This Deadly Plant Has Its Doll’s Eye on You
This week’s show promises to be an emotional one. The Laidback Gardener’s circus of plants will stop at nothing forContinue Reading
Category: Halloween
Hydnora: Fact or Fiction?
Welcome back to the big top for an extraordinary act by the great Laiback gardener plant circus. If you missedContinue Reading
Illuminate your garden this Halloween with the Chinese lantern
There are Christmas plants, Valentine’s plants, Easter plants. And now there’s a Halloween plant. Yet the plant itself is nothingContinue Reading
A predator faster than the eye: the bladderwort
October at last! Are you ready for my traditional Halloween series? After unloved animals in the garden in 2022 andContinue Reading
Aconitum Napellus: Queen of Poisons, a Plant Born From the Saliva of Cerberus Himself.
To round off this Halloween series on poisonous plants, I’d like to offer you an article on a plant that’sContinue Reading
Belladonna: Between Witchcraft and Beauty, Medicine and Poison
Dear intrepid readers, welcome to the next chapter in our special Halloween series on poisonous plants. On the program, aContinue Reading
A Jack-O’-Lantern with an Oriental Touch
By Larry Hodgson This Halloween, both children and adults will take great pleasure in carving a pumpkin or other squashContinue Reading
Three Scary Trees and Shrubs for Halloween!
Corkscrew Hazel (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’). Photo: crocus.co.uk For Halloween, you may be interested in discovering some trees and shrubs that, by theirContinue Reading
Make the Most of Your Jack O’Lantern
Just don’t toss your jack-o’lantern after Halloween: it still has many uses. Source: William Warby, www.flickr.com As you’re carving your jack-o’lanternContinue Reading