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Botany

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5. Burning Bush is very invasive. Birds eat the fruits and spread them in their poop and it does not

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:29 AM

Monday

…. support our native insects.

The non native Euonymus alatus has been sold and pushed by the nursery/landscape industry because
it is really easy to propagate and grow. If you can find it the Native American Wahoo (burning bush)
Euonymus atropurpureus is far superior if not arrow wood viburnum, black haw viburnum, or black
chokeberry are good alternatives. If you have one remove it and plant a New England Aster.

Many of our common landscape plants are non native and in many cases invasive.