The cardoon is a thistle related to the artichoke and thus is known as the 'artichoke thistle'. It is found in such countries as Argentina, Australia, and United States and is considered a weed.

On closer examination of the flowers in bloom, I cringed. These are not flowers to enjoy, but invasive musk thistle (Carduus nutans) that is considered a List B noxious weed that “must be controlled,” ...

How can you animate a dead weed?” There were scarier ... California, “artichoke center of the world.” Being the home of Russian thistle is not something you advertise. A purple water tower ...

When it comes to common weeds, few are as problematic as Canada thistle. This plant has a tenacious and fast-growing root ...

As with many members of the Asteraceae family, it starts life as a rosette, and then bolts to form an upright flower stem. Sow thistle is an annual weed that can establish at any time of the year. It ...

Weeds that emerge before the crop are generally larger and better established than those that emerge after the crop. This gives them greater access to soil and spatial resources, and thus they do more ...

Globe artichokes should have tightly packed, firm heads with no brown patches on the outer layers. Young globe artichoke buds can be cooked and eaten whole. Later, they still make a delicious ...

If you want to go big in scuffing out weeds, bring a pickaxe. How else does musk thistle spread? Many times, there are new properties and construction developments that have noxious weeds.

Here’s a step-by-step guide to preparing this vegetable, transforming it from a prickly thistle into a subtle delicacy. The artichoke, believed to have originated in the Mediterranean ...

Globe artichokes make a delicious starter simply boiled whole and served with melted butter, mayonnaise, hollandaise or vinaigrette for dipping the leaves. Break off each leaf and draw the soft ...

Weeds are the bane of gardeners’ lives and are especially a problem on any bare areas of soil, such as veg beds, left empty over winter. Weed membranes -sometimes sold as weed control fabric - act by ...