Post Your Invasives!

[Eric Group]

It's becoming less and less illegal in a lot of places nowadays.

True that.. On a state level anyway... Still mad at my parent's generation! They shoulda had that shit legalized 15-20 years ago! Now it is left up to my generation and we are only capable of one thing: DISAGREEING with each other while making a big deal out of BS that doesn't matter! Guess that is better than the millennials.... They seem to only be capab.... Wait, I got a tweet, what were we saying? OMG, LOL, JK, STFU!
SMDH...

 

[sorce]

SMDH

Smut!

By the way I finally got thorns on my Buckthorn. First flowers first thorns.

Sorce

 

[aml1014]

Guess that is better than the millennials.... They seem to only be capab.... Wait, I got a tweet, what were we saying? OMG, LOL, JK, STFU!

I'm so happy im not like this! Maybe that's why I don't have friends, I don't give a shit what anyone is doing!lol now THIS is my kind of social media hahaha

Aaron

 

[aml1014]

its no jem it needs some serious work. It looks horrible with no leaves. View attachment 114084 here is another one I collected last spring. I diddnt have a pot ready for it so I stuck it in the ground. It's hard to tell but it put in a ton of growth. I'll be ready for it 2017... chop, repot, angle change, wire, show the nice nebari,
View attachment 114081

Based off the jar, your my kind of man!now that's a sweet burning bush!

Aaron

 

[Vin]

Parthenocissus quinquefolia 'Virginia creeper'

Collected about a year and a half ago I initially was going to make a semi-cascade out of it. However, after careful consideration I felt it just looked too unnatural. So this spring it went upright and the result is much improved.

February 2015:



August 2016:

 

[ysrgrathe]

My only invasive, as far as I know.
Paulownia Tomentosa

Paulownia bonsai? I too like to live dangerously.

 

[eferguson1974]

Firstly, my condolences.

Secondly, I would like to contribute, but we don't really have i nvasive trees, maybe weed trees.
So here is one from seedling, and has been further multiplied through cuttings.
Fustic - Chlorophora t.

Thus far we haven't found any others that can do this.
Good Day
Anthony

old image - apologies
View attachment 114030

You guys dont have invasives? You oughta see the f ben attacking the palmoil palms here! Plus there are tons of imported trees and plants here that go crazy. Im surprised you dont have so many...

 

[Anthony]

Eric,

Ficus b., just doesn't do anything down here, or any of the other Ficus varieties.
Some that could have been invasive ended up as food for the Bachacs [ leaf cutting ants ]
Can't give any other explanation.

Good to see you around.
Good Day
Anthony

 

[just.wing.it]

Paulownia bonsai? I too like to live dangerously.

Hahaha, yeah, well after my neighbor told me I had a "trash tree" growing in my garden, I instantly fell in love with it.

 

[sorce]

careful consideration

Excellent Consideration!

That's one Hell of a 1 year progression.

It took on about 60 bonsai years!

Must be that magic ruler!

Sorce

 

[CWTurner]

I threw a few wild grape(?) on my dump pile earlier this spring to see how they transplant. This one is growing well enough to consider potting it. The woods/lots are full of this around here, some 4-6" diameter, so it might be worth collecting a large one.
I also collected some oriental bittersweet vine, but its just a stick in a pot now. My wife loves the berries.


These are both seriously invasive around these parts.
CW

 

[Soldano666]

Apparently Google informed me that my privets are invasive as well. Told you guys this thread was my jam here's a invasive privet and weedsome others I collected this year. I like the trunks but they need some branch development thoughand then there's this guy. Mostly let it grow to gain some branch girth but I've pulled some of them down so the lay flatter, kind of an experiment I expect it to start looking a lot better next season

 

[CWTurner]

here's a invasive privet and weed

Its just a weed Soldano, no need to put it on a pedestal.
CW

 

[just.wing.it]

I find the "wings" very strange, as they make the branch appear as almost a perfect square.

 

[Soldano666]

no need to put it on a pedestal.
CW

haha nice one. Guess I walked into that one

 

[gallina1594]

I also like to collect whatever is growing around my house! I collected this last fall and it has grown like a weed (haha). Anybody have an idea what it is?

 

[just.wing.it]

Poison Ivy?
Box elder?

 

[BrianBay9]

Box elder seedlings and poison ivy look alot alike. Quick ID tip - box elder, like all maples, have opposite buds. Poison ivy has alternate.

 

[gallina1594]

Ive been touching it over a year now.... either it's a box elder, or I'm not allergic to poison ivy

 

[Vin]

If it were poison anything, it would be Poison Oak. Poison Ivy leaves come to a pronounced point on the end.