A garden can appear totally fine and calm on the surface while a quiet invasion brews and builds underground. One tiny weed sprouts, another follows, and suddenly an aggressive plant starts pushing ...

Invasive plant species are in the spotlight — not just thanks to climate change, which has helped these biodiversity-killers thrive — but because they are prey in gardeners’ crosshairs. Gardeners are ...

A neighbor offers a few extra plants from their garden, and suddenly the yard feels like it just got a free upgrade. Those ...

Dear Neil: My red oak is about 10 years old. Some of the leaves are starting to look distressed, so I looked closely. I noticed small red ants climbing up and down the trunk almost as if they are ...

A serious and growing problem in the West is the invasion of non-native plant species, commonly called noxious weeds. Noxious refers to the species’ aggressive behavior, which damages native Colorado ...

Dodder is an obligate parasite of certain plants. This unusual member of the morning glory family is also known as “Angel’s Hair” and “Strangle Weed.” Like Indian pipe, another parasitic plant, Dodder ...