I just moved into a new home and need to get rid of buckthorn trees that seem to have gotten a foothold in my new garden. What is a good strategy to deal with this pesky weed? Common buckthorn grows ...

ALBERT LEA, Minn. -- Nancy Hughes remembers when she buckthorn. The brushy shrub has invaded near the creek that runs through the 200-acre Vandegrift family farm. It's in the ravines and near the ...

A Lake Zurich-based volunteer group launched a buckthorn bounty program to give local homeowners incentives to eliminate the invasive buckthorn tree. Despite the efforts of municipalities and ...

Collectively, Chicago region forest preserves, including those in Lake and Cook counties, spend more than $1 million annually to eradicate buckthorn and honeysuckle, two of the area’s most invasive ...

Greg Cleary’s saw rose and fell on the side of the road. When he finished hacking down a cluster of buckthorn trees, he marked a blue circle on the stumps’ growth rings with what looked like a bingo ...

Buckthorn is a nasty plant that is taking over woodlands, wetlands, prairies and other natural habitats. You may have some growing in your own yard and not know it. Buckthorn was introduced to the ...

ALLOUEZ — Dozens of workers and volunteers took to the woods Tuesday morning to battle an invasive species. Buckthorn trees have overgrown an area along the Fox River Trail in Allouez, and the effort ...

After a killing frost, remove dead plant debris from annual and vegetable beds. Sanitation is especially important if you have had disease problems in your planting beds. Remove all diseased foliage ...

Our church planted several Fine Line Buckthorn trees behind a bench in a prayer garden. The trees have been in place for three years and have done very well. There is now concern that the trees are ...

While spring gardening might not be foremost on residents’ minds during a snowstorm, the state announced Friday it will ban plant sales of certain pampas grasses and two varieties of buckthorn. The ...