Focus On Flowers
, originally from Queensland, Australia, served as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculties at Indiana University until 2004. In the same year, Moya began hosting Focus on Flowers for WFIU. In addition, Moya does interviews for Profiles, is a member of the Bloomington Hospital Board, and authored Perennials Short and Tall from Indiana University Press.
The foliage of plants in this family is sometimes aromatic, and the flowers are mostly like daisies.
Most of the larkspurs we grow in our gardens are annuals, but they readily self seed so they can become almost permanent residents of our gardens.
Limonium is the genus that includes plants with papery flowers commonly known as statice.
The native perennial fireweed produces spikes of magenta flowers July through September.
Anise is one of our most ancient herbs, dating to before the birth of Christ.
All bindweeds have arrow shaped leaves on long stems, and their underground rhizomes are hard to dig up.
Also known as knitbone, the name comfrey may come from the Latin word which means “knitting together” and refers to its use in healing fractures.
Modern researchers have confirmed that caraway oil has a mild antispasmodic effect in addition to its culinary appeal.
Moya Andrews is a Master Gardener and a member of the Bloomington Garden Club in Bloomington, Indiana. Learn more »
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