Dakota Gardener: Avoid the dreaded garden thugs

The best way to avoid an aggressive plant taking over your garden is to research their characteristics before buying plants at the garden center.

Do you have garden thugs in your landscape? These are garden plants that are overly aggressive and try to take over the garden. They are the equivalent of bullies because they refuse to play nice with other plants. As a young gardener, I made the mistake of purchasing bishop’s weed. The plant looked innocent enough and featured mint green leaves with cream-colored margins. The garde...

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