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Plant profiles

Return to Gardeners' Toolkit homepage (https://www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/gardeners-toolkit)

Do you know if you have an invasive species in your garden?

Discover our collection of plant profiles below which will help you identify the invasive and potentially invasive plants in your garden. Explore where they're from, how to identity them, their impacts, and discover alternative plants.

Invasive species

Crassula helmsii, Australian swamp stonecrop
Plant Profile

Australian swamp stonecrop

Crassula helmsii
Buddleja davidii, Butterfly bush
Plant Profile

Butterfly bush

Buddleja davidii
Cherry laurel, Prunus laurocerasus
Plant Profile

Cherry laurel

Prunus laurocerasus
Japanese knotweed, Reynoutria japonica
Plant Profile

Japanese knotweed

Reynoutria japonica
Montbretia, crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Plant Profile

Montbretia

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Red valerian, Centranthus ruber
Plant Profile

Red valerian

Centranthus ruber
Rhododendron, rhododendron ponticum
Plant Profile

Rhododendron

Rhododendron ponticum
Three cornered leek, Allium triquetrum
Plant Profile

Three cornered leek

Allium triquetrum
Wall cotoneaster, cotoneaster horizontalis
Plant profile

Wall cotoneaster

Cotoneaster horizontalis
Yellow skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanus
Plant Profile

Yellow skunk cabbage

Lysichiton americanus

Potentially invasive species

Heart-leaved houttuynia, Houttuynia cordata
Plant Profile

Heart-leaved houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata
Himalayan honeysuckle, Leycesteria formosa
Plant Profile

Himalayan honeysuckle

Leycesteria formosa
Lady's mantle, Alchemilla mollis
Plant Profile

Lady's mantle

Alchemilla mollis
Mexican fleabane, Erigeron karvinskianus
Plant Profile

Mexican fleabane

Erigeron karvinskianus
Purple top, Verbena bonariensis
Plant Profile

Purple top

Verbena bonariensis

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