Cranberry hibiscus (Hibiscus acetosella) is a vibrant, fast-growing shrubby plant with rich burgundy foliage and handsome palmate leaves resembling those of a red Japanese maple tree. It is ...

When the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, they encountered thornless vines covered with small, red fruit growing in boggy regions of the area. Native Americans valued this fruit and called it ...

Editor’s note: Once a month. OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in Central Ohio. With four seasons of interest, Viburnum opulus var.

Cranberries are a staple in U.S. households at Thanksgiving – but how did this bog dweller end up on holiday tables? Cranberry cultivation began in 1816 in Massachusetts, where Revolutionary War ...

Plucky little cranberries have grown for millennia amid sandy soils and short summers of southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod. The Pilgrims explored and then settled this same area in 1620 — and ...

Love American robins and want them to stick around during the cold months instead of heading south? Plant this berry-covered shrub to keep them well fed.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MIDDLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — Weeks before ...