Beautiful, ripe tomatoes growing off of a vine. - HiTecherZ/Shutterstock Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are certainly one of the more popular plants for gardeners, and with all of the tips and hacks ...

One of the joys of gardening is the ability to experience new things each growing season. Sometimes it’s a new cultivar or variety of a plant that you have grown for years. Or perhaps new colors on ...

Tired of the usual houseplants like monstera and ficus? Put your energy into growing a tropical tree that looks great and ...

Ground cherries (Physalis sp.) are easy to grow with minimal pests and diseases. Although you may not recognize a ground cherry, you might be familiar with a close relative: tomatillos! Tomatillos, ...

I was first introduced to ground cherries a few years ago through our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). I had never seen them before. That alone was enough to prompt me to learn more about them.

It’s pretty clear that Americans are tomato-crazy — a summer garden without tomato plants is as likely as the Fourth of July without flags. So why isn’t there more interest in their Physalis plant ...

9 a.m. Saturday: Chef Marc Sommers of Parsley’s Custom Catering, working with ginger. Morningside Farmers Market, Atlanta. www.morningsidemarket.com 10 a.m. Saturday: Chef Asha Gomez of Spice to Table ...

Container gardening is not merely sticking a plant in a pot and expecting it to thrive. Because the planting area is restricted, with roots confined in a limited amount of soil and nutrients leached ...

Ground cherry Physalis angulata. This picture was sent to me for identification via the newspaper column. Without seeing the plant in person and opening up the papery pod, I am guessing it is ground ...

All black-thumbed people out there, take note: The ground-cherry is your friend. I should know. I accepted the offer to take over The Chronicle's gardening column with a sense of impending doom. I'm a ...

You could throw the cherry pits you get from store-bought cherries away. You could also use them to grow your very own cherry ...