me-nots, they’re so cute 😭
DeathAndTaxes000
Chinese Wisteria. It’s all over the trees here on the sides of the road. It’s so pretty in the spring. But it really is terrible.
Elrohwen
Same list as you. I don’t have dame’s rocket on my property but still love to look at it when I drive by a patch. I have some purple loosestrife and lots of forget-me-nots that I can’t get rid of. There’s enough other nonsense plants to spend time weeding, those can stay.
Dragan_Rose
Wineberries. I love eating them and making jam.
Kitchen_Syrup2359
Wisteria
Cautious_Aioli_1835
English ivy is from the devil – here in Georgia.
ser_pez
Autumn clematis. Gorgeous but invasive
Claytonia-perfoiata
I’m a fine gardener (for work), one of my clients has vinca & another Japanese Anemone. It’s a never ending battle. And I’m losing. Sigh.
The_Dirty_Carl
Nonnative woodsorrel. It’s pretty, it tastes good, and it’s good ground cover. But it’s not native and it flings those damn seeds all over the place
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I really do love the smell of honeysuckle.
nonnative columbine 😔😫
I had a non native buttercup which was pretty but I had to pull it as it’s also on our noxious weed list.
Western Lupine
Vinca Major periwinkle.
Vinca. Nice blue flowers but it’s got to go.
Rose of Sharon. We had 2 then that turned into 5 and we quickly realized that was going to turn into 100 with the number of sprouts that started to grow in our yard. On top of that our poor neighbors had to keep up with pulling them as well all because of the ones in our yard.
They’re beautiful though.
Oxeye daisies.
Confession: I’m not really trying to fight them. 😬
Black Locust 🥲
Basically invasive everywhere outside the Southeastern US. They have *THE* best smelling and tasting edible flowers
Porcelain berry. The fruit looks like something from a fairy realm.
Black locust trees (which are invasive in our area). Very pretty flowers, it smells fantastic when it blooms, bees use it for particularly good honey… and it spreads like crazy, killing everything around it.
Butterfly Bush
Musk Thistle. I like how tall they get and how bright a purple they have.
Creeping Charlie tbh, only because I saw so many pollinators on it this spring when there was basically nothing else blooming in my yard besides violets and dandelions
Bird vetch. When I bought my house, I was infatuated by the beautiful, dainty, purple flowering vine I saw all around the neighborhood. I couldn’t wait to find some to put in my yard! Then I learned how horribly invasive it is, and saw how it spread and choked everything out. Now, I check my yard meticulously for vetch, and remove it by the bag-full from the abandoned lots and wild places in the neighborhood.
Star Jasmine
lily of the valley. solomon’s seal just isn’t the same.
Mimosa trees 😭😭
Edited to add: In Florida ☀️
I have what has been described as the absolutely worst invasive you can have, field bindweed, but i love it. when it blooms late summer its like a carpet of snow. I pull it off of any shrubs but otherwise leave it alone. if you do want to remove it, one plant covers 100 sq ft or more, so just start pulling the various stems toward where it grows out of the ground, then cut it. Sure it will grow back next year, but so what? That is 100 times better than battling poison ivy or any plant you have to dig out one at a time to clear a few square inches
My neighbor has both an ivy and honeysuckle that are choking out all of the bushes on our property and no matter how much we pull it keeps coming back. 😭 But I have fond memories of honeysuckles as a child and the ivy when it grows nicely on the fence post is lovely. Unfortunately it also ends up everywhere else and doesn’t look lovely as it kills my azalea.
Creeping Bellflower is pure evil.
Forget-me-nots, they’re so cute 😭
Chinese Wisteria. It’s all over the trees here on the sides of the road. It’s so pretty in the spring. But it really is terrible.
Same list as you. I don’t have dame’s rocket on my property but still love to look at it when I drive by a patch. I have some purple loosestrife and lots of forget-me-nots that I can’t get rid of. There’s enough other nonsense plants to spend time weeding, those can stay.
Wineberries. I love eating them and making jam.
Wisteria
English ivy is from the devil – here in Georgia.
Autumn clematis. Gorgeous but invasive
I’m a fine gardener (for work), one of my clients has vinca & another Japanese Anemone. It’s a never ending battle. And I’m losing. Sigh.
Nonnative woodsorrel. It’s pretty, it tastes good, and it’s good ground cover. But it’s not native and it flings those damn seeds all over the place
Mullein 😭