Autumn olive, on the other hand, should be foraged as much as possible! And the great thing is that it is a really nutritious and delicious wild edible berry.

Jordon Blevins treats the bark of the invasive autumn olive shrub with an herbicide that will kill its root system without damaging other flora and fauna.

Autumn olive bushes supposedly have a maximum height of 11 feet, but I’ve seen them grow much higher and become almost tree-form. I recently cut down an elderly specimen of autumn olive with a ...

Autumn olive bushes, originally native to Russia and East Asia (where the berries are considered a delicacy), were first introduced to the United States in the early 1900s as a decorative and ...

Dornbos and Edwards hope to figure out what makes the shrub invasive at the physiological level and through that understanding learn both how to restore infested areas and keep the weed out of ...

The Autumn olive resembles the Russian olive, which is also an invasive species. This shrub produces small, yellow flowers with a pungent odor and reddish-pink berries. It also has thorny branches.

Q: I am writing in hopes that you can provide some advice about our Autumn Olive. We originally planted it to provide both food for the birds and definition for the entrance to our house. It has ...

The autumn olive bush is a large shrub that typically does not grow taller than 16 feet; most bushes are 5 to 12 feet high. The bush produces several trunks that arch out, with thin willow-like ...

Although not considered so years ago when I planted it, the shrub — known as autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) — is now considered dangerous, an invasive species.