Very pretty for winter color, but VERY invasive on the Gulf Coast. Spreads rapidly through bird distribution and chokes out natives in p...Read Moreartial shade.
Beware the attractions of this destructive invader! It proliferates rapidly into woodlands, forming expanding colonies and crowding out ...Read Morenative ground covers and desirable plants. There are no biological controls (the plants and seeds are toxic to animals and probably humans) and is difficult to control manually and chemically. If anybody knows how to get rid of it without a huge investment of labor and money, let me know.
This species has naturalized in all the Gulf coast states plus Georgia. The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council has listed this species as ...Read Morea Category I invasive, one producing demonstrated damage to natural habitat. The Florida Department of Agriculture has designated it a noxious weed. It is also a pest plant in Hawaii.
(Zone 9A) Terrific plant for my shade garden! Berries provide lots of color for many months.
Invasive? Can be.....I have seen a...Read Moren area ( a former botanical garden that had returned to the wild) where these plants had escaped control, so I know it does happen. However I've had them in my landscape for years without a problem. Seedlings are easily removed.
My nursery tells me this plant will not be invasive in our area (north of Montgomery and south of Birmingham). It has been growing at th...Read Moree Birmingham Botanical Gardens for some time without any evidence of it getting out of control. With that assurance I'm planting it today, and I'll see.
Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a) | February 2005 | neutral
According to a study by the USDA:
"The seeds of two commercially marketable small shrubs, Ardisia crenata and Ardisia japo...Read Morenica do not germinate if they are stored for more than a few weeks in conditions where they are allowed to dehydrate. This makes it difficult to mass-produce these plants, which have attractive white or red berries that can stay on the plant for over a year. "
So, in order to grow these plants from seed, you need to have very fresh seed, perhaps the whole berry. These seeds bascially cannot be dried like other seeds. According to another web site, these need 25 degrees C (77F) for germination.
Other common names of this plant are:
coralberry, coral ardisia, spiceberry, Christmas berry
I agree that this is a beautiful shrub with attractive foliage and red berries, but it won't do any good to grow this invasive plant in a...Read More pot. The problem is those pretty red berries that are eaten by the birds, then carried away and planted in natural areas.
This plant is good for pots, but don't put it out in the yard if you live in Florida...it is quite invasive there. Loves moisture and has...Read More displaced a lot of the native plants in bogs and swamps.
Very pretty for winter color, but VERY invasive on the Gulf Coast. Spreads rapidly through bird distribution and chokes out natives in p...Read More
Beware the attractions of this destructive invader! It proliferates rapidly into woodlands, forming expanding colonies and crowding out ...Read More
This species has naturalized in all the Gulf coast states plus Georgia. The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council has listed this species as ...Read More
(Zone 9A) Terrific plant for my shade garden! Berries provide lots of color for many months.
Invasive? Can be.....I have seen a...Read More
My nursery tells me this plant will not be invasive in our area (north of Montgomery and south of Birmingham). It has been growing at th...Read More
According to a study by the USDA:
"The seeds of two commercially marketable small shrubs, Ardisia crenata and Ardisia japo...Read More
I agree that this is a beautiful shrub with attractive foliage and red berries, but it won't do any good to grow this invasive plant in a...Read More
This plant is good for pots, but don't put it out in the yard if you live in Florida...it is quite invasive there. Loves moisture and has...Read More