EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Spring has sprung, and one telltale sign is the fields of purple flowers in the area. These plants appear in corn and soybean fields, where they are visible to passersby. Learn more ...

Here’s a little known fact: The purple-blooming weeds such as henbit and deadnettle that are so easily spotted in the spring are actually growing in your lawn right now. As gardeners, we typically ...

Henbit (top) and purple deadnettle (bottom) are nontoxic weeds. Henbit and purple deadnettle are winter annual species of the same genus, and people frequently confused the two. Both species are often ...

As the days begin to get longer and warmer in early spring, you may notice an abundance of several weeds in your gardens, lawns and landscaped areas. Four of the most common ones that we see are ...

Have you been in a purple haze this spring? It’s not your imagination—farm fields have blossomed into amazing swaths of color. Aaron Hager, University of Illinois extension weed specialist says ...

Here’s a little known fact: the purple-blooming weeds like henbit and deadnettle that are so easily spotted in the spring are actually growing in your lawn right now. As gardeners, we typically ...

Over the years of writing this column, I continually strive to write about the considerable diversity of wildlife that can be observed here in this great state of ours. But over the last year or so, I ...

J. Earl Creech, Jared S. Webb, Bryan G. Young, Jason P. Bond, S. Kent Harrison, Virginia R. Ferris, Jamal Faghihi, Andreas Westphal and William G. Johnson A survey of seven production fields in ...

Weeds are a constant problem if you have a yard or garden. They take advantage of any weakness in your lawn and quickly dominate if given the chance. Once they are established, it's almost impossible ...

The first week of March is when I start to see many of our early spring wildflowers. The following are some that are blooming now or soon will be. Dandelion is the first wildflower we see, beginning ...