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 ...

As gardeners get antsy to start planting, a Lake Zurich-based conservation group is offering a “buckthorn bounty” to homeowners who clear their landscapes of the tenacious invader. After transforming ...

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 ...

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 ...

People fight buckthorn with everything. They cut them with chain saws, yank out the seedlings, douse stumps with Roundup, imprison them under coffee cans and shovel out the roots. They sic goats on ...

WOODBURY, Minn. - Here is a familiar sight: green shiny leaves with small yellow and brown dots -- the invasive species, buckthorn. Killing it with chemicals bothered Woodbury native Matt Hamilton so ...

According to new research from the University of Minnesota, buckthorn managers have long overestimated the plant, and in doing so, have given the invasive tree a significant advantage in spreading ...

Invasive plants threaten the health of Eden Prairie’s parks and wild spaces, but volunteers are fighting back.

Q: Can you please explain how to distinguish common buckthorn (which is invasive) from alderleaf buckthorn (which I see is listed as a desirable native plant)? The Seek app can distinguish them but it ...

Billings wants to help homeowners tackle a noxious weed that can be found in yards across the city. Funded through a $25,000 grant from the Montana Department of Agriculture, the City of Billings ...