Invasive Plants

Chinese Wisteria. Wonderful fragrance but easily gets out of control and destroys trees. Remove from greenway and at home, keep it confined to a frequently clipped back tree form. Roots sneak underground and pop up elsewhere. Never let it climb a tree.

Poke weed. Rapidly spreads. Remove wherever found.

Invasive Plants

Porcelain Berry. Very pretty turquoise berries in fall but climbs trees with a single bound. Rampant on Briar Creek Greenway and needs to be removed from trees.

Plant Villains

English Ivy. Strangles trees and invades lawns. Clip vines at base of tree so higher vines will eventually die and pull out from lawns. It laughs at RoundUp but runs from brushkiller. Avoid spray if you can as brushkiller kills everything. The number one invasive plant in our neighborhood. If you must have it, keep it in a container.