Great fritillary butterfly in meadow. Flowering meadow Vegetated buffer, erosion control Flowering urban meadow on Boston Post Road. Low-mow lawn Small gardens for small pollinators

Landscape Ideas, Designs, Plans with Kathy Connolly

Covering Ground

March, 2024
Japanese barberry
Put Invasive Plants on a Starvation Diet This Year

It's March, and I'm back to the annual ritual of cutting woody invasive plants to the ground. March, April, and May are "prime time" for a technique called carbohydrate starvation (a.k.a. root depletion). My top target is Japanese barberry at a local state forest where I volunteer. Other bad actors include burning bush, privet, autumn olive, and multiflora rose. 

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