I feared kudzu. I’d walk an extra mile to avoid patches of it and the writhing knots of snakes that everyone said were breeding within. Though fascinated by the grape-scented flowers and the ...

Kudzu was promoted as a shade-bringing ornamental plant with sweet-smelling blooms and later as livestock feed. Today, the plant is present in 31 states, especially southeastern states where it ...

By Howard Whiteman Murray State University They are seemingly everywhere these days. Driving on the highway, along the edges ...

Winter in Japan's oldest private herb garden in Uda, Nara Prefecture. As fallen leaves and withered grass cover the ground, ...