Horticultural crops are one of the most common sources of weeding of non-native plant species. However, as the popularity of gardening increases, so does the range of plant species introduced into cultures. Currently, hundreds of thousands of ornamental taxa are known to be cultivated. It is for this reason that the risk of outbreak in the wild and subsequent invasion continues to increase. The project "Grow safely - do not support invasive plant species" leads to responsibility for the landscape around us and shows in practice that it is possible to implement ornamental flower beds without non-native invasive species. An example of this is the extensive perennial bed that was created in 2023 in the Open Garden of the Partnership Foundation in Brno, where invasive species or species capable of outbreak in the wild were replaced by alternatives without these characteristics (marked in bold):
Representation of perennials and bulbs
4 % solitary species
Alcea rosea var. nigra, Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, Paeonia officinalis ´Alba Plena´
53 % group species
Anaphalis triplinervis ´Silver Wave´, Anemone japonica 'Prinz Heinrich‘, Aster amellus 'Rudolf Goethe‘, Campanula glomerata ´Superba´, Campanula persicifolia ´Caerulea´, Geranium x magnificicum ´Anemoniflorum´, Iris barbata - nana 'Beryl Green´. Leucanthemum ´Wirral supreme´, Limonium latifolium, Papaver orientale 'Brillant´, Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ´Goldsturm´, Salvia officinalis, Saponaria officinalis ´Plena´
37 % coverage species
Anthemis nobilis ´Flore Plena´, Bergenia cordifolia ´Eroica´, Geranium sanguineum var. striatum, Iberis sempervirens ´Snowflake´, Phlox subulata 'Benita‘, Teucrium x lucidrys, Veronica prostrata ´Blue Sheen´
6 % interspersed species
Gaillardia aristata ´Kobold´, Linum perenne, Penstemon barbatus ssp. Coccineus
711 ks bulb species
Crocus tommassinianus ´Ruby Giant´, Muscari azureum, Narcissus poetaz ´Geranium´, Narcissus poeticus ´Actaea´, Tulipa ´Apeldoorn´, Tulipa ´Golden Apeldoorn´
