Typically around 10 feet tall, the plant has serrated, lobed leaves and long, thick, hairy stems that are spotted with reddish-purple patches. Giant hogweed usually flowers in mid-June.

Giant hogweed was named after Hercules -- a mythological ... Another tell-tale sign is that its hollow stems are smattered in ...

James Wyllie, project co-ordinator, East Lothian Countryside Volunteers River Tyne Giant Hogweed Eradication Project, described the past 12 months as “very successful”. However, he reiterated that the ...