How to eat raw leaves ... dandelion flowers bloom atop their sappy, hollow stem. The vivid flowers are a surprisingly effective vegetable. Pull off their petals and add them to the savory egg ...

Dogwood trees are a common and beloved sight in local gardens. While as many as 60 species of trees and shrubs are in the genus Cornus, the most common locally are our native flowering dogwood (Cornus ...

Weeping willow, eat your heart out. The Shidare-zakura (literally ‘weeping cherry tree’) bloom is another human-made cultivar ...

While the profuse show of brilliant white flowers of Callery pear ( Pyrus calleryana) might seem a welcome sight in the still brown and gray landscape of central Ohio in early April, this non-native ...

Wait! Before you snip those blossoming flowers from your garden, check to see how long they'll last. Some popular options may ...

Like many spring wildflowers, the beaked hazelnut and the speckled alder, will be gone soon, so now is the time to look for them.

The trees spread easily as birds eat ... and flowers in shades of white, pink, red and yellow, which bloom in spring. This small tree generally reaches 15 feet tall at maturity. Leaves of dogwood ...

Cultural tip: Avoid overfertilizing roses with water-soluble, nitrogen-based fertilizers, which prompts overgrowth of ...

Easter daisies are flowering now and sometimes available at florists. Called Michaelmas daisies in the northern hemisphere and also known as asters, they’re not especially glamorous but the abundance ...