The weed conundrum continues to puzzle gardeners. You know certain plants are considered weeds because they are invasive or have other negative characteristics, but some of them tempt and attract you ...

Mullein is too good a plant to be called a weed. Instead, call it by one of its nicknames, such as Adam's flannel, candlewick, hare's beard, velvet plant, feltwort, or lungwort. If you are not ...

Look along roadsides or any disturbed areas with some open ground, and you are likely to see common mullein, blooming huge spikes of cheery yellow flowers. We have some growing in the bare patches ...

A few mullein plants, which we called tobacco weeds on account of their soft leaves and ramrod straight yellow flowers, grew along the fence line along the cow path. A story that I wholeheartedly ...