How seeds implant themselves in soil can seem magical. Take some varieties of Erodium, whose five-petalled flowers of purple, pink or white look like geraniums. The seed of these plants is carried ...

It seems that the old is new again. And by “the old,” we mean “weird 1960s fad of gardening-material-as-drug.” Thanks to the Internet, teenagers are re-discovering something experts had thought was ...

As the warm summer months creep nearer and spring flowers begin to bloom, many of us will find some less welcome blossoms on our lawns. Dandelions are one of the most troublesome weeds, and anyone ...

Pumpkin seeds, often viewed as just part of the gunk to be dealt with when carving a jack-o'-lantern, invariably make it onto most comprehensive lists of so-called "superfoods". The original ...