You probably know this plant by its common name, which is milkweed. However, there aremore than 70 species of milkweed native to North America. Each has different characteristics and comes from different regions. So, to group them all together would be to ignore the uniqueness of each specie...
How to Kill Milkweed What Is Crabgrass? The plant grows about 4.5 feet tall. Stems don't have prickly spines, but do have purple or black splotches. Flowers bloom midsummer and continue into fall, giving way to seed pods covered with spines called burs. Each pod contains two seeds that r...
To understand what a revelation this was, it helps to know a little about garlic mustard. Originally from Europe and Asia, it’s allelopathic, releasing chemicals that inhibit the growth of other species. It’s a threat to forest understories in the U.S. and Canada and also to the West ...
The sap from an injured milkweed plant is very effective at inducing your body to eliminate the genital wart virus (HPV). If you have access to a plant just clip off a leaf and collect the white milky sap into some sort of small container. If applied straight to the infected skin t...