Kehoe signs Senate Bill 105 to stop sale of six invasive plant species

Getting rid of invasive plants:

That’s what a bill signed by Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe would do.

Senate Bill 105 stops the sale of six invasive species including callery pear, Japanese honeysuckle, wintercreeper, perilla mint and sericea lespedeza.

Even though the bill takes effect on August 28th, the sales bans is staged for a couple of years to mitigate revenue losses for nurseries that kept the plants in stock.

Five of the plants can continue to be sold through January 1, 2027 and two through January 1, 2029.

The Missouri Invasive Plant Council says the legislation will reduce the species negative impacts on the landscape of the Show Me State.