Don't buy! These 3 plants ruin your garden (cherry laurel is there)

Just because a plant is popular does not mean that it is also a good choice. Here are three shrubs and perennials that, according to experts, do not belong in your garden. You will be surprised who is in the list.

I have been calling a garden my own for over a year and this spring I would like to further embellish it with perennials and shrubs. Because some corners are still too dreary for me.

Anyone who has ever designed a garden knows the many questions that are floating around in the head. My sounds: With which perennials can I plant the shady slope? Which fits into the full sun, dry bed? And which shrubs can I use as a privacy screen to the neighbors?

When researching in the garden center and online, I often encounter the same candidates. At the forefront when it comes to privacy screen: cherry laurel. He is the absolute plant bestseller, among other laurel species and dominates the gardens-not only in my neighborhood. No wonder. After all, it grows quickly, dense and is evergreen. It also protects the garden from curving in winter.

But the popular shrub is criticized. Because cherry laurel is one of the invasive species, more precisely one of the so -called neophytes.

Cherry laurel may no longer be planted in Switzerland

Invasive neophytes are understood to mean plant and animal species that are not native here and have been located by humans. These “intruders” displace domestic plants because they often spread unchecked.

In Switzerland, cherry laurel must not be sold at all since September 1, 2024 and planted in the gardens.

This ban does not apply in Germany. Nevertheless, just like three other popular plants, you shouldn't put the cherry laurel in your garden if your native nature is important to you. Here are the reasons:

Cherry laurel is poisonous for humans and animals

Cherry laurel is by far the most popular shrub as privacy screen. To the dismay of the animals that live in our gardens. Because the leaves and fruits of this invasive plant are poisonous.

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They cannot therefore serve insects and birds as a source of food, which means that less of the useful journeyman in the garden frolic. Fortunately, there are sensible privacy screen bushes. We havecompiled for you.

Cherry laurel is one of the garden plants that harm nature.Credit:Adobe Stock

Butterfly lilac is not that good for butterflies

Although the beautiful ornamental shrub attracts butterflies in droves, it is not as insect -friendly as you like. Although it serves the flight insects through its tasty nectar as a source of food, butterflies & Co. do not lay their eggs on the plant. This in turn harms biodiversity.

Another reasonNot to plant in the garden: it is also an invasive way and displaces domestic plants due to its rapid growth. Therefore, just like the cherry laurel, he can no longer be sold in Switzerland.

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Butterfly lilac spreads rapidly.Credit:Adobe Stock

Diverse leaf lupins displace domestic plants

The botanical intruders are also one of the beautiful lupins. Hobby gardeners inspires the plant, which comes from the USA with the brightly colored flowers, because it is so robust and thrives even on the Kargsten floor.

But that is exactly the problem. Because lupins are able to bind nitrogen from the air at their root. This makes the soil more fertile and it spreads rapidly. Lupines displace domestic plants that are dependent on barren floors. This includes, for example, Arnica or boy herb.

In addition, lupins multiply extremely quickly and very broadly. A single plant has an average of around 60 flowers and these produce around 2,000 seeds, which hurls up to six meters.

If you plant lupins in your garden, it can be to spread "your" lupins soon in the neighboring gardens - or worse in the wild around your property.

Lupines spread rapidly and displace domestic plants.Credit:Adobe Stock

What to do if I already have these plants in the garden?

The three plants presented can be found in many gardens. I also took over my garden with a huge cherry laurel hedge. Remove? Unthinkable!

The information does not mean that you banish what is already there. It is much more about being more sensitive in the future when it comes to buying plant.

If you want to design your garden more animal -friendly and natural seamies, a simple tip helps: leave a small part of your garden of nature and plantthat attract insects and birds.

The wild varieties are not only wonderfully robust and easy to care for, they are also beautiful and transform your garden into a flowering bee paradise.

If you want to know more about insect -friendly and natural gardens, then have a look at my colleagues fromLandidee.deover. There you will find tips and tricks on how to put on your garden to be in harmony with nature.

Do you want lavishly growing perennials in the garden that mean little effort? Then these 8 robust beauties may be the right thing for you:

Sources: landidee.de, bund.net