I grew this in my previous garden. Great coverage, very fast, hence the name. If you keep on top of pruning, it’s not a huge issue.
Eschscholziacalif on
There’s a lot of plants which are sold which are arguably invasive, e.g bamboo
ChanceStunning8314 on
There are many non native plants sold by RHS and others that can equally be a problem if not controlled.
heggy48 on
They sold me a crocosmia that when I logged it on their app said it wasn’t recommended at all as it was invasive and on a mandatory removal list if it invades elsewhere. So unimpressed – it didn’t say that at all on their shop website.
Feorag-ruadh on
A few online retailers sell plants that are high risk invasive weeds as per the invasive species secretariat. For example I saw yellow variegated archangel for sale on a few UK websites which was planted by the people who previously owned my house. It is so invasive that it has spread from a single planting to over three acres of ancient woodland and it has killed all the native plants that were there originally. Apparently borderline impossible to fully eradicate too. I think we need to be going directly to the retailers on stopping the sale of genuinely invasive and harmful plants. We can’t afford to wait until the law (might) catch up. It took an age for the sale of Gunnera to be banned and it is already well established in the wild here. One online retailer who got back to me when I emailed said they provide care instructions but even so, what if the house gets sold, or the owner is away for a long period, or they plain don’t read or follow the instructions? We are in a biodiversity crisis and it is genuinely not on
RangerToby on
So the only legal hault on the sale of invasive species is only if they are listed under Schedual 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
If its not listed there, then unfortunately, it’s free for all and legal to sell move, transfer etc. Its a list that’s slow to be updated and poorly policed.
clbbcrg on
Plants require control “gardening” not plant and forget .. I don’t see the issue
Breaking-Dad- on
You can keep it in check if each winter you take about 20% off.
I’ll get my coat
trailoftears123 on
Where do you draw the line?Montbretias,arum lillies,bluebells,forget-me-nots,vincas,raspberries,fuschisa,alchemila mollis,really depends how you define invasive.
Riverview1957 on
This Vine is soooo invasive no wonder they call it Russian vain it will invade any environment and cause devastating outcomes
Ambitious-Carrot3069 on
I bought three of these in 9cm pots when I was a noob to this gardening malarkey. Luckily I googled before planting and as much as it hurt, I put them straight into the bin. Had no idea how invasive they were. I’ve also just dug up all my crocosmia this year too, even though I quite like it, but it just proliferates too quickly for my modest garden.
Immediate-Doughnut50 on
It’s the sort of plant you plant on your worst enemy’s land.
Formal-Fox-7605 on
You could say the same about many plants and seeds being sold by garden centres and online.
You can buy nettle seeds, dandelion seeds and a whole lot of others that many would consider weeds.
NickyHepp on
Crocosmia Lucifer last 3 years in my garden. Is it the orange one tests invasive, it grows in the wild in Cornwall.
Scaramouche_33 on
We have one of these deliberately planted to obscure the oil tank. It’s annexed the greenhouse too. We call it Putin.
Dry_rye_ on
It’s fairly easy to cut back you just hack it away and pull down the brittle wood – it doesn’t mind and it doesn’t kill the plant.
It’s not like an ivy where you can’t get rid nod the bloody thing
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I grew this in my previous garden. Great coverage, very fast, hence the name. If you keep on top of pruning, it’s not a huge issue.
There’s a lot of plants which are sold which are arguably invasive, e.g bamboo
There are many non native plants sold by RHS and others that can equally be a problem if not controlled.
They sold me a crocosmia that when I logged it on their app said it wasn’t recommended at all as it was invasive and on a mandatory removal list if it invades elsewhere. So unimpressed – it didn’t say that at all on their shop website.
A few online retailers sell plants that are high risk invasive weeds as per the invasive species secretariat. For example I saw yellow variegated archangel for sale on a few UK websites which was planted by the people who previously owned my house. It is so invasive that it has spread from a single planting to over three acres of ancient woodland and it has killed all the native plants that were there originally. Apparently borderline impossible to fully eradicate too. I think we need to be going directly to the retailers on stopping the sale of genuinely invasive and harmful plants. We can’t afford to wait until the law (might) catch up. It took an age for the sale of Gunnera to be banned and it is already well established in the wild here. One online retailer who got back to me when I emailed said they provide care instructions but even so, what if the house gets sold, or the owner is away for a long period, or they plain don’t read or follow the instructions? We are in a biodiversity crisis and it is genuinely not on
So the only legal hault on the sale of invasive species is only if they are listed under Schedual 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
If its not listed there, then unfortunately, it’s free for all and legal to sell move, transfer etc. Its a list that’s slow to be updated and poorly policed.
Plants require control “gardening” not plant and forget .. I don’t see the issue
You can keep it in check if each winter you take about 20% off.
I’ll get my coat
Where do you draw the line?Montbretias,arum lillies,bluebells,forget-me-nots,vincas,raspberries,fuschisa,alchemila mollis,really depends how you define invasive.
This Vine is soooo invasive no wonder they call it Russian vain it will invade any environment and cause devastating outcomes
I bought three of these in 9cm pots when I was a noob to this gardening malarkey. Luckily I googled before planting and as much as it hurt, I put them straight into the bin. Had no idea how invasive they were. I’ve also just dug up all my crocosmia this year too, even though I quite like it, but it just proliferates too quickly for my modest garden.
It’s the sort of plant you plant on your worst enemy’s land.
You could say the same about many plants and seeds being sold by garden centres and online.
You can buy nettle seeds, dandelion seeds and a whole lot of others that many would consider weeds.
Crocosmia Lucifer last 3 years in my garden. Is it the orange one tests invasive, it grows in the wild in Cornwall.
We have one of these deliberately planted to obscure the oil tank. It’s annexed the greenhouse too. We call it Putin.
It’s fairly easy to cut back you just hack it away and pull down the brittle wood – it doesn’t mind and it doesn’t kill the plant.
It’s not like an ivy where you can’t get rid nod the bloody thing