Though I would rather write about flowers and trees, sometimes a weed really needs to be brought to your attention. Leafy ...

This profile of spurge laurel is another in a series on invasive plants from the City Green blog by the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. Spurge laurel is neither a spurge nor a laurel, and ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- South Dakota State University Extension and the South Dakota Department of Agriculture encourage landowners to collect and redistribute leafy spurge beetles in their pastures. "With ...

As gardens start to bloom again with the arrival of spring, officials are asking for the public’s help in not continuing to introduce a monster. Myrtle spurge has been turning up in abundance, ...

With the arrival of gardening season, Denver Parks and Recreation is urging residents to remove the noxious weed myrtle spurge. It looks harmless, but can cause harm to people and natural areas.

The ideas for many of my articles are often triggered by something I notice on my daily dog walks. When walking by the river in Chief Whitecap dog park at the end of June, I noticed a very large ...

In many cases, I’ve discovered the Asian counterpart of our native plants to be much showier, more robust and in many instances more floriferous than our native species. Take Claytonia, for example.

It’s time to purge your spurge. Delicate yellow flowers atop tall spindly greenery have made myrtle spurge and cypress spurge popular for rock gardens and xeriscaped yards. But these ornamental plants ...

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 ...

Myrtle spurge is an invasive plant that can be found throughout Boise’s lower Foothills and along popular trails. It’s a succulent-like Mediterranean plant sometimes used as decorative landscaping in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You’ve probably seen the ad — bag up any myrtle spurge you find on your property, bring it to one of the “purge the spurge” events and Denver Parks and ...