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 ...

A number of my many different worlds converged recently around a tiny plant, blue toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis). What is remarkable is that anyone noticed them. This is an easily overlooked ...

Yellow toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) is a perennial weed native to Eurasia. It was originally introduced into the U.S. as an ornamental. It invades pastures, rangeland, rights-of-way and other disturbed ...

Most plants get chosen; some, however, choose you. Or at least this is how I feel about toadflax. It's the kind of plant that turns up and tucks itself into a corner you weren't much interested in.

I was up at a farmers’ market in Lewiston and, in the midst of a veritable concrete desert, there at the juncture of an old concrete building foundation and a concrete-asphalt parking lot was a burst ...

Maintenance: For best results, water regularly, two to three times weekly for initial seed germination. Keep soil moist, but not soggy, and do not permit the area to dry out. Once seedlings are ...

Other flowers fall in and out of favor in my garden, but I never grow tired of toadflax. The multicolored small blooms are irresistibly charming; and despite their delicate appearance, are easy to ...

Dalmation toadflax flowers are in the axils of the leaves in a spike at the end of each stalk. Flowers are yellow to orange in color and produces a two-cell fruit capsule, which contain the seeds.

Don’t judge this low-growing plant by its rather unfortunate-sounding name. The bastard toadflax has delicate flowers, offering a small bit of beauty in sandy, sage brush landscapes. It also blooms ...