Invasive Decorative Plants Targeted

In Texas there is a big push for native that was spurred by the end of the decade drought cycle and native plants here don't need nearly so much expensive water. Now that we are back in the wet part though I wonder if the push will die down.

There is a section of the huge Fort Worth Botanical Gardens devoted to native north Texas species that is very nice and a showcase of what people can do with their own property without invasive or non-native species and yet look good. They call it the water conservation area, think it's number 32 on the map in the north part of the gardens.

I can support this cause fully, because I've seen the result first hand. I live in Maryland, and their are parks that have huge fields of bamboo so dense that you cant walk through it. The park staff said they used to try to cut it down, but it would just grow back the next year. After two seasons, the state refused to help anymore, the bamboo would wear out the blades and machinery.