Invasive garden escapee Himalayan balsam is now more common in woodlands than native flowers such as bugle and wild garlic, research suggests. The findings from the National Plant Monitoring Scheme, ...

Happy first day of spring! Finally! Time for lazing in the garden with your favourite chilled drink, perhaps some of your favourite plants and, uh, exploding flowers?! Cool! Yes, if you were wondering ...

Volunteers have been working to remove an invasive plant species from riverbanks in Worcester. Himalayan balsam, likened to Japanese knotweed, was "rampant" along the Severn and the Teme, they said.

"We got to the field and it was just a sea of pink," said retired conservationist Graham Roberts, who is waging a war on Himalayan balsam. He says he is retired but each summer he leads a team of ...