Connecticut invasive plant bill dies

An invasive plant bill that would have provided more structure to potential plant bans died when the Connecticut Legislature’s session ended in May. The bill would have pre-empted towns from enacting their own plant bans for the next five years, refined imperfections in the current invasive law and clarified state inspectors’ roles in plant inspections. This marked the third year such a bill was introduced. The state’s Invasive Plants Council meets in September, said Bob Heffernan, executive secretary of the Connecticut Nursery & Landscape Association. For more: www.flowersplantsinct.com.

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July 2008