‘It may have been imported’: Ontario experts say plant labels not always as advertised
and support local bees, butterflies, birds and more, but consumers are warned to exercise caution before buying potted plants from a retail outlet.
At least six of 30 invasive plants mentioned in the report can easily be purchased at garden centres, nurseries and home improvement retailers .While invasive plants for sale without any label stating so is a concern on the whole, Samuels warns that consumers can be caught unaware by plants being mislabeled as native.
“The species might occur in parts of Ontario, that doesn’t mean it grows everywhere in Ontario … There’s very little in the way of regulation that says growers and distributors of these plants need to label them a certain way.”
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