When you're selecting a ground cover to suppress weeds, there is no shortage of options. This large-leaved, blooming beauty has other benefits, too.

Purple flowering weeds, often seen as uninvited guests in gardens and landscapes, possess a unique beauty that belies their ...

A gardening expert has been left 'gobsmacked' after letting a weed grow in his garden that turned into a 'beautiful' plant ...

After the bluebonnet, also known as the “buffalo clover,” was declared the state flower by the Texas Legislature in 1901, a ...

Attention gardeners: put the weed killer down and grab your forks—this common garden weed is sprouting everywhere and offers numerous benefits. Instead of poisoning it, consider harvesting it for tea, ...

Many fields around the St. Louis area may appear to be bursting with purple flowers, except they’re not. The culprit? A common weed called Henbit, scientifically known as Lamium amplexicaule.

Photos courtesy MISC In 2003, Lori Buchanan, manager of the Molokai/Maui Invasive Species Committee, investigated a glossy-leaved plant with pinkish-purple flowers. She had seen it growing as a ...