ALLIUMS ARE A GENUS of plants that have been providing flavorful seasoning to foods for thousands of years. They are pretty easy to grow and have ready to enjoy in meals. I cannot imagine cooking ...

Garlic may have a reputation for warding off vampires and other evil spirits, but it also may protect against disease, thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties. The same is true for garlic scapes or ...

Add color and drama to your garden beds spring through fall with flowering onions, also known as allium. Most gardeners know chives. The leaves and flower of this culinary favorite add flavor and ...

Planning your garden can be a challenge when it comes to weighing both form and function, but you don’t have to choose between a flower garden and an edible one. You can get the best of both worlds by ...

“Ornamental alliums do not like our hot soils,” says garden writer and botanist Jacqueline Soule, who says they can survive in dense shade, however. Local landscapers and gardeners have better luck ...

Nothing stands out in the summer garden more than onions. Not the edible kind, although those are pretty, too, but the onions we grow because they look good. Big, bold, beautiful heads of bright ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...