All of the sudden, you see them. They might be taking over bare spots between plants, or even under them. They can grow in the spaces between brick or paver pathways. They sprawl out at astonishing ...

Noticing a weed I have probably seen often but never identified, I took a picture and examined it. Although there are at least five genus of spurge, I recognized the prostrate spurge (Euphorbia ...

Spotted spurge (Euphorbia maculata) is an annual prostrate plant in the spurge family. It grows close to the ground and forms a dense mat of vegetation invading gardens, cultivated agricultural areas, ...

These culprits come seemingly overnight. They lay low at first. Even their flowers hide, so tiny they are barely visible to the naked eye; yet they’re super-efficient at making seed, growing new ...

In the war against weeds, it is possible to beat the foe, or at least to contain it. All you have to do is develop an obsession. My own weed mania revealed itself recently at a party. Standing on the ...

Heat and drought stress have thinned lawns and other areas allowing weeds to invade. Common weed problems at this time of year are yellow nutsedge, purslane, prostrate spurge, knotweed and ...

If you leave your garden or backyard walkways unattended for several weeks, you might come back to an explosion of aggressive weeds. One fast-growing weed that is a particular pain to deal with is ...

Some weeds are on the mild end of the garden-ruining spectrum, coming out easily and giving up fairly easily. But others are some of nature’s toughest competitors, able to mount tall buildings and ...

When Mike and Clarissa Tofel saw their twin daughters playing in some pretty yellow flowers in their yard, they thought nothing of it. They'd moved into the house the previous November, and in the ...

Three seeded Mercury or Virginia Copperleaf - Acalypha rhomboidei is actually related to the ornamental copperleaf Acalypha wilkesiana. While the ornamental variety is tropical and has large, colorful ...