June 2, 2025 | By Maryann Readal
Garlic chives, Allium tuberosum, are one of the versatile herbs that belong in every garden. It is a tasty culinary plant with a light …
April 21, 2025 | By Carol Michel
The simple answer is they are the authors of old, often-forgotten gardening books and articles written mostly in the 19th and 20th centuries. I …
January 20, 2025 | By Susan Belsinger & Tina Marie Wilcox
Observations in Growing Both German Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) and Roman Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) Side-by-Side in My Garden
Susan …
August 19, 2024 | By Erin Holden
These days, when I meet people for the first time, it might seem to them that I have no other interests besides plants. Which, of course, isn’t …
January 1, 2024 | By Maryann Readal
Believe it or not, archaeologists have determined that the agave plant has been used for nearly 9,000 years (Tull, 2013)! It has been an …
October 2, 2023 | By Maryann Readal
Everyone is familiar with this famous quote from the ancient Arabic folktale, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, where Ali Baba uses the magical …
September 18, 2023 | By Beth Schreibman Gehring
Held in the gentle embrace of autumn, as the sun’s warm caress yields to the cool, crisp air, our natural world embarks on a beautiful symphony …
May 29, 2023 | By Jessica Ryan
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) bred four cotton lines that can be used to make …
February 27, 2023 | By Scott Aker
It seems that as I continue my career in horticulture, there are plants that I come back to over time. With my recent move to Wyoming, I have …
December 12, 2022 | By Lin Lange and Karen England
Virtual book club groups sprang up a bit like dandelions during the Covid years and have persisted even as pandemic restrictions have eased. The …
September 26, 2022 | By Katherine Schlosser
I remember the first dress that made me feel good about myself. I was 17 and looking for something to wear to a dance, not formal, not cocktail, …
August 1, 2022 | By Karen Cottingham
Lemon balm, that delightfully lemony herb, has been used medicinally for centuries. The many beneficial properties of Melissa officinalis were …
June 6, 2022 | By Maryann Readal
Basil, Ocimum basilicum, still reigns today as the King of Herbs. Its royalty was established by the Greeks, when they gave the herb its name …
May 2, 2022 | By Maryann Readal
Calendula officinalis is a plant in the Asteraceae family and is The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month for May. In my Texas Zone 8b …
January 3, 2022 | By Maryann Readal
The Viola species are the January 2022 Herb of the Month for The Herb Society of America and also the International Herb Association’s Herb of …
September 13, 2021 | By Mara Sanders
If you are a plant enthusiast like myself, you might get pretty excited browsing next season’s plant catalogues. But all the acronyms (from TM …
July 12, 2021 | By Chrissy Moore
We’ve likely all had the experience of never having heard of something your whole life, and then suddenly you hear about that thing everywhere. …
June 14, 2021 | By Bonnie Porterfield
As you drive along State Rt. 91 in Hudson, Ohio, you pass a community park, Darrow Road Park. As long as I’ve lived in Hudson (38 years), it’s …