Hardy fuschias waiting to be planted since the Canby plant sale in the ground: check Miscellaneous sundry plants acquired in the past few weeks in the ground: check If I keep this up, what am I going ...

Dear Master Gardener: I was given a small plant as a gift last spring. It grew into a gigantic plant with striking leaves and spiky pink seed pods. I've learned it is a castor bean plant. I'd like to ...

I always enjoy having something in my garden that makes my neighbors say "What the heck is THAT?". In the past it's been black tomatoes and pretzel bean vines. This year it's my castor bean plants, ...

Sweltering heat and bright sunlight do not a tropical garden make, even if many common garden plants, from marigolds to okra, do hail from the tropics. That tropical look comes from lush, bold foliage ...

Q: I listen to you on the radio and enjoy it very much. I thought you’d be interested in this picture of my dad, Ed Tupa’s, castor bean plant. — Mike Tupa. A: Thanks, Mike, for the great photo of a ...

Pretty to look at but beware of the poisonous nature of these two tropical beauties. Castor beans grow 6 to 10 feet tall and produce large star shaped leaves up to 2 ½ feet across. The spiny red ...