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Elder, sambucus nigra, flower

Black elder, known for its fruits

Shrubs
cestrum

Cestrum, a shrub with fragrant hanging flowers

Shrubs
Soft scale insect on a ZZ plant

Scale on ZZ plant – keep sap-sucking bugs from infecting your Zamioculcas!

Treating diseases and pests
Lavender wand, lavender wad

Lavender wand, how to make this scented ornament

Gardening
Turnip-rooted chervil tubers ready to sprout

Turnip-rooted chervil, how to grow it

The Vegetable Patch
English vs French lavender

English vs French lavender, which is best?

Perennials
Stalks of lavender flowers with a white background.

Get the name of each lavender right: scientific names for English, French, Spanish…

Perennials
Roots exposed on a plant during transplanting

Transplant damage – protect your plant & avoid wounds

Treating diseases and pests
how to prepare your own root dip

Root dip – how to prepare your own root dip

Special reports
A field completely covered in purple Lavandula stoechas flowers.

Lavandula stoechas, the ornamental lavender

Gardening
Seeds from the Stephanotis vine

Stephanotis seeds – a fruit pod packed with surprises

Climbing plants
Properly pruned stephanotis blooming before a brick wall.

Pruning stephanotis – timing, tools, technique & tips!

Climbing plants
Lychee health benefits

Lychee: what’s in the fruit, how to use it, and what to watch for

Health
Palm trees indoor houseplant

A palm tree in the house

Indoor plants
fleabane

Fleabane, the rockwall daisy

Perennials
Phillyrea

Phillyrea, a short olive-like tree for hardy climates

Trees
Rhodanthe

Rhodanthe, superb for dry flowers

Annuals and biennials
Shaped boxwood shrubs forming boxes

Boxwood, always the elegant one

Shrubs
Gunnera

Gunnera, a giant rhubarb with mammoth leaves

Perennials
Weeds with health benefits include dandelion

Edible weeds: how to identify, harvest and cook them

Health
Bidens

Bidens, like gold in garden

Perennials
Rose moss flower

Rose moss, key points to know

Annuals and biennials
Oriental fountain grass seed pods swaying in the wind

Pennisetum orientale, the oriental fountain

Ornamental grasses
Medicinal sage

Medicinal sage, tips on how to grow and care for it

Herbs and spices
Ash tree leaf, single, against a white background

Ash tree leaves: traditional uses, infusions and cautions

Health
Yellow guzmania

Guzmania, exotic and colorful

Flowering houseplants
Pine tree branches, cones and fruit pips are healthy for the body.

Pine: edible shoots, pine baths and traditional uses

Health
Round leaves and pale pink flowers are the mark of the Kent Beauty origanum rotundifolium variety

Origanum rotundifolium, the Kent Beauty oregano

Herbs and spices
Stipa gigantea is giant feather grass

Giant feather grass, advice on caring for it

Ornamental grasses
Nettle benefits and uses

Stinging nettle: how to harvest it, cook it and brew it

Health
Gardening tools

Gardening tools, basic gardening equipment

Special reports
goldenrod solidago health benefits

Goldenrod (Solidago): traditional uses, infusions and sensible cautions

Health
Willow shrubs are willows that grow shorter than normal willow trees

Willow shrubs, small but ever so elegant

Shrubs
Broad bean health benefits

Broad beans: using the beans, pods and flowers, and what tradition credits them with

Health
Three square-foot vegetable beds

Planting an organic square-foot vegetable patch

The Vegetable Patch
Red berries dot this rhamnus alaternus or mediterranean buckthorn

Italian Buckthorn, how to care for Rhamnus alaternus

Shrubs
Pomegranate benefits

Pomegranate: vitamins, kitchen uses and traditional herbal reputation

Health
Thuja

Thuja, a true hedge conifer

Trees and shrubs
Health benefits of bell pepper

Bell pepper: what it contains, how to use it in the kitchen and in home beauty

Health
Salix caprea

Salix Caprea ‘Kilmarnock’, a miniature weeping willow

Trees
lants-for-each-room-of-the-house

Plants for each room

Indoor plants
Saffron petals cupped in two hands

Saffron: what it is, how it is used, and what to watch for

Health
varieties of hosta

Hosta, hardy and abundant

Perennials
Herbaceous peony

Herbaceous peony, oriental beauties

Perennials
Edible plants

Grow flowers for food!

Special reports
Health benefits of melon

Melon: how to use the flesh, seeds and rind, and what tradition makes of it

Health
Flower cluster of a red valerian plant

Red valerian, a beautiful perennial

Perennials
How to make a living plant wall

Setting up a plant wall, indoors and outside!

Special reports
Harts tongue fern

Hart’s tongue fern, a fern for the home

Garden Flowers
Dahlia imperialis towers tall above, blooming

Dahlia imperialis, a marvel in fall

Perennials
Garden tool care

Proper garden tool care, key maintenance steps

Special reports