Myrtle spurge is an invasive plant that can be found throughout Boise’s lower Foothills and along popular trails. It’s a succulent-like Mediterranean plant sometimes used as decorative landscaping in ...

Spring is just around the corner and soon gardens will begin to display their beautiful colors. But gardeners beware! There is a plant that may look beautiful but most certainly will act like a bully ...

Destroy this invasive weed before the problem gets worse. I had no interest in gardening when I came to Salt Lake City. My husband and I lived for years in a condo on Wasatch Drive. Behind us was ...

You might be harboring a noxious weed disguised as a pretty plant. Myrtle spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites), also known as donkey tail spurge, was once planted as a waterwise ornamental plant but has ...

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) - The City of Boulder is encouraging the community to remove myrtle spurge from their properties and bring the noxious weeds to the fourth annual Purge the Spurge event this ...

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, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Christina Hesley’s daughter once had a bad reaction to myrtle spurge. “My daughter was playing with a friend in a neighbor's yard and she just broke out in a hive-type rash pretty ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You’ve probably seen the ad — bag up any myrtle spurge you find on your property, bring it to one of the “purge the spurge” events and Denver Parks and ...

The city of Boulder collected almost three tons of myrtle spurge — a noxious weed that is illegal in the state — at the “Purge the Spurge” event earlier this month. The event encouraged homeowners to ...

Two Utah girls went to the emergency room last week after picking a plant that can cause severe skin and eye irritation — the same invasive plant that can be found throughout Boise’s lower Foothills ...