Special disposal notes: Cut stems can layer - Hang up off the ground or leave up in vegetation to dry out. How to control: Hand pull & dig out roots. Cut off above ground or tie stems in air to prevent them coming into contact with the ground and taking root. . Cut stump application: Cut … [Read more...]
Blue Morning Glory
Special disposal notes: Only really spreads vegetatively from stem fragments as it doesn’t usually seed in NZ. Hang up cut vegetation off the ground or leave up in vegetation to dry out. Dispose of other cut waste to refuse transfer station. Practice strict weed hygiene How to Control: Firstly … [Read more...]
Tree privet
Ligustrum lucidum Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as Japanese privet, broadleaf privet What does it look like? A small to large evergreen tree that can grow up to 15m high, but can also be a dense shrub less than 10m. Can have distinctive warty lumps on stems. … [Read more...]
Taiwan cherry
Prunus campanulata Also known as Bell-flowered cherry, Formosan cherry What does it look like? Taiwan cherry is a deciduous tree growing up to 8 m high. Leaves are serrated, thin and cherry-like (rounded at base, broadly elliptic with sharp point at tip). Leaves can be up to 17 mm long x 9 cm … [Read more...]
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus x reflexa Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as Elaeagnus hybrid, Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus glabra, Elaeagnus 'variegata' What does it look like? Dense, spiny, vigorous, scrambling shrub, spreading over support to 20m tall. Stems are red-brown and … [Read more...]
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods What does it look like? An arching, spreading, evergreen shrub usually less than 3m tall but can grow up to 5m. Cotoneaster has distinctive bunches of small red berries from February to August. Mature cotoneaster … [Read more...]
Chinese privet
Ligustrum sinense Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as hedge privet, small-leaved privet What does it look like? Shrub or small tree growing to 5m high, with distinctive warty lumps on stems and densely hairy shoots. Evergreen in Northland, with oval, dull green … [Read more...]
Wild ginger
Hedychium gardnerianum Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as kahili ginger, ginger lily What does it look like? Non-woody perennial with soft erect stems, growing up to 2m tall, with a short pinkish 'collar' at the base. Forms deep beds of dense, … [Read more...]
Tradescantia
Tradescantia fluminensis Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as Wandering willie What does it look like? Creeping and mat-forming perennial groundcover with succulent, soft, creeping stems that root at all nodes touching the ground. Dark green, shiny, smooth and … [Read more...]
Moth Plant
Araujia hortorum Just want to know how to kill it? Skip to control methods Also known as Cruel Plant, Kapok Vine, moth vine, milk vine, milk weed, wild choko vine, Araujia sericifera, Physianthus albens What does it look like? Rampant, evergreen vine growing up to 8 m tall with smelly, milky sap and … [Read more...]
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