While I don’t expect many readers have voodoo lily questions, I am sharing this exchange with you for two gardening lessons. The first lesson, as this column has already shown, is that one expert is ...

Do you ever think about spooky stuff? Perhaps you’ve wondered whether voodoo priests – who practice a combination of Catholicism and West African religions – really employ voodoo dolls and pins. They ...

Gardeners interested in shaking things up in the shady landscape might consider the Voodoo Lily. Uniquely out of the ordinary, its splash of other-worldliness deserves a double-take. Botanically known ...

Back in 2013, while visiting Betty Hall, I noticed a large, burgundy, white-speckled, strange-looking lily growing in the shade garden behind her home. “That’s a voodoo lily,” Betty said. “It is ...

Though few plants would make good action videos on a nature show, that doesn’t mean plants are uninteresting. The carnivorous ones are certainly intriguing, whether they capture their prey, usually ...

Forty years ago, Amelia Britt bought a small bulb for 50 cents at the Rose’s discount store in what used to be Newmarket South. She planted it in a soil-filled coffee can next to the fireplace in her ...

Finally, the weather has turned warm. Higher temperatures and sunshine have really caused everything to sprout, grow and bloom. I now feel comfortable putting out the tomatoes and basil. Other ...