Just Say No to Ivy

Great article by Val Easton in this weekend's Home & Garden section of The Times. I became a Native Plant Steward with the Washington Native Plant Society in 2001 and the 100 hour training course was very enlightening!!

If you ever dabble in the dirt and plant anything in your yard or garden, you better read Know what's invasive and what's banned when deciding what to plant

OK, bottom line, which plants should we never allow into our gardens? "English ivy and any of the knotweeds. All knotweed cultivars are quarantined," says Reichard (see www.nwcb.wa.govto learn which plants are outlawed and/or quarantined in our state).