Q: We recently moved to a new home and have inherited flower beds which are inundated with thistle. We have weeded these beds several times, but more thistle just pops up. How can we control this ...

There’s some interesting activity afoot in the cropfields and pastures of Colorado, Utah and Montana, as researchers explore a new biocontrol method for Canada thistle, by delicately sprinkling, ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

Teliospores of the Puccinia punctiformis fungus are on Canada thistle plants in the late summer and fall. Teliospores of the Puccinia punctiformis fungus are on Canada thistle plants in the late ...