Hand-pulling is the best bet to get rid of small patches of spurge. Use a small trowel or hand fork to carefully lever the ...

Both spotted and prostrate spurge grow close to the ground, forming a thick mat. Leaves are small and attached opposite to one another on the stems. They are actually considered the same species ...

Prostrate spurge can be hoed or hand-pulled (with gloves). The seeds require light to germinate; application of 2 inches of mulch will discourage new seed germination.

Another garden invader is Purslane. This “weed” is a low growing succulent with a red stem, green tear drops shaped leaves and small yellow flowers.

Spotted spurge (Euphorbia maculata) is an annual prostrate plant in the spurge family. It grows close to the ground and forms a dense mat of vegetation invading gardens, cultivated agricultural ...

Salt Lake County officials are urging landowners to “purge the spurge” to curb the invasion of a plant that secretes an irritating sap.

Spurge is typically found in Cork and Kerry and in Northern Spain and Portugal — apparently this plant's poisonous sap was once a way of catching fish ...

As gardens start to bloom again with the arrival of spring, officials are asking for the public’s help in not continuing to introduce a monster. Myrtle spurge has been turning up in abundance ...

In 2018, myrtle spurge was A-listed as a noxious weed in California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah and Washington, making it is against the law to grow it. New Mexico should join them.

Newly identified plant fossils found in Argentina suggest that a group of spurges long thought to have Asian origins may have first appeared in Gondwanan South America.