Bindweed is a fast-spreading, deeply rooted perennial vine that chokes out garden plants as well as crops. This invasive weed can regrow from tiny root fragments and seeds that stay viable for decades ...

You don't need to be a botanist to spot trouble in your garden. Just follow the vines. They're thin, wiry, and unnervingly determined, wrapping themselves around anything that dares to grow upright.

Bindweed, couch grass and ground elder often embed themselves in borders, shrubs and hedges, where they are brilliantly adapted to persist, despite the best efforts of gardeners. They have spent the ...