I live in the Greater Orlando area and see this cute weed occasionally in some of the most unsightly public places. I have a property tha...Read Moret has very unsightly sections, and grasses refuse to grow there. Another weed sparingly likes my barren spots: the small daisy-like Beggar's Tick (Bidens alba)...so...I would love to know how I might get Florida Pusley seeds to scatter on barren areas. I don't want to meander properties to gather the weeds, too shy for that. I agree with the positive commentators: it's an attractive flower particularly in the dry sandy areas here.
When I had lawn here in Florida, I hated this weed. It was persistent! I spent a fortune trying to keep the lawn looking decent, not to m...Read Moreention tons of water. So when I moved to a new home I decided NO LAWN at this place! This weed was growing in the yard at the new home which was otherwise bare, dry and nothing but sand and I decided to see what it would do. It's beautiful, chokes out random weeds and grass, forms a pretty mat that has pink flowers all year, requires very little water (perfect for our water restrictions here) and requires absolutely no fussing. It's growing like a....well... WEED. I love it. When it gets too close to specimen plants I just pinch it back. It's 95 degrees here on a daily basis right now (August) and its lush and beautiful with only an occasional sprinkle. Perfect!!! What's not to love?
Sag Harbor, NY (Zone 7a) | September 2014 | neutral
This popped up in my Long Island, NY garden a month or so ago and has spread over a foot through a stand of solomon's seal and beneath a...Read More blueberry & a tea camellia. Took me a while to identify it. It is nice looking and I'm glad to learn it is native to US (tho not this far north) but it is startling how fast it is growing. Not sure what to do with it -- may move it to edge of the woods before it goes to seed.
This sweet little plant makes a great ground cover. We have an acre of "lawn" which is really just mowed native grasses and plants. And R...Read Moreichardia is part of this lawn. I love the little blue/purple flowers.
Once I was walking across our lawn and I could hear the hum of a hundred bees. Where are they, I wondered. I looked down and they were merrily buzzing around the Richardia.
My yard is a sea of this stuff and if indeed edible, I'm in hog heaven and will dig right in. Am growing hydroponic veggies in stacking g...Read Morearden so I'll enjoy something different. I also have sorrel, betony, Spanish needles and probably a lot of other stuff I haven't had time to research. This particular plant was really hard to find a name for and ran into it by chance. My neighbor incorrectly called it Florida Betony but I knew better so kept searching for Florida Lawn Weed, lol. I'm pretty sure FL Pulsey is the real name and thanks for your website!
Janet
Punta Gorda, FL (Zone 9b) | October 2011 | positive
LOL, I know I'm going to get creamed for this, but I actually love this little weed. The flowers are delicate, and it attracts tons of bu...Read Moretterflies and bees. And the biggest plus? Wherever it grows, I don't have to mow! It lies low enough to the ground that it makes a perfect field of green and pale lavendar groundcover for all the beneficials. I guess one man's trash is another man's treasure
You think you have it bad in Georgia with this one ... in central Florida it is a PERENNIAL weed! Even the slightest pieces of its thick...Read More fleshy taproots left in the ground will resprout, in addition to its prolific seeding. I have seen single plants forming mats up to three feet across. Constantly having to weed this out of my gardens in dry to moist deep sandy soil.
This is a persistant annual weed. Most complaints are from lawns, but it is a major weed in cultivated crops. The flowers are white and g...Read Morerow in clumps at the end of the stems. The flower is star shaped with six parts connected to form a tube. Florida pusley will flower anytime the temperature is above freezing. Florida pusley spreads by seed. Florida pusley is found in areas of the United States where warm-season grasses proliferate.
I live in the Greater Orlando area and see this cute weed occasionally in some of the most unsightly public places. I have a property tha...Read More
When I had lawn here in Florida, I hated this weed. It was persistent! I spent a fortune trying to keep the lawn looking decent, not to m...Read More
This popped up in my Long Island, NY garden a month or so ago and has spread over a foot through a stand of solomon's seal and beneath a...Read More
This sweet little plant makes a great ground cover. We have an acre of "lawn" which is really just mowed native grasses and plants. And R...Read More
My yard is a sea of this stuff and if indeed edible, I'm in hog heaven and will dig right in. Am growing hydroponic veggies in stacking g...Read More
LOL, I know I'm going to get creamed for this, but I actually love this little weed. The flowers are delicate, and it attracts tons of bu...Read More
Florida Pusley (Richardia scabra) IS a weed that it is difficult to get rid of, but it IS edible, and can be used in salads.
You think you have it bad in Georgia with this one ... in central Florida it is a PERENNIAL weed! Even the slightest pieces of its thick...Read More
This weed is a big nuisance. It pops up everywhere and I'm constantly pulling it out.
This is a persistant annual weed. Most complaints are from lawns, but it is a major weed in cultivated crops. The flowers are white and g...Read More