Invasive-plants

Landscape Ontario recognizes the threat of invasive plants to certain environments.

Some simple guidelines and resources to help you deal with uninvited guests in your garden.

Ed Horlings, owner of Horlings Garden Centre in Peterborough and member of Landscape Ontario, is always looking for new products, information and services for his customers.

Some organizations are asking for restrictions on new plants that are lacking scientific assessments

Proposed legislation was introduced in the provincial legislature on Feb. 26.

The Grow Me Instead Guide highlights a variety of native and non-native plants that do well in gardens and are non-invasive in Ontario.

The Ontario Invasive Plant Council (OIPC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2007 to develop a coordinated provincial response to the growing threat of invasive plants.

There are over 400 species of plants considered invasive in Ontario.

A group of international scientists are studying some introduced species that dominate new habitats when native plants should technically have the advantage.

In the spring of 2009, members of the horticulture industry and the conservation community came together to discuss shared concerns and take co-operative action to manage invasive plants and protect native vegetation.