With its lush, bluish-green foliage and fragrant white spring flowers, there's a lot to love about Allegheny spurge (Pachysandra procumbens). Unlike fast-spreading invasive ground covers like goutweed ...

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 ...

Spring is the perfect time to prepare for everything summer brings. The warmer weather and later sunlight bring people outside of their homes and into their yards. From filling container gardens to ...

• Wood spurge, Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae, is an evergreen and early blooming perennial for the central Ohio garden. The leaves are shiny and dark green. The chartreuse flowers that appear in ...

A friend gave me this plant a few years ago. I planted it at my lake house and have noticed that small spurges are popping up all along the bank. Have I planted a weed? The original came from a ...

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.

Q: I am 99 percent sure I've got spotted spurge both in my garden beds and lawn. I've been pulling it and spraying it with Roundup in beds. But in the grass... should I apply a pre-emergent in the ...

A good plant for a perennial bed or border has great structure, fabulous color and easy care. Many plants do not meet those criteria, but Euphorbia epithymoides or polychroma, with the popular name ...

Blackbird spurge (Euphorbia ‘Blackbird’) is a lovely dark plant discovered as a sport — a genetic mutation growing from a mother plant that has differing characteristics, leaf shape, color or flowers.

Millie highlights a tough, sculptural plant that she loves to grow in her cool-climate garden. It’s Gopher spurge (Euphorbia rigida), which tolerates a really hot spot in the garden as well as partly ...

Destroy this invasive weed before the problem gets worse. I had no interest in gardening when I came to Salt Lake City. My husband and I lived for years in a condo on Wasatch Drive. Behind us was ...

A garden invader is Purslane. This “weed” is a low growing succulent with a red stem, green tear drops shaped leaves and small yellow flowers. Since it’s invasive, it spreads out like a small rug.