The shoo-fly plant is a pretty addition to any garden with its beautiful bell-shaped purple flowers and Chinese-lantern style fruit,…
Plant information sheets as well as articles on specific gardening tasks.

Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
Even-though Agastache, or Liquorice Mint, is also known as Anise Hyssop, Lavender Hyssop, or Blue Giant Hyssop, it is not a true…

Globe Artichoke and Cardoon
Globe Artichokes, and Cardoons, their “wild” cousins, are varieties of edible thistles, and are both vegetable, and healing herb. The…

Caigua (Cyclanthera pedata)
Caigua (prounounced Kai-wa), also known as achocha (achuqcha), sparrow gourd, lady’s slipper or simply stuffing cucumber, is a herbaceous vine…

Szeschuan Buttons (Acmella oleracea)
Szechuan buttons are also known as electric daisies, or toothache plant. They come from Brazil and are perennial in warmer…


Lychnis (syn. Silene)
Rose Campion These beautiful little flowering plants – both the red rose campion (L. coronaria) and white rose campion (L.…

Okinawa spinach (Gynura bicolor)
Okinawan Spinach Highly nutritious and medicinally said to lower cholesterol levels, this plant is a great addition to any herb or vegetable…
Chives (Allium spp)
Whether it is onion chives or garlic chives, every herb or vegetable garden can benefit from growing these flavoursome and…