* What it is: This winter-hardy onion plant is grown as an ornamental for its gorgeous and long-lasting walnut-sized round flowers of pinkish-purple that bloom in July and August - and sometimes ...

Q: I’m worried about how my perennials are doing with this weird mid-winter thaw followed by a colder snap. With the melting, some of my perennial plants aren’t covered with snow anymore. I didn’t get ...

During my years as executive director of the Columbus Botanical Garden in Georgia, I fell madly in love with the garlic chives in our herb garden. I’m not an herbalist or a culinary artist in the ...

Discovery is an enjoyable pastime for a curious gardener. With each new squash, flower, or shrub, lessons in life as well as gardening are learned each year. During a silent auction a few weeks ago, I ...

Most vegetables grown in home gardens are annuals. They wither and die at the end of the season and need to be replanted every year to reap more crops. But if you're short on time or money, don't want ...

Q. My landlord gave me a start of this plant. They didn’t explain what it is. I have looked in the seed catalogs and don’t see anything like it. Would like to know if the little bulbs are edible. – ...

I was talking with my friends — Mary, who is an excellent waitress at the Waffle Shop on North Atherton Street, and Tommy, who does the piano bar at the American Ale House plus a host of other ...

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