There is a small plant with shiny green leaves and yellow flowers that seems to be taking over sections of my garden, and is even growing in the lawn. It disappears later in spring. What is this, and ...

The lowly dandelion (Taxaracum officinale) is another yellow weed carpeting our area now. However, ecologists are not raising the same alarm about dandelions because they are most troublesome in ...

“How did the Sure Power herbicide you referenced in a column last year work to control lesser celandine in your lawn?” Many readers have asked the same question. As a reminder, lesser celandine ...

“How did the Sure Power herbicide you referenced in a column last year work to control lesser celandine in your lawn?” Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) is a very invasive spring ephemeral perennial ...

At this time of year people ask gardeners: “What is that?” Lately they are pointing to yellow-flowering forsythia shrubs, pink-flowering Japanese cherry trees or perky yellow flowers on the ground.

"Weed" is a word that immediately attracts a negative response. It's easy to understand why since a weed is defined as an "unwanted plant." But one person’s weed is another person's flower. This is ...