Garden centers are now filling up with a variety of plants, making shopping a colorful and tantalizing experience for gardeners. For beginning landscape gardeners, as well as those looking to branch out with new choices, local horticulturists have identified a short list of plants that can become mistakes in the garden because of their vigorous, boundless growth.
John Farfaglia, horticulturist for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County, named the biggest garden nightmare straightaway: goutweed.
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