Plants that can serve multiple purposes are fantastic, and bronze fennel (Foeniculum vulgare duler ‘Rubrum’) is one such multi-tasker. This fennel has smoky-brown foliage with red undertones. Slightly ...

Fennel is an herb traditionally used to season soups, salads and seafood. Its culinary and medicinal use dates to ancient Rome. Curative remedies were many, from improving sight to aiding in digestion ...

Question: Is fennel bulb, the thing grown as a vegetable, the same thing as fennel weed we sometimes see on roadsides? I don’ t want to grow any if it will become a weed in my garden. Answer: Great ...

If you’re a gardener, you’ll understand: over the past several years, as often as I have visited my old neighborhood in New York, I have borrowed a car to run an errand and actually have gone to spy ...

The plant: Fennel has flourished in my garden for a long time. It’s one of my special herb picks for superb flavor as well as its majestic yet airy form that adds elegance to the garden. The ...

When you grow fennel you will find all stages of black swallowtail caterpillars, and perhaps a chrysalis like this one. (Handout - Tribune News Service) If there was ever a trap crop for the garden, ...

We have a large patch of bronze fennel growing out back. This is unfortunate because it can be an aggressive, invasive plant and is currently attempting to overrun my blueberry patch, but, on the ...

Butterfly Clerodendrum – new Latin name is Rotheca myricoides ‘Ugandense’- previously- Clerodendrum ugandense, is a unique member of the mint family with blue and white flowers that resemble ...

We have a large patch of bronze fennel growing out back — this is unfortunate because it can be an aggressive invasive plant and is currently attempting to overrun my blueberry patch, but, on the ...