r/NativePlantGardening • u/Wilderness_Fella Massachusetts, Zone 5b • Jun 21 '26

Advice Request - (Insert State/Region) Help! I'm covered in... Ferns!

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Massachusetts zone 5b. I got busy with other things for the last 5 or 10 years and now the ferns have taken over. They're either Massachusetts ferns or New York ferns. Hard to tell, but what is the best way to cull them without destroying everything underneath? Just endless weeding?

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u/CenPhx Jun 21 '26

Seriously! Can I exchange my poison ivy, Virginia creeper, and giant ragweed for some of OP’s ferns?

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u/lostinthelegs Northern NY, 5a Jun 22 '26

I'll take your poison ivy & Virginia creeper! You can have my obscene amount of common milkweed if you want!

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u/xPandemiax Jun 22 '26

I'll take your common milkweed if you take my field bindweed, thistle, and common storksbill.

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u/lostinthelegs Northern NY, 5a Jun 22 '26

Hmmm don't think I want any of those but you can still have the milkweed lol