As we continue to progress toward national invasive species awareness week Feb. 20-26, I’m highlighting a pervasive invasive herbaceous plant found in natural areas and in some landscapes in Indiana: ...

Wild daffodils are blooming, and buds are greening on trees, but Indiana’s forests and meadows are also seeing an invasion this spring. Garlic mustard is one of the first plants to appear in the ...

Over the last few decades conversationists have been concerned about the aggressive spread of garlic mustard along streams and in the understory of woodlands, where it appears to crowd out native ...

LANESBOROUGH — There’s an invader along the roads and trails of Mount Greylock that’s silently changing the forest floor and choking out local plants and butterflies. It’s called garlic mustard, and ...

Small European bugs may be part of the takedown of an invasive plant that won't stop growing in Michigan. Researchers are looking for new ways to fight the garlic mustard plant, according to the ...

It’s sort of a perfect storm of a plant. Not to put too fine a point on it, garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata, is a bad actor. That is, at least in North America. In its native range in Europe and ...

If you’ve ever spent any amount of time battling invasive plants, it’s easy to see them as evil. (I find myself especially thinking this when I’m crawling through thorn-infested multiflora rose ...

In early spring, when the soil begins to warm, so does the garlic mustard plant. Its ruffled green leaves begin to grow in April. By May, it starts producing seed. "Garlic mustard has become a very ...

Dear Master Gardener: Our city newsletter said residents need to be on the lookout for garlic mustard on our properties and eradicate it. What is it and what does it look like? Answer: Garlic mustard ...