Alternatives to Invasive Garden Plants

Don't Plant a Pest Southern California Website has launched!

Visit our new Don't Plant a Pest website featuring extended listings of recommended landscaping plants, and more photos of invasive plants so you can easily identify plants to avoid.

You can also download the printable Don't Plant A Pest brochure here. This is a large PDF file (4 MB) and may take a few minutes to download on a dial-up connection. It has been formatted to print on standard 8 1/2" by 11" paper. The Southern California Don't Plant a Pest website is under construction, so please check this space soon for even more recommended alternatives.

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This brochure describes alternatives for the following invasive plants:

• Iceplant/hottentot fig (Carpobrotus edulis)
• Ivy (Hedera spp.)
• Periwinkle (Vinca major)
• Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana)
• Fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum)
• Scotch, French, Portugese, bridal, and Spanish brooms
• Acacia/western coastal wattle (Acacia cyclops)
• Myoporum (Myoporum laetum)
• Mexican fan palm (Washingtonia robusta)
• Canary island date palm (Phoenix canariensis)
• Brazilian pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolius)
• Blue-gum and red-gum eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus, E. camuldulensis)

Print copies of this brochure (9" x 21" accordion-fold brochure) can be ordered from the Mission Resource Conservation District. Download the order form here, fill it out and return with payment to: Mission RCD WMA program, PO Box 1777, Fallbrook, CA 92088-1777. You can also order by calling Mission RCD at 760-943-6924. Copies of this and other brochures are also available through the California Invasive Plant Council.