(For details on growing many other vegetables and fruits, visit our Crop at a Glance collection page.) If growing your own calorie-free, natural sweetener sounds too good to be true, it’s time to get ...

In this week's Fielding Questions, Don Kinzler identifies a mystery vine, offers tips on harvesting stevia and give guidance on removing unwanted daylilies. A reader asks gardening columnist Don ...

The desire for plants that produce more than greenery has gone indoors. More gardeners are looking for houseplants that do double duty by producing food. Stevia, the leaves of which can be used as a ...

Stevia has become a popular alternative to traditional sweeteners, offering a sugar-free and calorie-free option for those looking to maintain a healthier lifestyle. While stevia in its pure leaf form ...

Stevia is the kind of plant that stays quiet until you taste it. The sweetness feels unexpected, almost like a trick, especially when it comes straight from a fresh leaf. Growing it at home makes the ...

Sweet Green Fields (SGF) has announced its first successful, commercial harvest of stevia grown in the US, which it claims can compete effectively on cost with China. The company, which produces ...

Global stevia supplier PureCircle will soon harvest the first commercial-scale crop of its proprietary Starleaf stevia after completing successful trial plots in 2017 with plans to significantly ...

Stevia's charm? It's the only zero-calorie sugar substitute with a fresh, clean, green image. It comes from the leaves of the bushy stevia plant, a native of Paraguay. (It still grows wild there.) The ...