44 thoughts on “I don’t EVER recommend planting this plant.”
My neighbor grew peppermint 6yrs ago and now I can't get rid of it. It came under the fence 4yrs ago and now I find new plants on every side of my house. It's like a VERY INVASIVE weed, but it does smell delicious when cut.😊😊
same goes for trumpet vine. it looks almost identical to wisteria, but has orange trumpet-shaped flowers. I have seen wisteria in the shape of a bush. probably a lot of maintenance.
It is so invasive, it will uproot your homes foundation. How do I know? It happened to me. It will destroy forests. It is beautiful but destructive in the USA.
Stop…you need to differentiate between Asian Wisteria (Wisteria floribunda that you're showing here and is the definition of invasive) and native Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens), which can be aggressive, but it's native and the host plant for the Long Tailed Skipper. Differentiation between the two is absolutely necessary
Omg!, so true. I had a wisteria tree in my yard and was tired of cutting it back, so chopped it down, poured gas on the stump and burned it. It still came back with a vengeance!
My back courtyard has a concrete floor with a thick beam pergola style roof that goes from wall-to-wall above the courtyard. I jackhammered a section out of the concrete and planted a grape vine in it and trained it up. It fully covers the Pergola now and it’s absolutely amazing; once a year I get up on the roof and trim it away from the house and do a little maintenance.
I can personally vouch for that. Once it takes over, it's very difficult to kill. If you are an avid gardener and plan on being out there every single day trimming it and monitoring it, you may be able to get away with it, but the one I had took over an entire tree and killed it.
Wisteria as absolutely taken over a large portion of the highway near where I live. It’s beautiful in the spring with the purple flowers however I eats huge trees and I just noticed it’s climbing on the near by houses !!
Holy eff. Sick of these videos. Anything has the potential to be invasive. Wisteria is invasive in your climate, in your location. It grows fine and well behaved all over the rest of the world.
Took me three years to clear out a wisteria that previous renters let grow wild. I pulled up surface roots that were 30’ long. Still have 2-3 sprouts every summer….5 years later.
You forgot to mention the crazy way it distributes it’s seeds. The seed pods build up pressure and then explode open in an effort to spray/shoot the seed away from the mother plant. It’s crazy.
In SWFL, it's passion fruit vine. It grows everywhere. When I see a people buying seeds for it, it blows my mind. It's absolutely beautiful which you mentioned about this plant lol but it's annoying sometimes lol
Say this to my neighbor. The couple planted one and has been hanging over my side. Its roots spread to my yard and killed my fruit trees one by one. I HATE it!!!
My neighbor grew peppermint 6yrs ago and now I can't get rid of it. It came under the fence 4yrs ago and now I find new plants on every side of my house. It's like a VERY INVASIVE weed, but it does smell delicious when cut.😊😊
same goes for trumpet vine. it looks almost identical to wisteria, but has orange trumpet-shaped flowers.
I have seen wisteria in the shape of a bush. probably a lot of maintenance.
Had no idea; and yes, you broke my heart!😢
We moved into a house with 4 dang things.
I live in Louisiana. Around late March every year the wooded areas along the sides of roads turn purple overnight. Wisteria blooms are everywhere.
I imagine if you traced it back far enough, you’ll find it originates in an old home site and there are daffodils all over as well.
How do you get rid of English ivy?
It is so invasive, it will uproot your homes foundation. How do I know? It happened to me. It will destroy forests. It is beautiful but destructive in the USA.
Morning glory
OK! But what to plant instead? Hops vines?
I hate it, and trumpet vine with it!
And it's poisonous if you plant near your house it'll tear up your foundation
Stop…you need to differentiate between Asian Wisteria (Wisteria floribunda that you're showing here and is the definition of invasive) and native Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens), which can be aggressive, but it's native and the host plant for the Long Tailed Skipper. Differentiation between the two is absolutely necessary
Omg!, so true. I had a wisteria tree in my yard and was tired of cutting it back, so chopped it down, poured gas on the stump and burned it. It still came back with a vengeance!
My back courtyard has a concrete floor with a thick beam pergola style roof that goes from wall-to-wall above the courtyard. I jackhammered a section out of the concrete and planted a grape vine in it and trained it up. It fully covers the Pergola now and it’s absolutely amazing; once a year I get up on the roof and trim it away from the house and do a little maintenance.
So what you're telling me is, I shouldn't plant Wisteria because Wisteria will plant itself. Got it.
Still better than Porcelain Berry
I have her in a pot. Love this plant
I can personally vouch for that. Once it takes over, it's very difficult to kill. If you are an avid gardener and plan on being out there every single day trimming it and monitoring it, you may be able to get away with it, but the one I had took over an entire tree and killed it.
I totally agree 👍
WISTERIA IS A NIGHTMARE
I call. It the bad ex boyfriend plant. It will never go away
In northern California it is not invasive, just stop watering it and it dies here. It is kind of like a desert here though.
plant the native ones. yes they grow a bit slower but they're MEANT TO BE HERE.
Wisteria as absolutely taken over a large portion of the highway near where I live. It’s beautiful in the spring with the purple flowers however I eats huge trees and I just noticed it’s climbing on the near by houses !!
Same with vica Mina and trumpet vine, can't get rid of it , literally takes over
o heck no….
I have an old Tiffany Wisteria lamp. That's good enough for me.
Holy eff. Sick of these videos. Anything has the potential to be invasive. Wisteria is invasive in your climate, in your location. It grows fine and well behaved all over the rest of the world.
Add in wintercreeper and honeysuckle bush
Such a handsome young man!
Nightmare in the US.
Plant in a large pot & give it a good structure 😊 take any new plants & sell them!
They grow out of control quickly but are beautiful 🎉
Took me three years to clear out a wisteria that previous renters let grow wild. I pulled up surface roots that were 30’ long. Still have 2-3 sprouts every summer….5 years later.
You forgot to mention the crazy way it distributes it’s seeds. The seed pods build up pressure and then explode open in an effort to spray/shoot the seed away from the mother plant. It’s crazy.
Cut the pods off.and prune properly. I don't have that problem.
In SWFL, it's passion fruit vine. It grows everywhere. When I see a people buying seeds for it, it blows my mind. It's absolutely beautiful which you mentioned about this plant lol but it's annoying sometimes lol
I love my Wisteria. I planted it across the street, lol.
This is really awkward after I planted 3 of them in my driveway yesterday
Cats claws is the same.
Say this to my neighbor. The couple planted one and has been hanging over my side. Its roots spread to my yard and killed my fruit trees one by one. I HATE it!!!
Agreed!!!
How about in the back 40
I in colorado 5b I can not get this to grow. Always dies back in late summer . Grows in spirit