Entries Tagged as 'Phragmites australis'

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Protecting Plants from Snow and Ice in the Winter

Ice Tree by Spiritwoman1 There are many websites about how to plan to prevent damage to trees in winter snow or ice storms.  See here, for example.   These articles tell one how to pick strong trees that won’t be as prone to winter breakage and how to wrap trees or shrubs to try to […]

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Filed under Phragmites australis, Plants, Snow, Winter

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Top 10 Invasive Plants

In the last two posts (here and here) TheGardenLady explained the problem with invasive plants and how they came to the United States respectively.  In this post TheGardenLady will give a list of 10 of the invasive trees and shrubs in great parts of the US: 1. Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima – This might […]

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Filed under Acer platanoides, Ailanthus altissima, Ampelopsis brevipedunculata, Amur Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii, Asiatic Bittersweet, Autumn Olive, Berberis thunbergii, Celastrus orbiculatus, Common Reed, Eleagnus umbellata, Invasive Plants, Japanese Barbery, Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica, Japanese knotweed, Kudzu Vine, Norway Maple, Phragmites australis, Polygonum cuspidatum, Porcelain berry, Pueraria montana var. lobata, Tartarian Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica, Tree of Heaven