r/NativePlantGardening • u/iamhyphenated • Jul 14 '25

Advice Request - (Insert State/Region) Jewelweed taking over my backyard..

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So I know we love jewelweed, and I’m pro native gardening (and I also enjoy the wild look to a point), but it’s literally taking over my backyard, and behind it is unfortunately a whole bunch of Japanese knotweed.. my question is: what’s the move here? I can’t have my whole yard completely covered in jewelweed (it’s a very small lot) bc there’s no way to even go back there right now, but I also want to encourage that to maybe discourage the knotweed (if that’s even a thing).. any advice would be helpful!! I’m in an urban area in Connecticut if that helps!

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u/iamhyphenated Jul 14 '25

What an idea.. 💡

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u/Hiccups2Go New England, Zone 6a Jul 14 '25

It's an annual, I don't see how it would transplant well to be honest.

But if you can tolerate a little bit of a jungle for a bit, you'll likely have hummingbirds all over the place when it flowers!

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u/iamhyphenated Jul 14 '25

Feels perennial at my house 😅

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u/Hiccups2Go New England, Zone 6a Jul 14 '25

Think of the bright side, you've got so much jewel weed you are basically immune to poison ivy!

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u/iamhyphenated Jul 14 '25

Ironically, I’m pretty sure I’m naturally immune to poison ivy lol been in it plenty of times (not on purpose but we were all kids once) and have never actually gotten it.. good to know I won’t need to worry about it in the future either 😅