Editor’s note: John Nelson is retiring. This is his final Mystery Plant column. You could call this the “spiny green ping-pong ball plant” if you wanted, and why not? John Nelson is a ...

Mexican butterworts are houseplants which stay indoors year-round, however, Gierys cultivates other types of carnivorous ...

Instead of needing dry, well-drained soil, watercress grows in a bog ... post Plant Once, Harvest Forever – 10 Perennial ...

It is no surprise that hummingbird mint attracts hummingbirds to many gardens. Here are the flowers you should grow nearby to ...

Rock also provides a place for bacteria to colonize, which is ideal if you are adding fish to the water garden. When adding bog plants keep them in their plastic pots and place gravel over the soil in ...

The vegetables in the dining halls are a constant reminder of the presence of the Bowdoin Organic Garden (BOG) and its work ...

Wherever the bog lemming lives, it creates a maze of interconnecting tunnels and runways 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in) wide, and builds nests 15-20 cm (6-8 in) in diameter from plant fibers. Summer nests are on ...

Feeling left out because you only have a small garden? Don’t. There is a dwarf version of the umbrella plant called Darmera ...

The family of plants that asters belong to is generally called the sunflower ... crowned and white-throated sparrows eating ...

You could call this the “spiny, green, ping-pong ball plant” if you wanted, and why not? It is actually (although absent in southern Florida), often forming stands along pond and stream edges ...