Plants Archives

Coreopsis

Coreopsis pleases everyone! People love it for its sunny, long-lasting blooms. Birds love it for its seeds and butterflies, and

1. The bitter truth about rhubarb. Rhubarb lovers may lament it and disagree, but the truth is that

By Dorothy Dobbie Technically and botanically, peas are a fruit, because their seeds are developed from the ovary of the

By Shauna Dobbie They are delicious and nutritious, being full of anthocyanins (which are good for you). They’re also native

By Shauna Dobbie When I was a young child, I was allowed to pick pansies and tulips sometimes, crocuses never,

1. Shiny horse. Sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamoides, is a shrub or tree, growing eight to 12 feet tall, native to Europe

1. Cheaper and deeper but longer. To seed or to sod? That is the question. Sodding gives you instant lawn

1. Hardy little newcomer. Creeping Charlie (Glechoma hederacea) came to us from Europe, where, like dandelion, it was found to

1. The scent of a flower. Petunias have a heavenly scent in the early part of summer, before they have

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