Again I think you have to be careful - just take Red Eared Terrapins as one example. Not native to the UK but the Ninja Turtle craze saw hundreds of these animals being released into the UK simply because people who bought them didn't realise what they were buying - ie - they were actual animals as opposed to toys. Answer - dump them and forget. Result is that they have thrived in some areas. There are others - both plant and animal too numerous to go in to which have been dealt with by the same method. Our Victorian plant explorers bought us a lot of pleasure but also bought us some difficulties and we have continued in the same vein. When it comes down to it, it's up to us to do the research and with the knowledge available, use some common sense and take your location into account.
Perhaps the NI ban is climate based. I lived in Belfast for a few years and the climate was very different with subtle but interesting differences in the local floral biodiversity. Perhaps L-Jap proliferates easier over there, rather like Crocosmia in the West Country (but totally absent in the wild further east e.g. here in inland E Sussex).
I would also guess the invasive nature is climate based. For example Verbena bonariensis is considered highly invasive in Australia and parts of California but I never heard any warnings about growing it here.
I planted a freebie Lonicera japonica - it has a lovely scent, which is freer than most honeysuckles. It became rather untidy and invaded a beech hedge so I removed it. Simples.
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It's interesting that you said to ignore the other bits of the articles as some of those plants are common here anyway. Yet you're taking their word re the honeysuckle @elliotp981.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Looking at the RHS information page, some plants are shown as banned across the EU including the UK. I wonder if these bans will lapse in the 'bonfire of EU laws'?
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Looking at the RHS information page, some plants are shown as banned across the EU including the UK. I wonder if these bans will lapse in the 'bonfire of EU laws'?
Cautious option - keep all the bans in place.
Sensible option (but requires the application of knowledge and common sense) - identify the reason for the ban in each case before deciding on a case-by-case basis.
Stupid option - lift all the bans.
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It appears Lonicera Japonica is not actually banned in Northern Ireland and can still be sold and grown there, but I’m curious about why it is listed under Schedule 9 of non-native invasive species. Does NI have a particular climate that makes it a rampant spreader there but not elsewhere?
According to the RHS:
“This species is listed on Schedule 9 of The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order (1985), as amended, as an invasive non-native species. While this does not prevent it from being sold or being grown in gardens in Northern Ireland, the RHS encourages those that do grow it to take great care with managing it and with disposing of unwanted material. The RHS also encourages gardeners in Northern Ireland to find alternative plants to grow to those listed on Schedule 9”
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When it comes down to it, it's up to us to do the research and with the knowledge available, use some common sense and take your location into account.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Yet you're taking their word re the honeysuckle @elliotp981.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
According to the RHS:
“This species is listed on Schedule 9 of The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order (1985), as amended, as an invasive non-native species. While this does not prevent it from being sold or being grown in gardens in Northern Ireland, the RHS encourages those that do grow it to take great care with managing it and with disposing of unwanted material. The RHS also encourages gardeners in Northern Ireland to find alternative plants to grow to those listed on Schedule 9”