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Chilean Mrytle (Luma apiculata) in flower with its distinctive orange-barked trunks in the background. This invasive tree has naturalised along the south coast of Ireland (Kerry to Wexford) but we have more-or-less eradicated it from the Nature Reserve. #wildflowerhour

New project: are you interested in impacts of invasive plants outside gardens? Join this project testing citizen science to record impacts of invasive species: northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/recording-impa… #InvasiveSpeciesWeek #citizenscience

Are you interested in #CitizenScience? Help us better understand the impacts of #invasive plants! Join this project between CAWR Coventry and North Wales Wildlife Trust 👉 northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/recording-impa… #InvasiveSpeciesWeek #INNSWeek Project funded by Natural Environment Research Council

Are you interested in #CitizenScience? North Wales Wildlife Trust and CAWR Coventry are looking for people across Great Britain to join an exciting Natural Environment Research Council funded project sampling invasive species! All you need to know is on this link 👉bit.ly/43a24cz #InvasiveSpeciesWeek

Rosa rugosa is a well known invasive mainly in coastal areas, but was nevertheless recommended in Friday's BBC Gardeners World by Toby Buckland #BePlantWise #GWInvasivesWatch. Better than to plant it, help to record its impacts ⬇️⬇️

Join #WaREN North Wales Wildlife Trust and @coedceltaidd at this practical workshop to explore and test methods of recording the impacts of #InvasiveSpecies on #WorldRainforestDay It’s FREE but please register👇👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/become-a-cit…

Many thanks to all who participated in the North Wales Wildlife Trust ‘Garden Escapers’ Event which took place here in Plas Brondanw this morning. We had a great time learning all about the project from Lisa Toth and Tomos Siôn Jones #GardenEscapers

Also one of the most frequently reported plants in gardens on Plant Alert. Seems difficult to control.

The dumping of garden waste is one of the main ways that non-native plants get established in the wild (from root fragments, bulbs, bulbils, seeds). Some become invasive so gardeners please don’t do it Plant Alert Plantlife

Great engagement with local communities to remove plants in private gardens to protect coastal dune habitats in Belgium LIFE Programme DUNIAS project Note you can actually plants escaping individual gardens in the satellite image! LifeInvasaqua #InvasiveAlienSpecies

Tune in at 13:48 minutes to hear Dr Tomos Siôn Jones talking about invasive species and plantalert.org as an effective prevention tool: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Kevin Walker

#InvasivePlants like montbretia can: - cause devastating environmental impacts🌍 - be extremely costly to control 💰 - interfere with our health and way of life ❌ #BePlantWise and dispose of your garden waste responsibly to prevent their spread nonnativespecies.org/beplantwise

Also one of the most reported species from gardens in plantalert.org as difficult to get rid off.

‘Margaret Bradshaw has spent decades studying Teesdale – and is fighting to preserve its unique mix of plants.’ Just keep going’: the horse-riding 97-year-old botanist battling for England’s wildflowers theguardian.com/environment/20…

If you have an ornamental plant in your garden that is spreading uncontrollably report it via Plant Alert 👉 plantalert.org These reports inform risk assessments of various ornamental species which help to advise gardeners and nurseries on problem plants 🌿

‼️New study‼️Delighted to have my first #PhD chapter published 🙂 Looking at how #gardeners define and understand the term #invasive based on #PublicEngagement at the #RHSChelsea Flower Show 👇👇 #OpenAccess sciencedirect.com/science/articl… [1/n]

UK bans giant rhubarb after study finds popular garden plant is invasive species theguardian.com/environment/20…

It was great to have the opportunity (albeit as a recording not in beautiful Galway) to share my #GardenEscapers experiences at the #GalwayLandscapersSymposium incl. #BePlantWise and Plant Alert #PublicEngagement #SciComm #InvasiveSpecies Diolch | Thanks

No surprise, bamboo is also frequently reported on Plant Alert, just a shame it is so difficult to identify the species. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h…

📢PEST ALERT: addition of Ambrosia grayi to the EPPO Alert List In the EPPO region, this plant is currently confined to a small area in Israel. The EPPO Panel on Invasive Alien Plants are seeking info on additional occurrences and impacts eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/pla…