Foliage Archives

10 Neat Things about Plants that Kill

Plants don’t always live up to their gentle, green reputation. Some have evolved lethal mechanisms to survive, capturing prey, and

As you plan your Thanksgiving menu, put some thought into sweet potatoes. Did you know that you can grow them

1. I’m strong to the finish, ‘cause I eats me spinach… Spinach can make you strong, but not as strong

1. You can eat them? Yes! Young hosta shoots are edible and are considered a delicacy in some cultures, including

Note: Seed produced by F1 hybrid plants may not produce fspring true to the parent. Flowers ‘DoubleShot Orange Bicolour’ snapdragons:

1. Once or twice. Parsley, Petroselinum crispum, is a biennial in temperate zones of the world and an annual in

1. Typhoid saviour. One of the native wildflowers, Joe Pye weed, boneset to some, and botanically Eutrochium (reclassified from Eupatorium a few

Peperomia argyreia Watermelon 1. Plant of the year! Peperomia has been declared the plant of the year by the National

1. It saved an emperor. Four-leaf clovers stand for luck and it was extremely lucky for Napoleon Bonaparte when he

1. Strong like… horse. Horseradish got its name not because horses like it – indeed, the plant is poisonous to