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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MOST GARDENERS have, to put it lightly, inviolable opinions about which plants belong in their yards. It often has been remarked that a weed is simply a plant in the wrong place. It has been remarked ...

Q: Please identify this mystery plant that is growing in my lantana bed. I don’t want to pull it if it would be an attractive ground cover, but I don’t want it to take over the entire bed. A: This is ...

Purslane, also known as common purslane, little hogweed, pigweed, fatweed, or pusle, is found worldwide. In the U.S., it's often considered a nuisance. But in other parts of the globe, it's regularly ...

A common weed harbors important clues about how to create drought resistant crops in a world beset by climate change. Yale scientists describe how Portulaca oleracea, commonly known as purslane, ...