Don't Let Dandelions Defeat You

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This spring, I looked out my window and saw hundreds of cheerful yellow flowers blooming in my yard. But I was not very happy -- they were all dandelions.

Most gardeners share my scornful sentiments about these tough, low-growing perennial weeds (Taraxacum officinale).

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Don't Let Dandelions Defeat You

The French named them "dent de lion" -- or "tooth of the lion" -- because of their jagged, teeth-like foliage.

The sunny, yellow blooms are actually many tiny flowers bunched together. They quickly turn into familiar, white puffballs, whose seeds can parachute through the air.

Despite the fact that dandelions seem to grow anywhere and everywhere in Virginia, they are not native p...

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