SNOW PEA PICKIN': Pick snow peas in the vegetable garden frequently. Ideally, the pods should be harvested when flat before ...

The history of mistletoe is the stuff of lore, but growing this wild parasitic plant is less mysterious than you may think. Start now, and you'll have crops for future festive holidays.

Other common names include American, hairy and oak mistletoe. The plants have green stems with thick oval-shaped leaves. Clumps of mistletoe can often reach diameters of two feet or more.

BY MOLLEE FRANCISCO mfrancisco@swpub.com Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, mistletoe hung where every couple tries to stop, the holly and the ivy – these are just a few of the plants that ...

Mistletoe What is Mistletoe? The common name of the plant is derived from the ancient belief that mistletoe was propagated from bird droppings. This belief was related to the then-accepted ...

There is no one mistletoe plant, as its name is given to a variety of different plant species with a parasitic lifestyle. Some species of mistletoe can only grow on certain host plants, like spruce ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Mistletoe is a unique plant with an interesting history. Mistletoe refers to any of more than 200 species of semi-parasitic shrubs found worldwide. Mistletoe lives ...

Christmas is well and truly over - but you shouldn't bin your mistletoe. Even if you weren't offered a cheeky kiss under the festive plant, there is always next year... or the year after.

A parasitic plant with potentially poisonous berries might not sound like something that would boost your Christmas decorations to the next level. But, botanically speaking, that’s what mistletoe is.