About Nature’s Dyes
1. Blue jean pea plant. A member of the pea family, Indigofera tinctoria, the plant that produces blue jean blue, has been in use as
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November 4, 2021
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About Succulents
Juicy leaves 1. Juicy fruit. With succulent plants, it’s not only the fruit that’s juicy, it’s the whole plant. These remarkable green, pink, orange, blue
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June 3, 2021
About Peonies
1. What’s so great about peonies? Peonies are drought tolerant, deer resistant, fragrant, hardy to Zone 2 and they can live for over 100 years.
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May 20, 2021
Buying Plants
1. Potted plants in bloom (1). At the garden centre, should you buy plants that are already blooming or not? The question has two answers:
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April 29, 2021
About Roses
1. Prickle or thorn, it still hurts. Technically, roses have prickles. Thorns are modified leaves containing vascular strands of the plant (the system that moves
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February 10, 2021
About Edible Weeds
Purslane 1. Move over spinach. Purslane, sometimes called portulaca, is an edible weed. It has 10 times the Omega 3 fatty acids found in spinach,
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February 3, 2021
About Groundcover
1. It’s thyme, baby. Thyme will hold up nicely as groundcover between flagstones in a sunny area that gets a bit of foot traffic, although
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August 20, 2020
About Strawberries
1. The strawberry isn’t a berry. It isn’t even a fruit. Botanically speaking, the strawberry is a false fruit because it isn’t formed from the
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July 3, 2020
Spiky Flowers
1. Flowers on spikes. Spiky flowers could refer to flowers with spikes or flowers that form on a spike-like stem; we’re using it to refer
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June 26, 2020
About Cosmos
Ulam Raja 1. King’s salad. When we think of cosmos, we think of the pretty delicate flowers once so common in the gardens of our
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June 16, 2020