Spring is just around the corner which can only mean it is time for pea planting weather. However, it turns out peas aren't just green now as they can grow in yellow and purple shades. Let's not ...

I’m going to show my Southern roots here a bit. My mom grew up in Southern Arkansas where butter beans and purple hull peas are a typical summer dish, always accompanied by cornbread. Even though they ...

Hold on - this is not the fragrant annual sweet pea flower you remember from home (I'll write about those gems in a future article). This plant is an evergreen shrub producing vibrant violet/purple ...

When you say “pea” to most gardeners in the world, they think of green “English” that thrive in cool moist environments. But to most Texans, a hot weather legume from Africa, more related to beans, is ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This month has a slick new nickname: Veganuary. After a New Year of indulgence, it is a nickname with traction.

After writing about plants with purple flowers, two gardeners shared their purple horticultural passions. For Greg Fitze, who gardens in Long Beach, it’s false heather. “This plant is extremely low ...