While the sweet yellow blooms of creeping buttercup (Ranunculus spp.) look innocent enough, the plant is an invasive, short-lived perennial weed that can be harmful to pets and livestock. Buttercups ...

Q: Is it really necessary to prune all of the fronds off of my ferns every spring? A: The only reason for removing the old fronds from ferns is aesthetic. Over the winter, a majority of the fronds get ...

Driving around the region right now, it is easy to find lots of beautiful yellow flowers blooming in fields and pastures. While these flowers look beautiful, they represent an infestation that has ...

Bur buttercup (Ceratocephala testiculatus) is a winter annual that germinates in late-fall and early-spring when soil temperatures are cool. This non-native, low-growing weed does not have vegetative ...

Bur buttercup was the bane of my summer childhood. While not as lethal to bare feet as puncturevine, bur buttercup still elicited plenty of tears when my feet encountered its little spiked seedheads.

Bur buttercup (Ceratocephala testiculata) is a low-growing annual native to Eurasia. It invades rights-of-way, poorly managed pastures and cultivated cropland. It can spread quickly providing ...