The recent boom in native-plant interest focuses mainly on trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennial flowers – by far the main workhorse plants of Pennsylvania landscapes. But even with the diversity ...

Emily Dickinson thought hope was the "thing with feathers," but a flower bulb seems like a better metaphor for hope. Tucked into the earth months in advance, bulbs are packed with promise of a ...

“An onion can make people cry but there’s never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.” — Will Rogers I received some interesting information from my favorite onion producers and would like to ...

Though scallions, green onions and spring onions have a similar appearance, these plants mainly differ in age harvested. All are low in calories and contain some beneficial plant compounds. Scallions, ...