Tag: Plants

  Ripe and unripe Kousa Dogwood fruit.  Cornus kousa: A Dog-gone-good Dogwood The Kousa Dogwood is one of those plants that makes you ask: What is it? Kousa...

Add a little pizzazz to your garden with homemade plant markers you and your kids can create in just a few hours. I love art...

  The orange and red fruit of the Simpson Stopper. Myricanthes fragrans: Nakedwood Twinberry I took me about a year to know the Simpson Stopper. While most people...

  Note the leaves can be skinny or fat. When it comes to Carpetweed you need to know only two things: It grows nearly everywhere, or...

  Sea Oxeye: Note the pointed green bracts directly below the yellow blossom. They are key to identification. There are edible plants, and there are non-edible...

  Gorse flowers and thorns, available all year long depending on climate.  Ulex europaeus: Edible Gorse or Furze Pas Gorse has edible flowers. It also has thorns…...

  The showly male flowers of the Eastern Gamagrass. At grass conferences I have been told more than once that there are no toxic native North...

Usually mistaken for a pesky garden weed, plantain turns out to be a potent tool for your home remedy kit. Here's what to know...

Yes, it’s true. While many people grow ornamental plants sheerly for their beauty, many of these plants are also edible. Take a look below...

  Persimmons can persists after the leaves drop making them easy to spot. Persimmons: Pure Pucker Power About the only bad thing you can say about a...