Such a versatile and useful plant! Lavender reduces stress and promotes relaxation in herbal remedies. It relieves headaches, insomnia, and minor burns or insect bites. Dried lavender flowers can add fragrance and a slightly sweet flavor to dishes, teas, and baked...
It’s another cold, wet, and windy Saturday. You’re cooped up inside, lamenting the gloomy weather from the comfort of your Snuggie. What should you do? Binge watch Netflix? You already did that yesterday while you were “telecommuting.” Clean...
What kind of banana plant bears flowers but no fruit? A bird of paradise, of course. Yes, that exotic-looking plant in your neighbor’s yard is actually a banana expatriate from South Africa, a country known for bizarrely beautiful flora and large carnivorous...
Good news, if you’re a plant lover with a brown thumb! You can always grow pothos, which is hard to kill, just like Steven Seagal. This air-purifying plant will flourish even in less-than-ideal conditions. In the best conditions, you’ll be rewarded with...
Dracaena is a genus of flowering plants with more than 170 species, including some too big to be grown indoors. The name comes from the Greek word drakaina, the feminine form of “serpent”. The plants trace back to Africa, Madagascar, and Southeast Asia,...
