The weed thrives in cool, moist places and if left to grow to its own devices, can become a five-foot-tall pest that overtakes places in woodland gardens.

Fungus, aquatic weeds and other threats to farm-raised fish thrive more readily in fresh water than in salt water, aquaculture specialists say.

She showed it by giving up eating anything with a face, letting weeds thrive in the family backyard, and making a tiny house for a mouse that suddenly appeared.

Many professionals recommend inserting plants in certain sections: otherwise, weeds and grasses thrive, and seedlings need several seasons to take hold and grow.

First there is the garden in Hasbrouck Heights along Route 46, a profusion of 5,000 tulips that bloom where weeds once thrived.

Many 'weeds' only thrive in the regenerative cycle.

The American Goldfinch prefers open country where weeds thrive, such as fields, meadows, flood plains, as well as roadsides, orchards, and gardens.

This benefits the American Goldfinch both as a short-distance migrant, and because the created open areas are the preferred environment of the bird, where weeds thrive which produce the primary food source of the American Goldfinch.

Since weeds thrive where the soil is compacted, good soil management practices will deter them.

All the vegetables in my garden are doing poorly, but the weeds are certainly thriving.