On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we talk about some problematic plants in the landscape, wintercreeper and Japanese barberry, They have been widely planted, but in many places, they have escaped cultivation and are now causing problems in natural areas. Learn more about these troublesome plants and some alternative plants we can plant instead! Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-06EunFV3Gk 00:27 – Ready for colder weather and moving plants indoors 01:32 – Keeping cats out of potted plants 03:12 – Can plants be good or bad? 04:26 – What does invasive mean? 08:00 – “Bad plant” #1 – Wintercreeper 10:36 – Managing wintercreeper 13:18 – Wintercreeper alternatives 14:12 – Wild ginger 14:55 – Barren strawberry 15:40 – Ferns 16:14 – Sedges 16:47 – A few more groundcovers 17:42 – Vining alternatives, Virginia creeper and passionflower*c 20:07 – Mayapple (groundcover) and other spring ephemerals 22:44 – “Bad plant” #2 – Japanese barberry 26:14 – Managing barberry 28:55 – Barberry alternatives 29:07 – Hydrangeas, Little Quick Fire 29:44 – Boxwood 30:39 – Winterberry holly, Berry Poppins 32:35 – Inkberry holly 33:42 – Aronia, Low Scape mound chokeberry 35:34 – Fothergilla 36:42 – Ninebark 38:15 – Knock out rose 39:05 – Red and yellow twig dogwood 40:32 – Wrap-up, thank you, what’s up next week, and good-bye! Management of Invasive Plants and Pests of Illinois: https://extension.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/management_of_invasive_plants_and_pests_of_illinois.pdf Check out the Good Growing Blog: go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing Subscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. -- You can find us on most podcast platforms. SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-555304573 iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377 Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing Tunein https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR Vurbl https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/ Listen notes https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/good-growing-chris-enroth-cHLPMWpvEOG/ Ivy https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-167902 Castbox https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growing-id4302614?country=us Google podcasts https://bit.ly/3AiYjTD