Bugleweed. This herbaceous perennial produces a beautiful carpet of blue-toned flower spikes, thriving particularly well in moist, shady areas. It will form a relatively dense mat rather quickly, helping to choke out weeds and offer late-fall interest with its semi-evergreen foliage.
Plants can certain entwine other plants and prevent light from reaching them efficiently (or at all,in some cases). Dodder (Cuscuta spp.) ,Field Bindweed (Convolvulus repens) and Dog Strangling Vine (Cynanchum rossicum ) are three nasty entwining plants around here.
OVERVIEW: Japanese honeysuckle is an aggressive invasive woody vine that climbs, suffocates, and strangles other plants. Vines can grow 80-120 ft. Deciduous in colder climates; evergreen in moderate to warmer areas.
Kudzu grows out of control quickly, spreading through runners (stems that root at the tip when in contact with moist soil), rhizomes and by vines that root at the nodes to form new plants. Once established, kudzu grows at a rate of one foot per day with mature vines as long as 100 feet.
It's not just animals that the bladderwort, Utricularia, eats. Two new papers are finding out how bladderworts also digest microscopic plants. The genus Utricularia is a collection of over 200 species of carnivorous plant found around the world. Above the ground, they look pretty, but not particularly odd.
Giant padma (Rafflesia arnoldii)
Giant padmas are unable to photosynthesise and instead gain nutrients by stealing it from the roots of nearby Tetrastigma vines.
This plant, commonly called Venus flytrap, from the rapidity and force of its movements, is one of the most wonderful in the world . . .
The fastest of all: Virginia Creeper
They're self clinging climbers which can swiftly turn a wall, fence or building into a living wall of colour, with five pointed, emerald green foliage that turns ruby red in autumn.
Creeping Phlox
This hardy perennial groundcover plant will cover your garden in a pastel-hued carpet of star-shaped flowers in the springtime, and its semi-evergreen foliage will continue to help choke out weeds throughout the remainder of the growing season.
Black walnut (Juglans nigra) contains juglone, which inhibits the growth of other plants beneath it. You may have heard that you shouldn't plant a black walnut tree in your garden, but have you ever wondered why? Allelopathy explains why some plants won't grow around others.
If other plants are close enough, the dodder will grow outward through the air to ensnare another host. It can easily grow to encompass many plants, covering them completely and eventually strangling them or starving them out.
Depending on who you ask, this could be a good or bad thing – the pollinators sure love it, but some (though not all) asclepias can quickly choke other plants out. Asclepias is also known as Milkweed.
Answer: Asiatic jasmine is a great ground cover and does exactly what we ask to do — cover the ground. This means it can grow out of control to compete with other plants. Actually it is so vigorous it can easily choke out annuals, perennials and shrubs. It can also climb the trunks of trees.
While Creeping Charlie is generally a chill plant, some kids might find it irritating. Watch out for redness or itchiness after handling and rinse the area with water if needed. If symptoms persist, a call to the pediatrician is in order.
The tree of heaven is a problem because it reproduces very quickly and aggressively inhibits (and can even kill) native plants near it.
Once established, Kudzu plants grow rapidly, extending as much as 60 feet per season at a rate of about one foot per day.
The worst invasive species, such as saltcedar, Tamarix ramosissima and yellow starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis, have caused substantial changes to the character, condition, form, and nature of the invaded habitat. In scientific literature, these species are sometimes referred to as landscape transformers.
Thyme Leaf Speedwell (Veronica oltensis) is quick growing, durable, and easily a garden favorite when it comes to groundcovers you can step on.
If you want to grow an exotic-looking plant in your garden, try Amorphophallus rivieri, also known by another scientific name, Amorphophallus konja, and commonly called devil's tongue and voodoo lily. When this fleshy, frost-tender perennial blooms, it creates a visually striking and smelly statement in the garden.
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, and occasionally small mammals and birds. They still generate all of their energy from photosynthesis.
🌱 Tickle-me plants (Mimosa pudica) are sensitive to touch and can close their leaves in a matter of seconds.