Over on our Facebook page, we posed a question: What’s a plant you’ll never grow again? Gardenista readers came out in droves to share horror stories about the plants that took over their gardens, and threatened to take over their lives.
Although it’s important to remember the old adage that “one person’s trash is another person’s treasure” in mind (an invasive pest plant in one USDA growing zone may be a perfectly tame addition to a garden in another zone), we thought it was only right to take a look through the list to see if any themes emerged. And emerge they did. Here, 10 plants our followers mentioned again and again, which you may want to consider at your own risk.
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