Asters or garden asters, also called Michaelmas daisies, generally refer to perennial plants in the Aster genus or the closely related Symphyotrichum or Eurybia genera. These beautiful plants ...

Whether they be North American native asters in the genera Symphyotrichum and Eurybia or European or Asian varieties in the ...

Technically speaking, the aster family is a botanical crazy quilt of composite bloomers (plants whose inflorescences contain ...

Aster flowers were considered to be sacred to Greek and Roman gods. The leaves were burned by ancient Greeks and Romans to ward off serpents and evil spirits. The Almanac also tells us that more ...

This is the titan arum. It’s a plant that makes news whenever it flowers in a botanic garden around the world. It’s sometimes ...

Because they are highly toxic plants, though, such “hoods” can be bad news if you have young children or pets. These two aster species are similar to each other in appearance and ...

Prunus padus is commonly known as bird cherry. Prunus is the Latinised form of the Greek word meaning plum, and padus is the ...

Wolf's bane is the name of a genus of flowering plants in the Ranunculaceae family. Identifiable by its beautiful flowers, wolf's bane is a fast-acting poison which can result in nausea, vomiting, ...

Irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) from plants is a very common phenomenon as potentially irritant plants and plant products are commonly found in the everyday environment, including the home ...

The possible chemical irritants in garlic have not been well characterized, but it is believed that many of the bulbs of plants in this genus may contain the previously discussed irritant ...