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Smothering an invasive plant with a tarp, cardboard, or newspaper after cutting it back and adding organic mulch can also help kill it. In addition, densely planting native ground cover can prevent ...

"What is this plant?" the caption read. "I found it near my fence and moved it. Is it a ground cover or invasive?" Photo Credit: Reddit The image shows a small patch of what looks like Bishop's Weed, ...

Plants deploy cell-surface and intracellular immune receptors to recognize pathogens. In a comparative analysis of 808 angiosperm genomes, we reveal that during plant adaptation to diverse special ...

When planting, spacing periwinkle plants 12 to 18 inches apart is standard practice. However, planting them at 6-inch intervals ensures the ground cover fills in completely within a year, providing ...

grow on creeping evergreen shrubs and tend to bloom between May and June. Many biologists credit the plants’ widespread cultivation to migratory birds that carried and dispersed seeds while ...

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Larry Nelson was settled into retirement. But when given the opportunity to step up as the president of NAACP Vancouver, he felt there was still important work to be done. Read story ...