As a landscape plant, burning bush (Euonymus alatus) can be quite striking. I hesitate to ever recommend it. It is an invasive and its use is actively discouraged in many areas (and even banned in Massachusetts, I believe). It’s a native of northeastern Asia and is naturalized over much of eastern North America. The plant we have is in a pot, which helps keep it small, although I’m not really sure I want even that much in my yard. Not that getting rid of ours is going to make much difference, as this is grown all over our area and the cat is already out of the bag.
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Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus)
Categories: Flowers and Plants
Tags: Autumn, Burning Bush, Euonymus, Euonymus alatus, Fall Color, Invasive, Invasive Plant, Non-Native Plant, Red
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Ficaria verna
Dorothy, Cathy, and I walked on the Seneca Greenway Trail this afternoon, parking where MD 28 crosses Seneca Creek and walking downstream. We only saw a few other people and it was a very pleasant walk. It’s relatively flat, with only a few ups and downs to deal with. The birds were out in force and we heard them all around, although we weren’t stopping to see them so much and didn’t really get very close to any. I did stop to take a few photos, including of this fig buttercup, also known as lesser celandine. It was formerly classified as Ranunculus ficaria but is now Ficaria verna. It’s an invasive, non-native species that grows in many of our wetlands.
Categories: Flowers and Plants
Tags: Ficaria, Ficaria verna, fig buttercup, Herbaceous Perennial, Invasive, Invasive Plant, lesser celandine, Non-Native Plant, Noxious Weed, Weed, Yellow
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