All three have flowers very similar to dandelions, so you might think they are just dandies with long, long stems. Like ...

Protect your garden and lawn by attacking invasive thistle. These weeds thrive in hot summer weather, so it is essential to ...

Expert Tips to Get Rid of ThistlesThistle is tricky because birds and butterflies love it, but gardeners and farmers hate it. We asked our gardening expert for advice on how to get rid of thistle ...

The Silybum marianum plant goes by many different names, including Scotch thistle, holy thistle, Mary thistle, variegated thistle, and milk thistle. The plant is native to Southern Europe and Asia ...

To make your garden beds easier to maintain without tilling or fertilizers, here are 12 types of plants that you can grow to help build and maintain the health of your soil for the long haul.

Our Mystery Plant (Tall thistle, Cirsium altissimum) is a thistle, and I was able to enter a patch of this stuff on a recent field trip in the upstate of South Carolina. Spiny stuff!

Do you loathe Canada thistle? Do you marvel at field bindweed’s “indomitable vitality,” and occasionally leap from your ...

The plant can grow up to 4 feet tall and 5 feet wide. Its sharp spines make it difficult to remove — and each one can release thousands of seeds if left alone.

Our Mystery Plant (Tall thistle, Cirsium altissimum) is a thistle, and I was able to enter a patch of this stuff on a recent field trip in the upstate of South Carolina.

When we see a plant and its prickly, we automatically assume it is a thistle and therefore it is a bad plant. The Oxford Dictionary defines a thistle as “A widely distributed herbaceous plant of ...

This common biennial with sticky seedpods influenced one of the most useful modern fasteners while also serving as a food ...

Milk thistle is an herbal remedy with many potential uses. Here are 7 benefits of milk thistle that are backed by science.