A pergola with a table underneath set for dinner - Johner Images/Getty Images Wild cucumber kind of looks like the perfect garden multitasker, doesn't it? This unusual plant -- also known as ...

Drive around virtually anywhere in Minnesota right now and there's a good chance a light green vine with white flowers and prickly looking fruit will catch your eye. "It's the wild cucumber," said ...

There is timing for all plants — including weeds — to be conspicuous at certain seasons in a natural landscape. In autumn, one such attractive weed that has become more prominent in recent years is ...

In the last couple of years, wild cucumber vines grew prolifically to cover windbreak trees by late summer. By the time vines reach this stage, it is too late for control measures other than pulling ...

There are plenty of invasive species in Wisconsin — and I’m not talking about those who live in the cheesehead state and have the audacity to root for those Nordic invaders from Minnesota or the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Since Friday, WCCO has received more than a dozen emails and Facebook messages wanting to learn more about a light green vine growing along the highways, climbing fences and ...

Streptopus amplexifolius has long been one of my favorite plants to munch. In the spring, I like to pick the curled leaves with their strong English cucumber flavor. At the end of July, they develop ...

Pamela B. Weatherbee writes in her “Flora of Berkshire County, Massachusetts” that the wild cucumber “Can be aggressive, swarming over other vegetation.” And how very correct she is. For a number of ...

High-tech genomics and traditional Chinese medicine come together as researchers identify the genes responsible for the intense bitter taste of wild cucumbers. Taming this bitterness made cucumber, ...