Q:I read a column you wrote about getting rid of oxalis. We have a similar situation with wild onions. They are growing in two areas of our yard, and we've not been able to get rid of them. I try to ...

From late fall through early spring, I enjoy eating wild onions, fresh from my San Francisco garden. The leaves and stems provide a mild onion flavor in soups, salads, omelets, stir-fry or in a ...

WHILE there are other flowers in bloom during February, the month undoubtedly belongs to the snowdrop. The diminutive Gilanthus is a harbinger of spring, the first in a series of successive flowering ...

Ms Salmon said the results of the removal efforts had been encouraging, with the number of bluebell stems with seed pods in a monitored trial patch increasing from 62 in 2023 to more than 260 earlier ...

Herbs form the foundations of many successful kitchen gardens. Very many herbs are beautifully aromatic and superabundant. Most are very quick-growing and highly attractive to our pollinator friends, ...

There are few plants with the versatility of the allium family. With good looks and taste, they provide those floral punctuation marks that float above the flower border, joined by their culinary ...

Signs will be improved at Bluebell woods to encourage walkers to stay on paths Walkers are being urged to keep on paths through Guernsey's Bluebell Woods to protect the threatened flowers. Bluebells ...

The paper R. Grinter et al., “FusC, a member of the M16 protease family acquired by bacteria for iron piracy against plants,” PLOS Biol, 16:e2006026, 2018. In Australia, the pathogenic bacterium ...

This doesn’t have to be confined to autumn, the season of full and plenty. It can be a year-round exercise. The wild garlic blooming all over the countryside at present is a true harbinger of spring.

There has been an increased number of bluebells in Guernsey after a project to tackle an invasive plant which has been threatening them. The non-native stinking onion plant was introduced to the ...