Problems with Invasive Shrubs: Identify, Remove, Replace with Cricket Vlass

When

02/23/2021    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Invasive plants are not only a threat to conservation lands, they also pose a threat in your yard.
In this 1-hr WCLT webinar, learn from Cricket Vlass, Town of Wellesley’s Horticulturist and Landscape Planner:

  • WHY invasive shrubs are a threat not only to native plants but also to wildlife such as birds and butterflies
  • WHAT are six types of local invasive shrubs: burning bush, oriental bittersweet, bush honeysuckle, Japanese barberry, glossy buckthorn, and multiflora rose
  • HOW to identify and remove these invasive shrubs
  • WHAT are native plants that can be used to replace these invasives