Stinging nettle is a plant that can irritate skin. Here's how to get rid of this unpleasant weed safely. Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) lives up to its name. Brush against the pesky plant, and ...

Stinging nettle is a fast-growing weed that can reach a height of 8 feet. It is fairly easy to remove from a garden, but it's recommended it be cut down in early summer before it starts to flower.

Stinging nettle spreads rapidly from underground stems called rhizomes, forming dense stands. These plants begin to grow in June. Typically, they are about 3-4 feet tall, but some can reach 8 feet ...

Stinging nettle is a weed that can grow up to 8 feet and can cause an allergic rash if you touch it. But it also has some health benefits.

A: Stinging nettles are robust, nasty plants that seem to survive in even the hottest, driest weather Texas has to offer. Broadleaf weed killers containing 2,4-D will control them, but you're ...

Nettle may be valued in some cultures, but it’s a tough sell in urban L.A. Worldwide Exotics in Lakeview Terrace is one of few nurseries that has the plants for sale.

Culture: Prepare soil for flowering plant cultivation. Dead nettle is hardy down to 30 degrees and blooms in spring. Plant from transplant in the fall or early spring in well-drained soil.

Hungry Tony Jeyes munched his way to the annual World Stinging Nettle Championships by eating 58ft of the stinging plant. Tony devoured the leaves from 29, 2ft long stems of nettles to take the title.

A plant with a vigorous network of rhizomes can easily expand 5 feet or more in width a year. In the wild, noxious stinging nettle is known to create colonies covering an acre or more of earth.