Lesser celandine, commonly called fig buttercup, has distinctive kidney shaped leaves appearing in a rosette. As the plant takes hold it creeps along the ground and will quickly spread throughout a ...

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 ...

It’s back! And taking up more real estate than ever. I’m talking about lesser celandine (Ficaria verna, a.k.a., Ranunculus facaria). This member of the Buttercup Family is the lovely, yellow-flowered ...

I noticed lesser celandine sprouting in my garden a couple of weeks ago, so it is time to begin control measures. Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) is a very invasive spring ephemeral perennial plant ...

DEAR JESSICA: I planted what I call camouflage, or chameleon plant. It started to take over, so I pulled it all out. Now, a decade later, it is still “crashing the party.” It is in densely planted ...

Q: We have several large patches of fig buttercup in our backyard. Is there a selective natural spray, or will vinegar work? I want to be eco-friendly, but don’t want it to take over lawns and gardens ...

“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 ...

HEARING the song of the chiffchaff, is for me, the definitive sign spring has arrived, the bird’s presence evidence of a journey successfully completed from its winter home in the Mediterranean basin ...

“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 ...

Nature: Grace Corne on the fsacinating natural history of one of spring's earliest flowers. In the last days of January I was surprised to find several blooms of lesser celandine. This is a plant more ...

The pretty little lesser celandine was apparently the favourite flower of poet, William Wordsworth, and indeed, the delicate flowers are engraved on his tomb in the graveyard of St Oswald’s church, ...