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Went to lowes to buy some burning bushes and barberry and they told me that Ny stores arent allowed to sell them anymore because they consider them invasive.   Never heard of this and these are common plants in landscaping.   

Anyone else hear of this?  I have all these already and theyve never came close to taking over.  

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  On 5/24/2019 at 1:54 PM, Swamp_bucks said:

Went to lowes to buy some burning bushes and barberry and they told me that Ny stores arent allowed to sell them anymore because they consider them invasive.   Never heard of this and these are common plants in landscaping.   

Anyone else hear of this?  I have all these already and theyve never came close to taking over.  

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I know the Barberry is causing major issues as an invasive. The other thing it is tagged with is helping the spread of ticks. Apparently since the foliage is so dense it holds the humidity and heat under it well and that is perfect climate for the little buggers to grow and breed. It also keeps out what few predators they have becasue of the spines.  I hadn't read anything on the burning bush though. 

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Yep barberry spreads by bird poop maybe not in your yard but in the woods around it.. lots of things that looked nice are now problems. Purple loosestrife, phragmities, autumn olive, ect... all former landscape plants.

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