Invasive Species Alternatives
If you have Burning Bush or Barberry or some of the other invasive shrubs in your garden, consider replacing them. Here are some native woody shrub and cultivar suggestions for you to research over the winter so you’re ready for spring planting!
Notes:
* This list is not exhaustive
* Research has not been done on the recommended cultivars to determine the impact to their pollinator value
| Invasive Shrub | Suggested Replacements |
| Barberry (Berberis ) species and cultivars |
Ninebark (Physocarpus) species or cultivars Species: Physocarpus opulifolius Cultivars: Summer Wine® Lemon Candy Little Devil™ Amber Jubilee™ Ginger Wine® Panther® Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle Species: Diervilla lonicera cv. Kodiak®Red Kodiak®Orange |
| Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) species and cultivars |
Red/Black Chokeberry Species or cultivars Red: Aronia arbutifolia cv. ‘Brilliantissima’ Black: Aronia melanocarpa cv. Iroquois Beauty™ cv. var. ‘Elata’ Shining Sumac cv. Rhus copallina var. latifolia ‘Morton’. ‘Prairie Flame’ Shining Sumac Virginia Sweetspire. Itea virginica cv. Scarlet Beauty™ |
| Honeysuckle species (Lonicera sp.) |
Bottlebrush Buckeye Aesculus parviflora American Hazelnut Corylus americana Common Witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana Kalm’s St. Johnswort Hypericum kalmianum cv. Ames cv. Blues Festival® Nannyberry Viburnum lentago |
| Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) | American Bittersweet Celastrus scandens |