Previously, we have written about the importance of sunflowers in a native garden. If you can only plant one plant, plant a sunflower as you get so much value in one plant: beauty, habitat value, and… ...

Jerusalem artichokes and beets -- all make great alternatives to potatoes in side dishes. In "Vegetable Soups From Deborah Madison's Kitchen," Madison writes: "These knobby tubers, which grow in ...

The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) is an herbaceous perennial in the sunflower family. Do not be confused as the plant has no direct association with Jerusalem. The artichoke portion of ...

When most people think of sunflowers the first thing that comes to mind is the sunflower seeds that they enjoy chewing on in order to give them an excuse to spit. When most people think of sunflowers ...

Wherever they grow — from a small balcony in the city to a sprawling flower bed in the country — sunflowers spread cheer. This year, when folks need all the cheer they can find, sunflowers’ lovely and ...

These beautiful tubers are the root of a specific variety of sunflower, which is why in the US you’ll seem them on menus as ‘sunchokes’. They store their carbohydrates as inulin rather than starch ...

I recently acquired a box of these little gems called Jerusalem artichokes that look a lot like ginger root — knobby, tan and ...

Now that we’re in September, many roadsides are lined with the yellow blossoms of members of the Helianthus genus of plants, commonly called sunflowers. There are many different ones, some tall with ...