No cook can be without aromatic mint flavour to add to any number of dishes, but which mint to choose? Mints are one the most popular herb families on earth. Peppermint, spearmint, apple, chocolate, Egyptian, ...

Featuring highly decorative foliage and flowers, along with the piquant pulp from its pods, tamarind is a desirable tree for a large yard or paddock. Tamarinds are spreading trees that produce long, nourishing bean-like pods. ...

The dome of St Peter’s aside, there is no more evocative symbol of the Eternal City than its flat-topped Roman pine trees At first glance, stone pines may not look like edible plants, but these ...

Used as a medicine long before it was considered a vegetable, celery stalk packs a mighty nutritional punch. In any discussion of superfoods, celery rarely gets a mention, yet it was a medicinal plant many ...

Inula looks like a cross between a daisy and a sunflower and is just as hardy and easy to grow Though best known in Australia as inula, this familiar yellow flower has several other common ...

Fuchsia is best known for their dainty, ballerina-like flowers, but some species and varieties have another string to their bow: they produce black, red or purple edible berries. Fuchsia magellanica is a good source of ...