Every summer I dread the appearance of common purslane in my garden. I’m always careful to dispose of it after pulling because it will reroot very easily if left in contact with the soil. It’s easy to ...

Q: I have a weed in my garden that the plant ID app on my phone says is common purslane. What is up with this weed? I pull it out and hoe it up and it reappears. I never see it flower. How is it ...

A hand in a gardening glove pulls a bunch of weeds from a lawn. - AndrWater/Shutterstock Bring up the word "weed" to any gardener, and you're bound to get a reaction. Weeds have earned a bad ...

A closeup of the Purslane plant with yellow flowers budding from it. - Wimilu/Shutterstock Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) might seem harmless with its small yellow flowers, but this aggressive annual ...

Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is a weedy summer annual found throughout the world. A common weed found in turfgrass, vegetable and ornamental gardens, agricultural fields and open spaces.

So far this growing season I have tried to keep the weeds at bay by pulling, spading, rototilling, shouting at them (they say that plants can sometimes respond to the sound of the human voice), ...

Lowcountry gardeners love purslanes because of their colorful flowers and affinity for hot, dry conditions. Nurseries often carry several versions, sometimes marketed as portulaca or moss rose. But ...

Q: Help! This terrible weed has suddenly overtaken my entire vegetable garden even though I carefully tilled it before planting my crops this spring. Hoeing it now only seems to make it grow faster.

Greenhouse studies were conducted to assess the intensity of smooth pigweed and common purslane aboveground interference (AI) and belowground interference (BI) with lettuce and to determine primary ...