In awareness of National Invasive Species Week earlier this month, I thought I would discuss some species I have personal experience with that most don't normally think of as invasive, but certainl...
Fall is an excellent time to assess the landscape for those sometimes attractive invasive species that surreptitiously get into our gardens. When most other plants are fading, drooping, and basical...
Virginia creeper is a plant that generates profoundly different opinions among gardeners. Some call it desirable. Some call it invasive, while others mistakenly call it poison ivy.
About Lois Tilton Retired from writing novels about vampires, I'm turning to parasitic plants and invasive weeds.
This weed can keep too much of your landscape "tied up!" Back in the 19 th century physician and plant explorer Phillip Franz von Siebold introduced Japanese knotweed into Europe. As often as the species name sieboldii appears in plant names, we can deduce that many of his finds were successful ones. Knotweed's Nature With its red-speckled bamboo-like stems and large showy leaves, knotweed ...
Mock strawberry plants are decidedly invasive in nature. Scientifically, the plant is known as Duchesnea indica, but it's also sometimes referred to as Potentilla indica. This genus is different from that of real strawberries, Fragaria, though they are both members of the rose family, along with apples, pears, almonds and spiraeas, just to name a few. As you can see, they look just like ...
An Invasive Welcome at the Dinner Table In Romania, fig buttercup isn't considered invasive thanks to its culinary use in salads and soups and also of its medicinal use.