Often appearing uninvited in your front yard and flower beds, weeds and invasive plants can ... produces 4 to 6 feet tall, upright, hollow stems that are joined by nodes like bamboo, says Wong.

December’s Weed of the Month is Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii). This species is a specially regulated plant on Minnesota’s Noxious Weed list.

The invasive weed ... grows fast and tall. If you don’t cut it, it’ll grow 6 to 8 feet tall and then it leans out over the road,” he said. “It’s a really hardy weed.

if the tree is too large for the weed wrench, cut the tree a few inches above the ground and cover it with a thick ... shrubs with pale yellow flowers that hang down. Notably, American fly honeysuckle ...