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Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is an extremely invasive non-native plant in northeastern North America. Please do not plant garlic mustard here.
These are a massively invasive weed in the US. Gardeners and people out and about in the wilderness are strongly encouraged to pull the p...Read More
I was cleaning up a bit, in a small park we take care of, and came in contact with this. I did not recognize it as THE garlic mustard be...Read More
Garlic Mustard first appeared last year (2014), in my back yard. This year it is everywhere, and choking out many flowers! I once had wh...Read More
This was showing in February with snow still on the ground and glad I took the time to identify it. I saw a couple of these late last yea...Read More
I've had this come in by seed from a neighbor, and have also had to deal with it as a professional gardener. It's an aggressive weed. It ...Read More
Uhm, WOW. Well, I am reading it's actually a really wonderful plant to eat and is absolutely delicious. Any one want to comment on the flavor?
IF your garden is in Eastern North America, don't even think about it. I have spent literally hundreds of hours eliminating this plant fr...Read More
If I lived in an area where this plant was native, I would love it. Unfortunately, here in the U.S. it is non-native, invasive and destr...Read More
WE have renamed these plants to “Mustard Mutants”. I found one in my yard when I moved in 5 years ago and the battle began. I spend...Read More
This is one of the worst thugs I know. I didn't know it was edible, but you know what, that does not redeem it in the slightest. It doe...Read More
I heard on NPR recently that this is the MOST nutritious green ever tested. It is terribly INVASIVE here. I have hated it for years. Yet ...Read More
So... I see that many people regard this plant as a nuisance. I think it interesting that the same plant will behave differently, even in...Read More
This seems to be a problem plant outside its native area (Europe), in Europe it grows in balance with other plants and is not a dominant ...Read More
It took this plant 5 years to go from three plants to absolute domination over poison ivy, virginia creeper, myrtle, wild raspberry, herb...Read More
You've got to be kidding - this stuff spreads like mad. Google "garlic mustard pulls" and help out at a park or preserve near you. You ca...Read More
Here in Toronto garlic mustard is extremely invasive. Canadian wildlife will not eat it, it seeds prolifically, and it even damages the m...Read More
I love this plant too! It's sooo beautiful in spring with its lovely white flowers and beautiful heart-shaped light green foliage!
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I don't know why so many negatives, I can't say ENOUGH GREAT things about this plant!!!! Its flowers are very aroma and the leaves can be...Read More
I can't understand why anyone would want to grow this plant. first of all I find it ugly, but that might just be because it's the number ...Read More
I'm sure garlic mustard is a nice enough plant in its native range, which is Eurasia and North Africa, but for some reason it simply take...Read More
In upstate NY this plant is invading everywhere rapidly. I pull huge amounts every spring and it is beginning to make some impact. Chri...Read More
This plant crowds out wildflowers, there is no good aspect to this plant whatsoever. It is a weed by every definition.
Have appear in small numbers in my yard even thought there were no plants for thousands of feet. Very ugly with dried seedheads through l...Read More
Listed as invasive on Minnesota DNR website
"Ecological Threat:
Garlic mustard spreads into high quality woodlands upland a...Read More
This is one of the worst plants I have ever come across. I would prefer to call it Hitler-Weed, because it invades anywhere and everywhe...Read More
This is an exotic and VERY invasive plant. Never saw it around here until maybe three years ago - last year it was widespread in woods an...Read More
It's extremely invasive here too. Though it pulls up easily... it's just everywhere.
I have found that spraying in the sp...Read More
This plant is listed on the North Dakota invasive/troublesome list and this information is being distributed in a guide developed by the ...Read More
This is one of the most invasive plants in Wisconsin. I am pretty sure it is illegal to plant it. The field behind my house is over run w...Read More
A very, very bad plant. It'll escape from you and form mass colonies wherever they can. I had the misfortune of moving onto a property th...Read More
Horribly invasive. Nasty plant. Creates a seedbank that goes on giving for years to come. Very easy to pull out by hand so requires no ...Read More
Evil plant.
In my area of chester county, PA, it runs rampant in fields and along roads and spreads into the woods.
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Three years ago there were only a few plants on our one-acre garden area. I should have erridicated it then, for it has now taken over. ...Read More
This is an evil evil plant...... if you want mustard flavor plant mustard or arugula..... garlic chives and of course garlic also work....Read More
WARNING
Before I begin the description I would like to say that this particular plant will, without a doubt, escape into the wild....Read More