There are a few plants in my garden that are classified as noxious weeds by King County. Spurge Laurel is a class C noxious weed, which means “control” is recommended, but not required.

As I’m moving more torwards native plants and understanding how damaging invasive plants are, I’m leaning toward eradicating all of the maleficent marauders in my garden. This is particularly painful with this plant because I really like it! But it is popping up all over my garden, so I can imagine what it might do in a forest setting.

Here are some photos of the plant and flowers. I will be rooting them all out in the next week or two.

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