Plus, learn how to harvest the unique variety for your fall arrangements. Chinese lanterns grow best in full sunlight and in containers, Kandra says—especially because the plant spreads aggressively ...

Paper lanterns add a touch of whimsy to whatever space they're in. Here's how to easily make your own with tissue paper and ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Fairy ...

Chinese Lantern, Physalis alkekengi, often called Japanese Lantern, is an herbaceous perennial that in some areas can spread and become somewhat invasive. Once you’ve seen a Chinese Lantern plant ...

Q. We saw a flower arrangement at a hotel that included the Chinese lantern plant (Physalis franchetii var. gigantee). We checked with local plant places before ordering seeds online. Will we have any ...

A mystical plant - called the "fairy lantern" and presumed extinct - has emerged from the floor of a enchanted forest in Japan. Only 90 species of the Thismia plant have ever been found and many of ...

One of my favourite and yet most frustrating plants is the Chinese lantern (Physalis alkengii). What I love about it: The plant is grown for its very colourful, bright orange seed pods that develop ...

Deep within damp forests around the world, rare, tiny plants hide underground and occasionally sprout flowers above the surface. The bright, petite structures have led to the nickname “fairy lanterns.

It was one of the hottest tickets at a village fair where all manner of herbs and spices were available to buy. But it now seems that the chilli plant on offer at the show was in fact a potentially ...

So this year my neighbour has given me a few of the lovely paper-like seed heads, to see whether I can grow some of my own from seed. To be honest, she gave me some lanterns a few years ago and I ...