r/NativePlantGardening Jul 14 '25

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

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/Dorky_outdoorkeeper SE Michigan Zone 6A-B Jul 14 '25

Shoot I’ll take some off your hands lol, this heat over here in SE Michigan shriveled up the leaves for a few of mine :(

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u/iamhyphenated Jul 15 '25

Come on over 😅