The flowers are characteristic of the mustard family…four sepals and four petals (bright yellow in this case).

If the flower buds are at a tender stage of expanding when we get a hard frost, they can be damaged and fail to flower. The plants will be fine, you just have no flowers that spring.

And some local hotels and restaurants are harvesting the flower to use across their seasonal menus. That includes the Bardessono Hotel & Spa, which offers a Mustard Masters package that comes with ...

CHICAGO — WGN’s “Plant Daddy” Tim Joyce is back to share some weekend gardening tips, including finding the best flowers for honeybees, getting rid of invasive garlic mustard and more.

Mustard is the marvelous inspiration, and basking in its beauty, or the local happenings that crop up during the season, is what plenty of flower-loving oenophiles and foodies have in merry mind.

Flowers of gold are a marvelous must-see — make that mustard-see — in Napa Valley Wild mustard season is a wintertime favorite around wine country; find a map, events, and tips now.