Often considered some of the best desert plants, prickly pears are remarkably resilient and versatile ... growing as far ...

Some weeds are on the mild end of the garden-ruining spectrum, coming out easily and giving up fairly easily. But others are ...

Myron and Neva Henderson brought a few prickly pear cactus pads from Nebraska to Winona in 1951. ... “It meant something to Dad,” Mansfield said of the two plants behind the building.

Farmers in eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa are puzzling over how to combat related weeds that have developed a resistance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup.

Fall Weed Control: Prickly lettuce — all-season annual or biennial The issue: Prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola) is a non-native aster family weed that can germinate throughout the growing ...

The U. S. Forest Service’s Hudson-Meng Education and Research Center staff (HMERC) invite folks to join the current featured Ranger Interpretive Talk: Invasive Species - Noxious Weeds of Nebraska.

WINONA, Minn. — It seems an unlikely place for a prickly pear. But behind Winona Health’s Watkins Manor on East Wabasha Street, two cactus plants stretch their spines over the landscaping rock ...