7 plants I'll never grow again* 🌿 (*probably 😃)

What plants won't you grow again? Are you horrified by any on my list?

Beware of plants in a private sale where someone has a ton of them potted up. Ask yourself why.

If you ever feel stupid about accidentally planting a pest. Just know I planted spearmint, peppermint, and lemon balm all in the same garden bed. 😂😅 Hope that makes someone feel better lol

I have a simple rule in gardening. Plant what makes you happy.

I'm thrilled when anything lives

Morning glories 20 years still pulling out the runners 😡

Mint. Enough said.

We had lily of the valley when I was growing up. My dad was a gardener. He had it planted at the edge of the woods. It was lovely there, needed absolutely no care and the lawn mower kept it from spreading into the yard. It was just fine at the edge of the woods and was beautiful there.

I feel like everyone has that one plant that sends them into an uncontrollable, blinding petty rage. It’s like a rite of passage for every gardener 🤣

It’s never a “mistake” it’s a learning curve🤣

Nurseries need to take part of the blame. They need to be upfront to the general public on what can be invasive in their area and clearly mark it as such. Either invasive due to runners, rhizomes, re seeding etc Invasives can cause such a big problem with our native plants being choked out . Most people wont do what is needed to eradicate a bully in the garden. If people were informed they could make a decision about that plant as they are shopping for one.

Somebody might pull my southern card but crepe myrtle is my nemesis!! Our rivalry is so next level…. I’ve tried to decimate their numbers and they’ve fought back with their strappy, switchy limbs and endless roots and shoots. Many tears, some crepe murder, and one corneal abrasion later….not much has changed. They’re still out there. Laughing at me.

I love Lily of the Valley, but I have learned how to tame it. We put a patio by the side of our house. There was a 4" gap between it and the fence. I put a piece of metal edging under the fence. Placed the flowers between the two and let it fill in the area. And now eight years later they are still contained. Did this with some mint also, and so far it has stayed corraled.

Vinca major. I took a small clump from my mother’s garden to help fill in my new garden space when I bought our home. It has been 20 years of trimming and yanking just to keep it contained within a space surrounded by concrete. It even overtook mint!

Snow on the mountain. I'm still digging it up after 8 years

Bamboo and pampas grass. Our neighbor has these two things plants right next to our fence and they spread like crazy. They’re invasive and hard to kill. In fact, if you try to chop it back or kill it, it just grows back more aggressively. Also, bulb plants spread and are hard to dig out.

Erin, thank you for giving us permission to not like certain plants to grow in our gardens!! I realize it's a very personal decision, but we have the right to spend money, work, time, sweat on plants that do WELL for us and make us happy. I personally do not like hot colored flowers in red, orange, hot yellow. I'm in Texas, and it's already hot enough without adding hot colors. Also, I'll never grow plants that spread or reseed aggressively....too much work. I've learned to be careful of plants that friends are too eager to share...they are often very aggressive, that's why they have so much of it to give away.

Yucca. Those suckers never die!

Wisteria, never ever again.

Japanese Knotweed. My god, once that takes hold in the garden it's like Day Of The Triffids in the blink of an eye.