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Environment Southland has warned against backyard nurseries selling pretty, but banned, plants on social media.
In the past 3 years the council has discovered individuals selling cotoneaster, buddleia and an invasive succulent known as pig's ear.
A commercial nursery was also found selling a variety of wilding pine.
The regional council is fighting back against invasive plants and is asking Southlanders to check their ponds for parrot's feather and their gardens for purple loosestrife with the hope of eradication.
Environment Southland Biosecurity pest plants team leader Jolie Hazley joins Kathryn to explain what's going on.
