Each year, the LSU AgCenter names at least four plants to be included in the ever-growing list of Louisiana Super Plant selections. Super Plants are tried and true, tested and tough. They’ve proven ...

Each year, the LSU AgCenter names at least four plants to be included in the ever-growing list of Louisiana Super Plant selections. Super Plants are tried and true, tested and tough. They’ve proven ...

What's old is new again. Drinking vinegars, a vintage style of drink once considered a healthful tonic or a useful way to preserve a bounty of fruit, are back in a big way. Whether you call them ...

If you grow anise plants, you’re beginning to see the development of their unusual fruit. Florida is home to two handsome species of anise shrubs that adapt well to average garden conditions, despite ...

Pretty to look at, but what do you do with it? That about sums up how most of us feel about star anise. And that’s why it’s mostly been relegated to the backwaters of spice cabinets in the U.S. What ...

This shrub to small tree is notable for its olive to yellow-green foliage that is lighter in color than most other broadleaf evergreens. Although all parts of the plant smell like anise, no part of it ...

Star anise is a dried, eight-pointed star-shaped seed pod harvested from a tree native to China and Vietnam. The spice has a taste similar to the licorice flavor of the regular anise seed. Star anise ...