HURON/PERTH - Periwinkle, English ivy and goutweed look harmless in a backyard bed, but once they reach nearby woods, they can blanket acres. Maitland Conservation Ecologist Erin Gouthro explains how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Goutweed is every gardener's nightmare. Photo: Getty Images / Henrik_L Goutweed spreads in the garden as if it has a master ...

Slips beneath and slowly strays. What am I? (Answer: An invasive groundcover in disguise.) They creep in quietly. Sometimes we plant them ourselves — lured by the promises on the nursery tag: ...

Slips beneath and slowly strays. What am I? (Answer: An invasive groundcover in disguise.) They creep in quietly. Sometimes we plant them ourselves — lured by the promises on the nursery tag: ...

Even worse are rhizome spreaders like ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) and mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), which several readers identified, some after months of confusion. Reader Tricia in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gardeners will try anything to get rid of goutweed, a relentless invasive species, from their backyards. As the CBC’s Madison ...

After fighting goutweed in her garden for years, Angela Way is concerned about it out in the community. (Madison Taylor/CBC - image credit) Angela Way is concerned about finding invasive goutweed in ...

Gardeners will try anything to get rid of goutweed, a relentless invasive species, from their backyards. As the CBC’s Madison Taylor reports, one homeowner and a local gardener say it’s a serious ...

It’s slim pickings in the flower crown this week, but that’s May for you. I’ve been knee-deep in veggie garden prep but I still managed to gather a few gems. Rhubarb’s looking strong and proud, ...