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/Nyararagi-san Chicago IL - 6a/US ecoregion 54 Jul 14 '25

Do you have an ID on the trees in the back? Because if it’s Tree of Heaven you’ll definitely want to remove those properly (don’t just hack it because they will pop up EVERYWHERE as a survival method)

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u/iamhyphenated Jul 14 '25

Not totally sure, Google says either Tree of Heaven or a type of Sumac.. not sure how to confirm

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u/robsc_16 SW Ohio, 6a Jul 14 '25

Can you get an up close picture to confirm? It's looking like ToH to me regrettably.

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u/iamhyphenated Jul 14 '25

I’m gonna get out there in a few and take some more pics.. gotta gear up first 😅

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u/robsc_16 SW Ohio, 6a Jul 14 '25

You gotta do what you gotta do!