Burdock’s burs have tiny hooks that cling to passing animals, dispersing the seeds far and wide. Vicky McMillan Brush up against a burdock plant that has finished flowering, and you’ll probably ...

An avid hiker once told me that if you want relief from summer heat, grab a burdock leaf and wrap it around the back of your neck. Common burdock (Actium minus) is a large-leafed plant that resembles ...

PHILADELPHIA — After plunging a spade into a patch of soil at Awbury Arboretum, Lynn Landes jumps on it several times, landing her full weight on it each time to drive it deep into the soil.

Hikers know it and bicyclists loathe it. It’s that ungainly weed that offers little in the looks and fragrance department, and according to most people who have come into direct contact with the plant ...

A woman just called asking if I grow burdock. She is on a macrobiotic diet, and burdock is very healing, she said, and impossible to find in Austin. I told her I've been thinking about growing it--and ...

As winter approaches, small flocks of sparrows and other little brown birds have been visiting my yard, picking through the remnants of the garden, flitting through the trees, annoying the squirrels, ...

"Nature seems partial to the burdock. What extra pains she seems to have taken to perpetuate this worse than useless plant! Every man’s hand is against it, and nearly every animal has reason to detest ...

The other day, a lady was proud to show me her patch of wild rhubarb that just popped up this year. However, after I flipped the leaf over to see the white underside, I had to inform her that her ...