Each plant can produce up to 15,000 seeds, so you can see why it is so successful as an invasive weed. ... it can be recognized by its stalks of purple bell-shaped, five-lobed flowers.

I know more than one gardener is suffering through an invasion of Campanula rapunculoides, aka purple bell flowers, the subject of these multiple inquires. It is taking over more people’s flower ...

The plant they are talking about is purple deadnettle. The reason deadnettle shows up so quickly is because it is a winter annual plant. Winter annuals germinate and begin growing in the fall.

Purple is all the rage among gardeners and Mother Nature’s palette is well endowed with shades of purple flowers, fruit and foliage. Looking for perennials with purple flowers? Consider bear’s ...

ST. LOUIS – Local residents may have noticed fields full of purple “flowers” pop up recently. What look like pretty flowers are actually weeds, which are thriving thanks to the warm weather.

DES LACS - Vocational agriculture students here are trying to help wipe out the pesky purple loosestrife weed - by trading it. Des Lacs-Burlington's vo-ag instructor, Richard Sabol, and his 53 FFA ...