ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Natural Resources Department asked gardeners to pull up garlic mustard and smother it in plastic bags to kill stop reseeding. Garlic mustard is an invasive weed now blooming in southern Minnesota. Now is the time act, the DNR said, noting the weed’s white flowers are in bloom with thousands of tiny seeds. You also can cook with it: Great for a garlicky touch in pesto and hummus, the DNR said.
Garlic mustard. Out, out, damned spot.
Garlic mustard profile
Garlic Mustard came to the United States as food and medicine in the 1800s. It forms thick mats that shade and outcompete native plants. It impedes natural forest regeneration by producing chemicals that hinder other plants from growing. It also blocks trails.