While some yellow-flowering plants that pop up in your lawn are wanted, others are invasive and need to be dealt with swiftly before they get out of control.

Bur buttercup was the bane of my summer childhood. While not as lethal to bare feet as puncturevine, bur buttercup still elicited plenty of tears when my feet encountered its little spiked seedheads.

Ranunculus flowers, also known as buttercups, are hardy, cool-season perennials that are beloved for their delicate, densely layered blooms. In places where winter is mild and spring is cool, growing ...

‘Poor little Buttercup!” Little Buttercup sold her wares to sailors aboard the H.M.S. Pinafore; that’s what Gilbert and Sullivan tell us in their comic opera. And she had a secret. Now, a “buttercup” ...

What: Winterhazels are pleasing year-round — but pure delight in late winter and early spring. Starting at the end of February, the bare branches of Corylopsis pauciflora, aka buttercup winterhazel, ...

“Poor little Buttercup!” Little Buttercup sold her wares to sailors aboard the H.M.S. Pinafore; that’s what Gilbert and Sullivan tell us in their comic opera. And she had a secret. Now a “buttercup” ...