Attractive plants that were probably introduced from Europe as ornamentals, Dalmatian and yellow toadflax are aggressive invasive species known to crowd out desirable plants along roadways, railroad ...

What a funny name toadflax is? The name toadflax is thought to result from a mistake. It seems that the common toadflax may have been used to treat ‘buboes’ (boils) and was known as bubinio, meaning ...

Good old-fashioned suburbia will never be the same. Bigger, modern homes on smaller, modern parcels leave little space for gardening and trees. What is not shaded by the taller homes is shaded by the ...

Purple toadflax can be seen in flower these days on old walls and waste ground, and occasionally by roadsides. It has tall, very slender stems, usually in a group, though sometimes just one or two ...