CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As summer starts turning to fall in Northeast Ohio, weeds are sometimes the most attention-getting plants in the garden. Mild-mannered and time-strapped gardeners, like yours truly, ...

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) is an aggressive, creeping perennial weed that infests crops, pastures, rangeland, roadsides and noncrop areas. Generally, infestations start on disturbed ground, ...

Among garden weeds, the Canada Thistle (cirsium arvense) is a common perennial weed and what I call a “super weed.” It has a dual system of reproduction, by roots and flowers that produce seeds. Thus, ...

Canada thistle may look beautiful and innocent with its bright yellow and purple flowers towering above North Dakota's crops and prairie grasses, but looks may be deceiving. The plant is an invasive ...

Canada thistle has surpassed leafy spurge as North Dakota's peskiest weed, state agriculture officials say. "Slightly more than 1 million acres are infested with Canada thistle, according to reports ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Canada thistle is one of the most troublesome and difficult weed species to control in established alfalfa grown for seed production. Current ...

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) is a creeping perennial broadleaf that is native to the Mediterranean area. It spreads rapidly through underground stems called rhizomes and by producing seeds. It ...

Editor’s note: In July, Home & Garden featured a number of questions and answers about common summer problems —earwigs to ash galls — and invited readers to send in more questions. Here’s another in ...

Christine Ortmann and her neighbors in rural Gilberts received a helping hand in their endless battle with Canada thistle. “I spoke with Ben (Haberthur, Forest Preserve District of Kane County ...