LeAura Alderson

If You Love Tea, Grow This Beautiful Bush! More than just a beautiful flowering bush, the Camellia sinensis tea plant is the botanical source behind the world’s favorite teas, including …

Vegetable garden soil amendments are essential for improving the structure, aeration, and nutrient content of the soil, which is foundational for healthy plants and harvests. What Are the Best Vegetable …

Soil is like the gut of the garden. Healthy soil, healthy plants. Healthy gut, healthy body. So amendments play a pivotal role in enhancing soil quality and plant health. Those …

Lamium purpureum, commonly known as purple dead nettle, is a common weed that many might overlook (or even consider a nuisance) when tending to yard and garden. However, as with …

Stellaria media, commonly known as ‘chickweed’, is an herbaceous plant revered in various cultural traditions for its medicinal properties. This article explores the numerous chickweed benefits in both traditional (ethnobotanical) …

Stellaria media, commonly known as common chickweed, is a widespread annual and perennial flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. Chickweed is recognized by its delicate appearance, including its small, white, …

For every plant I research, I want to know what treasures it holds beyond common knowledge. Same for trees. So I began this article by asking these questions about one …

We have tons of English ivy in the yard of our home of 33 years. Naturally, it has spread over time, as English ivy is wont to do. Many love …

The benefits of English Ivy (Hedera helix), extend far beyond its ornamental value. This resilient evergreen vine is known for its air purifying qualities, erosion control capabilities, and its use …

Many curse the invasive nature of this tenacious plant, and with good reason, for it can and does indeed spread rapidly and prolifically. However, there are multiflora rose medicinal uses …