An appeal has been made for volunteers to help clear Himalayan Balsam from a site owned by the Woodland Trust. The plant is considered an invasive species in the UK and has taken hold across the ...
The spread of invasive Himalayan balsam is now so bad that drivers who see it growing along roadside verges are being encouraged to stop and pull it out or contact the council immediately. The pretty ...
Even if you love Himalayan balsam, it has surely become too much of a good thing as it takes over Britain's wetlands and riverbanks. But now it's facing a major setback - the deliberate introduction ...
In the UK, Japanese knotweed is considered "controlled waste" according to the Environmental Protection Act 1990. It's ...
Honeybees are becoming reliant on the invasive Himalayan Balsam flower for their survival due to the decline in native British wildflowers, researchers discovered. The British countryside's changing ...
An alert has been sent out on the "exploding" Himalayan balsam plant, which can damage the environment and spread swiftly throughout the country. Himalayan balsam has the unique nickname of ...
THE hot humid weather may be a bit wearing for some of us but one plant, the Himalayan balsam, seems to have thrived and has grown in many areas with alarming vigour. Himalayan balsam is the tall, ...
Volunteers across Britain are racing to use a three-week window to stem the invasion of a plant which threatens to take over vast tracts of the countryside. Teams of workers are pulling up 'jungles' ...
An alien plant, so bothersome that Royal Marines have been called in to try to eradicate it, and so persistent that a top laboratory is working on a biological “secret weapon” to defeat it, has been ...
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