As summer ended on the calendar and a quiet autumn entered, my intention to capture my long-time favorite roadside plant remained in my head. So on the way home from an event at Maumee Bay, watching ...

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 ...

Chicory is the common blue wildflower of summer. It will only give up pride of place when the asters of fall begin to bloom. I consider chicory very attractive, even though it has only those ...

July brings patriotism, hot weather, hot dogs, fireworks and chicory blooming along the roadsides in Wisconsin. The pretty blue blooms are common chicory — Cichorium intybus —a plant that originated ...

“Inulin helps keep blood sugar levels stable, favouring patients with diabetes. Chicory also has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant traits that can boost liver function and lower inflammation. Chicory ...