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IU has almost 13,000 trees on campus, including 40 to 50 invasive bradford pears. This is the second year of a three-year plan to remove them. Up to 20 bradford trees need to be cut down by next year.

The name “Saponaria” is from the Latin word for soap. It was used by the ancients, who crushed the leaves and used them to scour cooking vessels.

There are some plants that are so aggressive in the way that they spread in a garden bed that they are called over-zealous and invasive.

Betty Smith is the author of the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn about a young girl who is inspired by a tree. Unfortunately, the tree happens to be an invasive species.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources said the spotted lanternfly has now entered Elkhart, Porter and St. Joseph counties.

You do not want this junk tree anywhere near your garden, as it self-seeds aggressively and many people are highly allergic to its pollen.

The Star of Bethlehem name probably dates from the Crusades. The bulbs were brought home as souvenirs when ancient people made pilgrimages to the Holy Land. So, this sweet little flower has an impressive history.

What we call groundcovers today, Vita Sackville West called “carpeters."

Purple Loosestrife clogs wetlands and waterways, choking out other plants and eliminating food sources for native wildlife. The plant is classified as a federal noxious weed.