© 2025 NPR Illinois
The Capital's Community & News Service since 1975
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Register to attend the This I Believe 'Meet the Authors' event Nov. 6, 6:30 p.m., at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Oh No! Not My Wisteria!

Across the country, ordinary garden plants have become aggressive invaders. Many invasive plants are still sold in nurseries and coveted by unsuspecting gardeners. Is there a chance your "coveted plant" might escape into the wild? NPR's Ketzel Levine takes a closer look at how a good plant goes bad.

Copyright 2002 NPR