{"id":2856,"date":"2015-04-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.sdps-bbs.com\/?p=2856"},"modified":"2025-08-01T09:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:55:28","slug":"commercial-greenhouse-and-nursery-production-alternative-options-for-invasive-landscape-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/commercial-greenhouse-and-nursery-production-alternative-options-for-invasive-landscape-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Greenhouse and Nursery Production: Alternative Options for Invasive Landscape Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Commercial\u200bOrnamental plants provide many environmental and ecological benefits to landscapes and urban areas. They can be aesthetically pleasing, reduce stormwater runoff, lower carbon dioxide and pollutants, alleviate the urban \u201cheat island\u201d effect and provide habitats to pollinators, birds and mammals. And in the last 20 years, consumers and the general public have become much more aware of these benefits. The urban environment is different than most locations in a plant\u2019s native range. It is an ecosystem unlike any other due to extreme environmental pressures, so landscapers and homeowners must use a wide range of plant material that will survive in these unique and often harsh environments. Horticulturalists have continued to discover and introduce plants to broaden the plant palette. Unfortunately, a few of these landscape species can escape into wild areas and create ecological problems in unintended areas such as forests and woodlands. In Indiana, a few frequently used landscape plant species have invaded these natural areas and are displacing native species.<\/p>\n

For these reasons, the green industry must begin to produce and use different landscape plants that can replace the invasive species. This publication lists potential alternatives to some of the most notorious and damaging invasive plants in Indiana.<\/p>\n

For a free download of the full publication, visit\u00a0Commercial Greenhouse and Nursery Production: Alternative Options for Invasive Landscape Plants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/strong>
\nNative Trees of the Midwest<\/a>, The Education Store
\nShrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest<\/a>, The Education Store
\nFNR\/Purdue Extension\u00a0YouTube Video Playlist<\/a>,\u00a0Asian Bush Honeysuckle, Burning Bush and Multiflora Rose
\nPurdue Plant & Pest Diagnostic Laboratory (PPDL)<\/a>\u00a0(Send in samples or photos)<\/p>\n

Lindsey Purcell<\/a>\u200b, Chapter Executive Director\/Certificate Liaison
\nIndiana Arborist Association<\/p>\n

Rosie Lerner, Horticulturist
\nRetired<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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