Q. Several years ago, I purchased a small container of “living mint” at my local grocery. When I finished using it in a recipe, I planted the remaining 1/2 package in my yard. Recently, I had fresh ...

Coming in many different subspecies with small variations in leaf shape, plant structure, and flavor, most mint varieties have the same problem. Although mint is great for tea, cooking, and ...

Q. I planted some flowering perennials this spring and they really looked nice for a couple of months. Now the flowers are all brown and dried up and the bottoms of some of the plants look kind of ...

Such a wonderful Mystery Plant this week: a real treat for the eyes, as well as the nose. It’s a native member of the mint family, starting to bloom about now, in the late summer. It is somewhat woody ...

Mint, sage, rosemary, thyme, horehound, catnip, bee-balm, marjoram, pennyroyal, lemon-balm, hyssop, lavender, dittany and basil (is it BAY-zil or BAAA-zil?): what an aromatic bunch of plants these are ...

How could anyone not love this lovely little plant? Its graceful stems are adorned with beautifully scalloped, bright green leaves. Rub the foliage and sniff: you’ll detect a charmingly spicy “earth ...