Weeds and Their Control: Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)
Karen Common vetch is climbing annual vine brought to North American from southern Europe as a covercrop but has since escaped and become a troublesome weed in shrub and perennial beds…
Weeds and Their Control: Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
Common cinquefoil, also known as oldfield cinquefoil, is a low growing perennial that resembles a strawberry plant with yellow flowers. It is native to tall grass prairies but is now…
Weeds and Their Control: Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum)
The name “poison hemlock” conjures up visions of Socrates drinking his fatal brew as shown by the French painter Jacques-Louis David. A brew containing poison hemlock was given to condemned…