A dense patch of wild ginger used as ground cover under trees in a residential garden. - Gabriela Beres/Shutterstock When it comes to plants you grow to protect your soil and cover your garden beds in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When choosing a new plant, many gardeners may be familiar with the adage, “right plant, right place.” Plants have preferences on ...

The greening of the forests is upon us now and soon we'll be seeing a full canopy among the trees. Looking through the open woods as we were able to do for the last seven months is about to end. New ...

While following paths through the conifer forests in the North State, hikers often encounter the shiny, bright green, heart-shaped leaves of wild ginger plants. For me, these happy hearts on the ...

What: This Pacific Northwest native is tops for the garden. Western wild ginger’s bold, heart-shaped leaves are fully evergreen and release a spicy, ginger-and-citrus fragrance when crushed. Asarum ...

I love being outside in all the seasons, but spring seems to hold me a bit more than other seasons. I like the feeling of the earth waking up from winter dormancy. I like seeing the first butterflies ...

If I'd a cow that gave such milk, I'd dress her in the finest silk; Feed her lots of sweet, sweet hay, and milk her twenty times a day. — Joseph Winner, “Little Brown Jug” Yesterday my botany class ...

What: Asarum splendens is commonly called splendid wild ginger. The plant is aptly named, for it is indeed splendid. Emerging in spring, its leaves are large, lustrous dark green overlaid with silver ...

Scientists have named the new ginger plant Aframomum ngamikkense after the proposed Ngamikka National Park in the Misotshi-Kabogo Massif. The species is currently known only from forests at higher ...

Growing ginger (adrak) in a pot is both simple and rewarding, blending culinary delight with mental calm and physical health.

Your future garden will thank you for planting safe alternatives to these potentially invasive species ...