No sooner do we turn the calendar page to March than we begin to see hints that St. Patrick’s Day is approaching. Corned beef is featured at grocery stores and sandwich shops, green beer gets a ...
(WHTM) – If you’re looking to extend your St. Patrick’s Day celebration beyond March 17 consider growing a shamrock plant. The “shamrock plant” that grows indoors is not the original Irish shamrock.
There is a certain plant that has remarkable strength. I always think of an ox when reading about it or hearing its name and for an obvious reason: It’s called oxalis. Yet the etymology of oxalis has ...
If you are decorating your home for St. Patrick’s Day, you may want to include a potted shamrock plant on your list. The shamrock houseplant is a member of the genus oxalis from the wood sorrel family ...
Get lucky this St. Patrick’s Day with a shamrock. Where to find a shamrock? The plant often credited with the “luck of the Irish” is Trifolium repens, a clover that usually has leaves divided into ...
St. Patrick is believed to have used a three-leaf clover to explain the complexity of the Trinity to nonbelievers in 5th century Ireland. Ever since, the shamrock has been revered by the Irish and ...
Q. Ten years ago a friend gave my wife a pretty purple flower growing out of a three-leaf clover. Now we have the stuff all over the yard -- in the grass and in flower beds. -- R.D.G., Houston A. You ...
Even the finest families may have a few dubious characters in them. The best-known member of the oxalidaceae, the one gardeners struggle with winter after winter, is the South African native misnamed ...
The best part about St. Patrick's day has to be all the green treats lining the supermarket shelves. Think: Irish soda bread, green bagels, and shamrock shaped cookies. This year, Trader Joe's also ...
St. Patrick is believed to have used a three-leaf clover to explain the complexity of the Trinity to nonbelievers in 5th century Ireland. Ever since, the shamrock has been revered by the Irish and ...
St. Patrick is believed to have used a three-leaf clover to explain the complexity of the Trinity to nonbelievers in 5th century Ireland. Ever since, the shamrock has been revered by the Irish and ...