While some yellow-flowering plants that pop up in your lawn are wanted, others are invasive and need to be dealt with swiftly before they get out of control.
When we bought our home 41 years ago in the spring, the backyard was not landscaped, but it was covered in bright green plants blooming with yellow buttercup-style flowers. I loved it. Then, my ...
Across the UK, gardeners are spotting a pretty yellow carpet in late winter that quietly suffocates borders and lawns. What turns this charming oxalis into a stubborn invader? A sudden carpet of tiny ...
Q: How can I get rid of oxalis in my yard? I pull it out and think I’ve got it all, but it just comes back with more gusto the following year. It’s annoying, to say the least. A: From November through ...
Is sour grass driving you crazy? Also called Bermuda buttercup or Oxalis (Oxalis pes-caprae), this weedy plant is difficult to eradicate from your garden. It originated in the Cape region of South ...
There is a certain plant that has remarkable strength. I always think of an ox when reading about it or hearing its name and for an obvious reason: It’s called oxalis. Yet the etymology of oxalis has ...
We have had welcome rains, and we should be receiving more around the time this column appears. That’s good, but that weather prompts some salient observations. First, though the drought has been ...
There is a certain plant that has remarkable strength. I always think of an ox when reading about it or hearing its name and for an obvious reason: It’s called oxalis. Yet the etymology of oxalis has ...