Air Potato
Q: I have a problem with a lovely but horribly invasive vine that grows little potatoes on its stem. It sprouts and spreads l more...

Bamboo - Control
Technically, bamboo is a grass, but certainly not one you'd describe as a premier turf product. The sprouts that shoot up fro more...

Chickweed – Control
Fall tilling brought up plenty of chickweed seeds that had been lying dormant underground. They sprouted last fall along with more...

English Ivy - Control
I accompanied my son’s class on an overnight Environmental Education trip to Rock Eagle last fall. One of his classmates was, more...

English Ivy - Dermatitis
My son recently spent a day helping a neighbor clear English ivy from their landscape. He woke on the following day with itch more...

Invasive Pampas Grass
I live in Hall county and drive to work in Forsyth county. I listen to you every Saturday morning on my drive to work.

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Lichen Quiz

PETER RABBIT? Here is a quick trivia question: What do Peter Rabbit, canaries and moose have to do with lichens? < more...

Lichens
Every kid (and most adults) can remember being falsely blamed simply because they were standing nearby when an accident happe more...

Microstegium (Basketgrass, Stiltgrass, Eulalia)
This grassy weed is common but it doesn't yet have a widely accepted common name. Most gardeners refer to it as "That summer more...

Poison Ivy - Control
My neighbor and I acted as if we were surrounded by rattlesnakes.

“Ease your foot down there, slowly...slowly. Now ta more...

Poison Ivy - Herbicides
Several herbicides will kill poison ivy. Triclopyr (Brush-B-Gon) kills kudzu and brambles as well as poison ivy. Non-selectiv more...

Poison Ivy - Pictures
Poison ivy can be mistaken for other flora outdoors.

Just in case you are unsure which "leaflets of three" to avoid, h more...

Pokeweed (Poke Sallet) - Don't Eat It
DON'T EAT POKE SALAD

Auburn, June 18, 2002---Pokeweed is probably the best known and most widely used wild vegetable i more...

Porcelain Vine
Q: I have what looks like a grape vine growing over the fence near my pool. It has fruit that is bright blue! The fruit oozes more...

Smilax ID and Control
It has wicked thorns, it laughs at herbicides and it always seems to come back, no matter how much you pull it out of your sh more...

Wisteria
Its flowers are gorgeous but the nature of a wisteria vine is to conquer everything around it. Cascades of lavender or white more...

Yellow Archangel - Control
I believe I am finally rid of the infernal archangel.

Several years ago I found a plant that seemed to be just the ti more...