One of the joys of gardening is the ability to experience new things each growing season. Sometimes it’s a new cultivar or variety of a plant that you have grown for years. Or perhaps new colors on ...

I was first introduced to ground cherries a few years ago through our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). I had never seen them before. That alone was enough to prompt me to learn more about them.

Beautiful, ripe tomatoes growing off of a vine. - HiTecherZ/Shutterstock Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are certainly one of the more popular plants for gardeners, and with all of the tips and hacks ...

All black-thumbed people out there, take note: The ground-cherry is your friend. I should know. I accepted the offer to take over The Chronicle's gardening column with a sense of impending doom. I'm a ...

Container gardening is not merely sticking a plant in a pot and expecting it to thrive. Because the planting area is restricted, with roots confined in a limited amount of soil and nutrients leached ...

It’s pretty clear that Americans are tomato-crazy — a summer garden without tomato plants is as likely as the Fourth of July without flags. So why isn’t there more interest in their Physalis plant ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Imagine a cherry tomato that tastes even better— fruitier and a little sweeter. This fruit (because remember, tomatoes are a fruit) would also be easier to grow in the Northeast ...

Ground cherry Physalis angulata. This picture was sent to me for identification via the newspaper column. Without seeing the plant in person and opening up the papery pod, I am guessing it is ground ...