NOT WANTED

NOT WANTED

Oriental Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus

By Granby Drummer | December 2, 2019

Bittersweet is an extremely vigorous woody vine that can grow dozens of feet, smothering the tops of small trees, strangling them, and pulling them down, similar to the southern kudzu vine. In large mature trees, bittersweet can wrap around the trunk, climb 60 feet or more and follow branches out in search of sun.

NOT WANTED

Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii DC

By Granby Drummer | November 1, 2019

A dense bush 2 to 7 feet high, Japanese Barberry has spikey thorns every inch or so along each branch. Small leaves along the branches are green in spring and summer.

NOT WANTED

Purple Loosestrife

By Granby Drummer | October 1, 2019

Purple Loosestrife – Lythrum salicaria ­—is October’s Invasive of the Month. Here is how to identify it, and what to do about it.