Stinging nettle is a pervasive plant that can cause skin irritation through needle-like hairs on its leaves. Effective methods to control or eradicate stinging nettle include mowing, hand-pulling, and ...

Nettle, or stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), is an herbaceous flowering plant that has been used as a natural remedy for thousands of years due to its medicinal and nutritional properties. You've ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – My introduction to stinging nettle came in my youth when a group of us went swimming in a local farm pond. Instead of exiting the way I entered, I decided to climb up an unmown bank.

I was at an event in Canton helping a friend sell candles, and I talked to customers about candles and plants. Next to our booth we had a fellow selling cactus and succulents in baskets he made. I ...

Medically reviewed by Keri Peterson, MD Key Takeaways Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac have oils that cause itchy ...

In today's "Fielding Questions" column, Don talks about the possible causes of green shoulder or yellow shoulder in tomatoes. This tomato is suffering from a disorder called green shoulder or yellow ...

Strategy: This is a native perennial plant that inhabits moist areas in meadows and along waterways. It has a unique stem that is square. The plant can grow up to 9 feet tall. Leaves are ...

IN the interesting article in your issue for May 6 (p. 5), on “Plants and their Defences,” there is one sentence on which I should like to be allowed to offer a few remarks. It runs thus:—“This fluid ...

As I was walking through a field recently in the Boston area, the back of my hand brushed against a 3-foot-tall, weedy-looking plant growing on the side of the trail. Almost immediately my hand began ...