Last year, in an issue of our monthly newsletter for Yakima Master Gardeners, Jenny Mansfield recounted a stroll through her winter garden on the way to refilling the bird feeders. She noted that Lamb ...

The common names of plants are interesting to contemplate. For one thing, they are notorious for having different applications in different parts of the country. For another, the derivations of common ...

What’s in a name? Why do we need complicated botanical names, in Latin no less? So that everyone knows exactly what plant is being discussed. What is wrong with common names? Simply put, they may mean ...

"The plant world is enormous, and some corners of it have not yet been discovered, but a great many plants have been ...

Q: Someone told me the other day that rosemary is now a sage. Is this true? If so, when and why did the name change? A: Yes, this is true. The genus and species have changed for the common rosemary: ...