Jacob Ryg from Davey's South St. Paul office shares a list of some invasive species, how to get rid of them and what species to plant in your garden and landscape instead.
In this episode we cover:
- What makes a species invasive? (0:41)
- Invasive European buckthorn in South St. Paul (1:32)
- Did you know that garlic mustard is invasive? (6:41)
- Invasive species differ depending on where you are (8:26)
- Other kinds of invasive species (9:10)
- Is continual top cutting effective for getting rid of invasive species? (10:22)
- Replace your invasive species by planting native species (11:19)
- Try and stay away from planting "gimmick plants" (12:52)
- It can be dangerous to plant unknown species in your garden (13:28)
- Which plants are positives to put in your garden? (14:13) (19:05)
- Kentucky coffee tree (15:31)
- Plants labeled "sterile" aren't always sterile (17:28)
- Dawn redwoods (20:12)
- Jacob's love for working with people, plants and trees (21:42)
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