A pond near Kushalnagar in Kodagu has transformed into a purple paradise as blooming water hyacinths cover its surface. This ...

Water hyacinths also cover the surface, cutting off sunlight, outcompeting other plant species and starving water of oxygen. That means there are fewer fish for Macharia to catch in the first place.

Water hyacinth was first sighted on Lake Naivasha about 10 years ago. Now it has become a large, glossy mat that can cover swathes of the lake. To fishermen, the invasive plant is a threat to ...

Photos taken on June 23 show an overgrowth of water hyacinth plants on Bailin River in Yichang, Hubei province, creating a sort of green lawn caused by higher temperatures, lack of rain and ...

MODESTO- The Tuolumne River near the 9th Street bridge in Modesto has a new visitor blanketing its surface – water hyacinth. It grows quickly and many are scared about what it could mean for … ...

The end of winter and early spring is the main flowering season of water hyacinth. The plant had been considered useless, even harmful to environment as it prevents water flow and is an obstacle for ...

Eli Morgan wanted to feed his cattle. Mrs. W.F. Fuller wanted to decorate her fish pond. The Japanese wanted to honor their American hosts by giving out pretty flowering plants. All had good in… ...

Online lecture presentation on 22 May 2023 at 10:00AM (BST) by Professor Dr P.I. Haris to mark the 200th anniversary of the discovery of the water hyacinth plant. The lecture is free to attend. If you ...

Hyacinth ranks as the coast's worst invasive because it blocks boats, clogs intakes for industrial and city water operations and forms dense floating blankets that prevent other plants from ...

These and other advances in scientific research is changing the image of the water hyacinth plant in Bangladesh, compared to the days of the Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in the 1920s. Indeed, this year, the ...