This time of year is made less glorious by all the plant problems that are rearing their ugliness and keeping us away from the fun stuff like planting new beds, redesigning old ones and just generally ...

India (Bombay Presidency; Rajasthan, western); leaves boiled and eaten; (Madras Presidency): leaves and tender shoots eaten as greens. (Deccan): seeds eaten; (Garhwal Himalayas): leaves acrid to taste ...

While gardens are in full bloom now, it might be hard to notice that you’ve got a pretty, but perhaps unwelcome flower in the bunch – the tall, blooming, yellow oxalis. Oxalis is a persistent weed to ...