Editor’s Note: Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South detangles the complicated story of the South’s fickle relationship with kudzu, chronicling the ways the boundless ...

Kudzu blooms from the end of July through December, sending forth purple flowers with a scent reminiscent of grapes. Perhaps that’s why there are so many recipes for kudzu jelly.

As a young naturalist growing up in the Deep South, 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 ...

Kudzu isn’t entirely bad though. It has historically been used for medications as well as a food source, from its flowers and ...

Species like spotted lanternflies, zebra mussels and wild pigs are popping up around the commonwealth. Here's how to handle ...

Let’s talk invasive species. One will bite you. You can bite the other. You can eat it, but given time it will entomb all you possess. Fire ants or kudzu?

Brought to the U.S. from Japan, the kudzu vine can grow a foot a day, depriving other plants of sunlight. Its fragrant purple flowers bloom from July to September, but its leaves, roots, and vine ...

It also has purple flowers in the late summer or early fall. • Cool months : Like trees, Kudzu loses leaves in the winter months and just looks brown and woody, similar to tree branches.

Kudzu grows long, fragrant purple flowers. (Courtesy University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health) The fight against kudzu will only get harder as the climate around the ...

Kudzu grows long, fragrant purple flowers. (Courtesy University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health) The fight against kudzu will only get harder as the climate around the ...