I loved all the personal stories this week about the plants we were discussing. Keep sharing your own personal experience with them. Candlestick plant or Candle bush is Senna alata or Cassia alata, ...

Question for Dan Gill: Can you explain how to care for the beautiful Persian shield plant? It is very woody and leggy. Also, I’d like information on the umbrella plant. —Anne Thibodeaux Answer: The ...

The systematic relationships of the Luzulae group of Cyperus are elucidated by anatomical studies of the achenes and leaves. Epidermal patterns of the achenes are distinctive, consistent for each ...