While some yellow-flowering plants that pop up in your lawn are wanted, others are invasive and need to be dealt with swiftly before they get out of control.

When we bought our home 41 years ago in the spring, the backyard was not landscaped, but it was covered in bright green plants blooming with yellow buttercup-style flowers. I loved it. Then, my ...

There is a certain plant that has remarkable strength. I always think of an ox when reading about it or hearing its name and for an obvious reason: It’s called oxalis. Yet the etymology of oxalis has ...

Q: How can I get rid of oxalis in my yard? I pull it out and think I’ve got it all, but it just comes back with more gusto the following year. It’s annoying, to say the least. A: From November through ...

We have had welcome rains, and we should be receiving more around the time this column appears. That’s good, but that weather prompts some salient observations. First, though the drought has been ...

A visitor to Bonny Doon Beach heads to the water on Tuesday from the parking lot on Highway 1. The coastline along Highway 1 between Santa Cruz and Davenport is carpeted in yellow with Oxalis ...

Is sour grass driving you crazy? Also called Bermuda buttercup or Oxalis (Oxalis pes-caprae), this weedy plant is difficult to eradicate from your garden. It originated in the Cape region of South ...

There is a certain plant that has remarkable strength. I always think of an ox when reading about it or hearing its name and for an obvious reason: It’s called oxalis. Yet the etymology of oxalis has ...