For the past dozen years, our Wednesday birding group has remarked that three species of wildflowers, some call them weeds, are taking over the countryside. They are henbit in the spring, then Queen ...

Weeds. The bane of gardeners. Drive around Lubbock and any abandoned spot seems to have carpets of orchid-colored blooms. The blooms are the flowering stage of Lamium amplexicaule (LAM-ee-um am-plex-i ...

In my garden right now, only one thing is really thriving. Sure, I’ve got nice spinach, kale and collards, and some decent beets (even if the tops look as dejected as the post-playoff Panthers). But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here’s a little known fact: The purple-blooming weeds such as henbit and deadnettle that are so easily spotted in the spring are ...

Just as important as it is to know all we can about the flowers, trees and shrubs we plant, it is equally wise to identify the characteristics and proper solutions in dealing with common weeds that ...

The plants with the little purple flowers that are starting to make themselves known in home lawns are called henbit. If you are not sure this is what you have, check the stems. If they are square ...

Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) is a winter annual native to Europe, western Asia and Africa. While it was used as a salad green in Europe and Asia, it is viewed as a weed in the U.S. It invades ...

Henbit (top) and purple deadnettle (bottom) are nontoxic weeds. Henbit and purple deadnettle are winter annual species of the same genus, and people frequently confused the two. Both species are often ...

Spring has officially sprung. The crabapples and flowering pears are in full bloom. Tulips and daffodils are starting their flower show. Henbit and dandelions are looking gorgeous … Are the last two ...