Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I’ve been thinking a lot about jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) after learning that its nectar is a favorite food for migrating ruby ...

Jewelweed’s medicinal uses are well-known by many traditional cultures. You, too, can take advantage of this healing plant with this poison ivy soap recipe. And luckily, jewelweed identification is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By midsummer, the deck in our backyard is lined with a profusion of tall orange flowers. Each flower is shaped like a small funnel ...

Although plants have the ability to sense and respond to other plants, their ability to recognize kin and act altruistically has been the subject of few studies. A new study explored kin recognition ...

I've written about jewelweed before. The common, rather innocuous, plant that grows in the wild looks like something a passer-by would just, well, pass by. It is a very interesting plant, however.

In this short field lesson, Craig explains two common jewelweed myths: that it always grows with poison ivy, and that it fixes poison ivy after contact dermatitis has already started. Soap and water ...

Nearly all of the Northland wild flowers of summer are perennials and last for many years. It is likely that a patch of roadside plants that now are in bloom, such as the goldenrods and milkweeds, are ...

At a recent dinner party, my host launched into a monologue about a plant he had discovered in his garden and was delighted with. It had, he said, green leaves (what a clue!) and large, yellow flowers ...

Purple jewelweed, an invasive plant, has been found in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, the Department of Natural Resources said on Tuesday, Aug. 26. Also known as the Himalayan balsam, the jewelweed was ...

I’ve been thinking a lot about jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) after learning that its nectar is a favorite food for migrating ruby-throated hummingbirds. The timing of the southerly migration of ...

By midsummer, the deck in our backyard is lined with a profusion of tall orange flowers. Each flower is shaped like a small ...