Above image by Smithsonian Institution on USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. As you travel Indiana’s backroads in July and August, you can observe what we might call one of nature’s rarities – a distinct sky ...

I have lost my chicory patches. Why did they get up and go from their old familiar places? Did the heavy truck pulls and fair traffic pulverize the roots to extinction? My patch of chicory grew in the ...

Chicory is late summer's pride and joy and nature's gift of blue. In case you were wondering the name of that stunning violet blue wildflower adorning back roads, fields and hedgerows, it's chicory, ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is one of those “love ’em or hate ’em” plants. For one thing, it’s not what you’d call a pretty plant. While the flowers are attractive, they ...

There are many wondrous shades of blue displayed by our native wildflowers (ranging from the electric blue of some hepaticas in early spring to the velvety tall bellflower in mid-summer to the soft ...

The serrated orange spheres in this image are pollen grains, snug within the anther of a chicory flower. According to European folklore, chicory flowers can open locked doors or grant their possessor ...

A long time ago, while in graduate school, I presented at a Neuroscience convention in New Orleans. That was my one and only visit. Besides the wonderful music, food and science, one of the highlights ...