Hi there! My neighbor (in Minnesota, zone 4a) has a pretty plant in her front yard, but in one year it has filled an entire garden bed. It is about 2 feet tall and has small yellow multi-petaled flowers. Once the flowers fade, a skinny pod-like thing appears. That suggests to me it might be in the legume family? It is a rather bushy lush looking plant. Anyone know what it is? I have not seen one of these around here.






Thanks for your help!

Chelidonium majus:
https://www.google.be/search?q...

That is it. Thanks Myriam!

Jeanie, I agree with Myriam and it's a lovely Celandine (Chelidonium majus) You should add a few photos to the database!

I agree it is pretty, but it is spreading uncontrollably in my neighbor's garden. She will likely get rid of it. Too bad

It is pretty but I guess it does have a tendency to become a pest ... this page states that it has not become very widespread in Minnesota (yet!) but has become a serious pest in parts of Wisconsin: https://www.minnesotawildflowe...

I will tell her and she can decide what to do. I am guessing she will take it out. There are pets and grandkids around too so that might make a difference.

Thirty years ago I found this plant growing by the side of a building and brought a baby of it home. Despite my efforts to contain it to one small area, it spread to all sides of our acreage, and seeds unwittingly wound up in a lot of other plants that I was giving to friends. I always felt so guilty when I saw that they had kept these invaders. I would always warn them about how invasive they were and they would laugh at me and say they thought they were so pretty. I still feel badly about letting this scourge loose in our area.

Thanks for the warning, Nora.

Thanks for taking such excellent pictures! It made it so easy to recognize.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do with it.