Buckthorn is becoming one of Minnesota’s most damaging invasive plants. If it is present in your woodland, it really becomes aggressive and invasive. I’ve even found it in my flower beds — no doubt ...

It is likely that you have common buckthorn in your garden. I also battle buckthorn in my home garden. The large buckthorns in my neighbor’s backyard mean that buckthorn removal is a constant annual ...

For years, we have removed every buckthorn shrub that crept onto our property, but recently this invasive species has gotten out of hand. This fall, we found several that were taller than us and ...

The city of Minnetonka’s natural resources staff are reminding residents that late March and early April can be a great time to control invasive woody plants, like buckthorn and non-native honeysuckle ...

With Halloween only a few days away, the 4-inch scratch that bloodied my forehead almost looked planned. When I saw my mom that same weekend, she looked at my shins and asked if I had been in a cat ...

This is the perfect time of year to talk about buckthorn. If there's something in your yard or woods that still has green leaves on it, chances are it's buckthorn. It's an invasive species that chokes ...

Eradicating a tenacious invasive plant and expanding efforts to help where needed has become a mission for a newly formed Grayslake-based volunteer group. Finding buckthorn during a routine landscape ...

Q. I heard buckthorn is an invasive plant. I want to remove it from my yard, but then what do I do with it? I don't want the seeds to germinate. A. Buckthorn is a native to Europe and western Asia and ...

Buckthorn permeates the woods from southeastern Minnesota through the Twin Cities and to St. Cloud The invasive species is most apparent in spring and fall; it's first to leaf out, last to defoliate ...

The whir of brush saws echoes daily through Kelleher Park in Burnsville as workers cut down the invader: buckthorn. Cropping up in thickets of prickly shrubs and small trees, this pest has been slowly ...