Weed Control
You can count on SNP for your holistic ecosystem maintenance needs.
Through years of hard work installing, maintaining, and monitoring projects in western Washington and northwest Oregon, we have determined what weed control methods work the best. Our invasive plant management plans emphasize using manual control methods and establishing a competitive native plant community. Sound Native Plants has crews based in Olympia and Vancouver/Portland that perform weed control and other maintenance tasks.
Request Maintenance Services
When requesting maintenance services from Sound Native Plants, please be sure to include your name, phone number, email address, the site address, and desired project timeline along with a general summary of work to be completed. All inquiries should be sent to Info@SoundNativePlants.com.
Techniques We Employ
- Removal by hand - chopping, mowing and grubbing
- Removal by excavator (a "grapple" attachment uproots blackberries with minimal ground disturbance)
- Sheet mulching
- Installation of weed control fabric
- Shading and competition from native plantings
- Herbicides applied in conjunction with an Integrated Vegetation Management plan
Oregon Commercial Pesticide Operator License AG-L1017543CPO Washington Commercial Applicator License 84295
Plants We Control
- English ivy (Hedera helix)
- Reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinaceae)
- Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius)
- Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
- Invasive knotweeds (Polygonum spp.)
- and many others!
Is this Plant Unwanted?
We can help answer this often confusing question. Our crews can inform you of which plants in your landscape are native, naturalized, or unwanted. We use our in-depth ecosystem knowledge in combination with your landscape goals to determine if a plant should stay or go. Send photos along with your maintenance inquiry and we can assist with identification online or with a site visit.
