Spurge weed (Euphorbia) is a native annual indigenous to the eastern U.S., but found in many parts of the country. And although we often associate growing native plants with being the more ...

It must have been in my enthusiasm to get rid of less desirable (in a mixed border) native plants like creeping butter cup and cow parsley that I inadvertently got shot of the wood spurge. It was ...

QUESTION: I have attached a photo of a plant my neighbor has in her yard. It was already planted when she moved here, so we don’t know what it is, but we love it. It almost looks like giant ...

Any plant that offers winter greenery and early flowering is worthy of consideration, and spurge gives both. There are lots of kinds of euphorbia, which is the botanical name, some quite commonly ...

Few plants thrive in poor dry soil in shade, but this euphorbia thrives in the difficult conditions commonly found under big trees. The plant spreads by underground runners, until eventually the ...

Education rather than eradication is the best approach, says Alys Fowler I’ve noticed a lot of what I think is Euphorbia amygdaloides var robbiae, or wood spurge, in public spaces recently, yet crocus ...

The name spurge is derived from Middle English and Old French 'espurge' which meant to purge as the plant's sap was used as a purgative. Its botanical name Euphorbia is said to have been coined in ...