Bindweed flowers start to bloom in the spring and continue until the weather turns frosty. Because the weed is a perennial, ...

"How do I prevent bindweed from taking over a garden bed?" asks Birds & Blooms reader Sue Gronholz of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

Bindweed’s strong stems rapidlyscramble into any nearby plant and can smother weaker specimens. Like many troublesome weeds, it develops storage roots, which form thick tangles of fat white threads ...