Glencarlyn Library Community Garden Educational Video
The Glencarlyn Library Community Garden coordinators have created a new series of short videos about locally invasive plants and native alternatives. This series looks at individual invasive plants, discussing how to remove them and suggesting native plants to consider as replacements. We will be sharing these videos as well as additional resources on our website every month.
- Plants designated as “invasive” are distinct from weeds or other plant species that simply spread aggressively in our own gardens. In the United States, invasiveness was formally defined in Executive Order 13112 (1999), which was amended by Executive Order 13751 (2016).
- Together, those directives state that an invasive plant:
- Is not native to the ecosystem in which it occurs.
- It can spread by seeds, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating that species beyond cultivation.
- Its introduction into natural areas causes economic or environmental harm or harm to human, animal, or plant health
Invasive Plant Video: Butterfly Bush
Native Alternatives
- Aronia arbutifolia (Red Chokeberry)
- Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)
- Fothergilla gardenii (Dwarf Fothergilla)
- Itea virginica (Virginia Sweetspire)
- Lindera benzoin (Spicebush)
- Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-Low’ (Fragrant Sumac)
- Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac)
- Vaccinium corymbosum (Highbush Blueberry)
- Viburnum nudum (Possum-haw)
- Viburnum prunifolium (Black Haw)
Related Content
- Are Butterfly Bush Cultivars Labeled as “Sterile” Environmentally Safer?
- Learn More about Invasive Plants
- Making Wise Plant Choices, Part 1: Natives vs. Invasives
Virtual Classes
- Invasive Plants & Native Alternatives – Elaine Mills
Zoom session, recorded November 13, 2020 - Invasives in Your Garden – Alyssa Ford Morel
Zoom session, recorded August 5, 2022 - Making Wise Plant Choices, Part 1: Natives vs. Invasives
- Overused Foundation Plants & Native Alternatives – Elaine Mills
Zoom session, recorded July 10, 2020
