SEATTLE — Brighten up Mom's Day with colorful, lucky plant for Mother's Day. Nothing will brighten up Mom's special day than to surprise her with a Hot Pepper Ti plant from Hawaii. The common name of ...

Companion planting is a term with multiple meanings. Companion plants for ornamentals such as hydrangeas are selected for aesthetic purposes. In fruit and vegetable gardens, we select companion plants ...

Hot peppers add spicy flavor to dishes, taking a recipe from bland to “boy that’s hot!” The amount of capsaicin in a pepper determines the heat level, which is measured by the Scoville scale, a handy ...

Peppers add a tantalizing jolt of flavor to your cooking. While it’s getting easier to find a variety of fresh and dried peppers at the grocery store, it’s much more fun and economical to grow your ...

Whether sweet, mild or hot, peppers bring flavor to many dishes. For me, the hotter the better. If I am not sweating, the pepper is not fiery enough. Peppers are easy to grow in the garden or a patio ...

One of my first trips with my wife and my daughter was to Sharon, Pennsylvania. We sat on a patio, and we had to do something we had never done before. I told the waitress yes, I would like very much ...

Hot pepper plants are the most suitable for overwintering indoors due to their small size. In Zone 9 and above, overwinter peppers outdoors with protection if needed. Indoors, pepper plants can be ...

Is it true that if you plant hot peppers on the same row as sweet peppers, the sweet pepper plants will cross with the hot peppers and become hot? — William I get variations on this question all the ...

In the gardening world, peppers are hot this year. At the herb festivals and farmers markets, farmers report that pepper plants are selling nearly as well as tomatoes and herbs. Backyard gardeners who ...