By Matt Gibson What's the difference between herbs and vegetables, anyway? Let's take a look and explain what's different and what they have in common. The quick version is that herbs are mostly just a subset of vegetables that are usually used for flavor, garnish, aroma or … [Read more...]
How to Grow Purple Persian Shield (Strobilanthes Dyeriana)
By Matt Gibson and Erin Marissa Russell Persian shield is one of the most beautiful foliar plants that you will ever see in a garden. From a distance, its leaves are a brilliant deep purple hue, but upon closer inspection, The deep purple leaves are outlined with blue green … [Read more...]
How to Grow Purple Waffle Plant (Hemigraphis alternata)
By Matt Gibson and Erin Marissa Russell Purple waffle plant is a slow-growing groundcover that is cultivated primarily for its showy, heavily-textured foliage, which is grey-green on the topside, and either dark red, maroon, or purple on the underside, depending on the … [Read more...]
How to Grow Toothache Plant
By Jennifer Poindexter With a name like “toothache plant,” I bet you can guess what this plant is good for? This herb is used as a traditional home remedy and thought to act as a pain reliever for minor aches and pains such as a toothache. The power is found in the … [Read more...]
How to Grow Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana alata)
By Matt Gibson Flowering tobacco is a lovely ornamental flowering plant that brings color and fragrance to the home garden. Its fuzzy, sticky leaves and stems are capped with clusters of potent, sweet-smelling blossoms. Flowers appear from summer to fall. Depending on the … [Read more...]
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