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    Regional Picks: Alternatives to Invasives – Northeast

    Invasive - Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)     1. Cardinal Flower Name: Lobelia cardinalis USDA HardinessZones:: 2 to 8 Size: 3 to 4 feet tall and 1 foot wide…

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    Design

    Plant Trial Results: Meadow Rues

    One of my longtime favorite garden plants is lavender mist meadow rue. I love its dainty flowers and long-blooming nature, not to mention the fact that its handsome foliage remains…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Pest-Fighting Flowers

    Growing flowers alongside your veggies can greatly help in the fight against pests.

  • Article

    Roast Your Own Sunflower Seeds

    Here's how to harvest and roast your own sunflower seeds from your garden.

  • Article

    Five Flowers to Dine On

    Daylily, nasturtium, monarda, viola, and squash blossom are more than just pretty faces. Handled with care, these tasty beauties travel gracefully from garden to plate.

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    Kitchen Gardening

    Edible Flowers Enliven a Garden

    A Pacific Northwest inn mixes blossoms with greens, and you can too. They'll enliven your palate as well as your landscape.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    How to Grow Chives

    Flowers are only one of the reasons to grow chives. Their flavor, with the sweetness of an onion and the hint of new garlic, adds a pleasing touch to many…

  • Article

    Cooking with Lavender

    Lavender is an edible flower. Used judiciously, it can enhance the taste of a wide variety of dishes, both sweet and savory.

  • Article

    Chives in the Kitchen

    Chives and their flowers find many uses in the kitchen. Susan Belsinger offers suggestions for using common chives and garlic chives in your cooking. You'll also learn how to infuse…

  • Article

    Golden Squash Blossom Crema (Crema de Flores de Calabaza)

    Chef Rick Bayless calls this soup the "squash blossom dish of dreams."