† Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium ‡ Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent ...

Plant relations: Yaupon is closely related to other caffeinated hollies, yerba mate and guayusa, which are also dried and brewed for tea, but they're commercially produced in South America, says White ...

If you run your hands through the lavender plants, you'll first be met with the fragrance. Within the plant, you'll see some ...

If you love the sweet, floral taste of lavender and want to incorporate it into your cooking, you have many options. Here are the best varieties to grow.

Hydrangeas are a flower power plant for summer gardens. They grow in hard-to-fill niches in garden plantings, or they can ...

For a brief, but beautiful, month the so-called “Lavender Trail” comes to life—bringing an intoxicating blend of color and ...

Cotswold Lavender near Broadway, Worcestershire has been named among the most beautiful to visit in the UK, in a list by Conde Nast Traveller.

Nasturtiums: Those bold orange, yellow or red petals have a watercress-like peppery kick, and both the leaves and flowers can ...

• Bat guano (bat droppings) has long been valued as a powerful natural fertiliser. Rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, it boosts leaf growth and strengthens plants. Favoured by Victorian ...

A lavender field in North Yorkshire, 30 minutes from York near Terrington, has been named among the UK's prettiest by Condé Nast Traveller.