Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When choosing a new plant, many gardeners may be familiar with the adage, “right plant, right place.” Plants have preferences on ...

While following paths through the conifer forests in the North State, hikers often encounter the shiny, bright green, heart-shaped leaves of wild ginger plants. For me, these happy hearts on the ...

Why it’s choice: Native wild ginger is an elegant ground cover with bold, deep-green, heart-shaped leaves. But you get more than good looks from this plant’s foliage. Check under the leaves in spring ...

A dense patch of wild ginger used as ground cover under trees in a residential garden. - Gabriela Beres/Shutterstock When it comes to plants you grow to protect your soil and cover your garden beds in ...

Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense), a perennial plant with attractive foliage, has become an increasingly popular ground cover for shaded areas of landscapes. It is native to the woodlands of ...

When outside exploring nature, many people are drawn to the animal kingdom. Animals have observable behaviors, not to mention a pair of eyes staring at you – the owl in a tree, the fawn in a clearing, ...

The greening of the forests is upon us now and soon we'll be seeing a full canopy among the trees. Looking through the open woods as we were able to do for the last seven months is about to end. New ...

Nancy J. Turner and Adam F. Szczawinski write in "Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America" (Timber Press, 1995) that wild ginger ( Asarum ) contains the volatile oil asarone, which has ...

I love being outside in all the seasons, but spring seems to hold me a bit more than other seasons. I like the feeling of the earth waking up from winter dormancy. I like seeing the first butterflies ...

Description: This native perennial, a member of the birthwort family, produces one brownish-red or greenish three-lobed flower up to 2 inches wide at the base of two fuzzy stalks that bear ...

Indonesia will rehabilitate degraded forests and plant millions of hectares of new forests to meet its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent from projected levels by 2020: Indonesia ...