Regional Picks: Alternatives to Invasives – Midwest

Invasive – Norway Maple

( Acer platanoides )

1. Celebration®Maple

Name:Acerfreemanii‘Celzam’

USDA Hardiness Zones:4 to 9

Size:45 to 50 feet tall and 20 to 25 animal foot wide

Conditions : Full Dominicus ; moist , well - drain territory

Unlike a Norway maple , Celebration ® maple is virtually seedless , mean you’re able to spend more time relaxing in your backyard instead of cleaning up those darn “ bunny girl ears . ” The inwardly cupped limbs and strong branch angles withstand snow loads and tempest without shatter . And it has a hempen root system , so you wo n’t have to deal with the root upheaval that can get sidewalk or drive damage . A honest choice for urban gardens , Celebration ® has impenetrable immature foliage that is disease repellent , look just during mellow summertime , and is kind of salt spray . Autumn coloration begins in midfall .

Invasive – Glossy Buckthorn

( Rhamnus frangula )

2. Tiger Eyes®Cutleaf Sumac

Name:Rhus typhina‘Bailtiger’

Zones:4 to 8

Size:6 pes marvelous and 8 feet wide

Conditions : Full Lord’s Day to partial shade ; moist , well - drained land

Unlike other sumacs , Tiger Eyes ® is a small-scale , sterile cultivar that distribute slowly . It can be used as a single specimen or in masses , but in either scenario , this sumach provide a arresting silhouette . The branches angle up , while its leaves wilt down , render it an Asian looking at . Its fresh increment is yellowish green dark-green and finally get on to an almost neon lemon - lime colour . striking in declension , Tiger centre ® cutleaf sumac turns a compounding of yellow , orange , and scarlet . Adaptable to most soil types , it is also drouth tolerant once established .

Invasive – Callery Pear

( genus Pyrus calleryana )

3. Samaritan®Chinese Dogwood

Name:Cornus kousavar.chinensis‘Samzam’

Zones:5 to 8

Size:20 to 25 foot tall and 15 to 20 feet wide

Samaritan ® is an extremely hardy variegate cornel . The creamy - white - and - fleeceable leaves have wavelike margin , wo n’t scorch in the hot summertime sun , and turn a beamy pinkish burgundy in fall . Its abundant , adept - shaped flowers can put on a show for up to three week or more . Samaritan ® Formosan dogwood tree also resists anthracnose , unlike other blossoming cornel .

Invasive – Common Privet

( Ligustrum obtusifolium )

4. Nordic™Inkberry

Name:Ilex glabra‘Chamzin’

Zones:3 to 9

Size:3 to 4 feet tall and wide

condition : Full sun to full shade ; moist , well - drain soil

This evergreen plant cultivar stands out from the species because of its heavyset use and glossy , deep green foliage , which provides winter interest . Nordic ™ inkberry is easily assert and takes shearing well . Although similar in appearance to Japanese holly ( I. crenata , Zones 5–7 ) , this gallberry can take full sunshine or wraith and has brassbound hardiness .

Maria Zampini owns Lake County New Plants in Madison , Ohio .

Photos : # 1 ( option ) # 3 ( alternative ) and # 4 ( choice ) , courtesy of Maria Zampini ; # 1 ( trespassing ) , Paul Wray , Iowa State University / www.bugwood.org ; # 2 ( invasive ) , Robert H. Mohlenbrock / USDA - NRCS Plants Database ; # 2 ( alternative ) , Michelle Gervais ; # 3 ( invasive ) , Dan Tenaglia , Missouriplants / www.bugwood.org ; # 4 ( invasive ) , Leslie J. Mehrhoff , University of Connecticut / www.bugwood.org

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