A closeup of the Purslane plant with yellow flowers budding from it. - Wimilu/Shutterstock Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) might seem harmless with its small yellow flowers, but this aggressive annual ...

WEEDS… The never-ending problem for the beautiful lawn. Right? NOT! When you find out one of those so-called “WEEDS” is a very nutritious green. Purslane is not ...

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.

Q: We have a cottonwood in our yard, and we noticed last week that a few branches are dying. The tree is approximately 25-30 years old so I can’t imagine that the tree is dying. We were wondering if ...

Are you growing purslane yet (I mean, deliberately)? Its claims to fame are split, 50-50: invasive weed versus superfood. As the latter, it is delicious, and it hollers of summer. Browsing my ...

Chances are you know what purslane is even if you don’t know it by that name. A hardy and opportunistic weed, it has thick, reddish stems, somewhat plump tear-drop shaped leaves, and it grows low to ...