Monarda, or wild bergamot, is a native plant that provides large lavender colored flowers from late June to August. It is also made into an herb tea.

Native landscaping requires minimal maintenance, benefits the environment and, with a bit of acceptance, can be a thing of ...

Wild plants can contribute valuable genes to their domesticated relatives. Fertility barriers and a lack of genomic resources ...

To spread knowledge about native plants, Woodke assembles planters with selections of species, mixing native edibles and ...

Now, about eight of these gently scented plants are starting to bloom in a wet depression in the front yard. As July ...

Vanilla flavoring is widely used in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The primary source, Vanilla planifolia, however, is ...

Often growing in rocky ground with acidic soil in the wild, this species doesn’t go summer-dormant the way the popular ...

The key change is an ancient defense system. Basically, these tomatoes are manufacturing a version of an alkaloid whose ...

Two of the giveaway perennial plants at the Master Gardener booth at the 2025 Kandiyohi County Fair this year will be serviceberry and wild indigo. The Kandiyohi Soil and Water Conservation District ...

New research uncovers reversal of evolution in island plants. On the younger, volcanic islands of the Galápagos, wild tomato ...