Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A giant ironweed plant Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant ...

If a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet, would an ironweed by any other name still be as tough-as-nails, bombproof, or utterly indestructible? Whatever you do, don't ask Romeo! It’s so ...

Our ironweed plants, Vernonia spp., have been buzzing with activity the past several days. They’ve been flowering for more than a week now, providing nectar and pollen for a wide variety of insects. I ...

William Kennedy poses with a copy of his Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Ironweed.” The book was rejected 13 times before it was published. (Courtesy of the New York State Writers Institute) The cover ...

Tall ironweed is distributed widely across the eastern half of the United States and is found in low damp areas of pastures and roadsides. This tall, upright plant can approach 10 feet under optimum ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. The genus name, Vernonia, is in honor of an English ...