Post Your Invasives!

gallina1594

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Update on my boxelder. These branches get stiff REALLY quick. Trying to put SOME movement in it before it's too late15047235381151732627974.jpg
 

just.wing.it

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The tree trimmers told me this is a always liked it so I grabbed a few cuttings...we shall see how it goes. If they were right about what it is and and it's really invasive I should have no problem.View attachment 162558 . I've
Hmmmm....interesting looking tree there...
What did they call it?
Where on earth are you?
 

Victorim

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Cars on the wrong side so US.. and if you look carefully in the silver car on the rights reflection on the glass, you`ll see a blue wall on the back on that building, with a yellow stripe, and a red maple.. Its sorce`s neighbor!
 

just.wing.it

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Cars on the wrong side so US.. and if you look carefully in the silver car on the rights reflection on the glass, you`ll see a blue wall on the back on that building, with a yellow stripe, and a red maple.. Its sorce`s neighbor!
Hahaha!
Wrong side!?:eek::confused:
You mean "right" side ;)
And it's hard to read but I think the street sign says Elm St.
 

Waltron

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Here's my buckthorne. It seems to be a great species for bonsai to me, so much I'm surprised we don't see more of them. Great nebari, bag buds and grows like crazy, seems easy to keep healthy, I'm on the 3rd flush of growth now and need to cut it back again already. Oh and it makes nice Flowers's and little bonsai size red berries. I

View attachment 152062View attachment 152060View attachment 152061View attachment 152062 Need to put this in a nice round pot and get it to flower in a year or so.
 

Melospiza

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I threw a few wild grape(?) on my dump pile earlier this spring to see how they transplant. This one is growing well enough to consider potting it. The woods/lots are full of this around here, some 4-6" diameter, so it might be worth collecting a large one.View attachment 114178
I also collected some oriental bittersweet vine, but its just a stick in a pot now. My wife loves the berries.
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These are both seriously invasive around these parts.
CW
Your 'grape' looks like Ampelopsis brevipedunculata, an invasive vine in the grape family.
 

Melospiza

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Here is my Paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera, introduced to Georgia as part of an ill-fated attempt at sericulture, and now seen as an occasional weed. The bark truly is fibrous and papery.
 

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