What: The large, glossy, bright green leaves of Acanthus spinosus, commonly known as bear’s breeches, add drama to any setting, but its smaller more compact habit make it easy to fit into almost any ...

Acanthus spinosus. Acanthus is native to the Mediterranean area. It takes its name from the Greek word akantha, which means spike or thorn. Greek myth has it that the god Apollo was besotted with a ...

The statuesque Acanthus spinosus makes one of the finest silhouettes in the winter garden. Sturdy stems carry a whorl of 30 or so flowers, each capable of producing a shiny, rich-brown, elliptical ...

When I look at the Acanthus plants in my garden, I think of the TV detective, Adrian Monk, and how he described his amazing analytical skill: “It’s a gift…and a curse.” That phrase also neatly ...

• Spiny bear's breeches (Acanthus spinosus) is an interesting plant that adds great architecture and flower interest to central Ohio garden borders. It's a mounding, clump-forming perennial whose ...

There are plants that most gardeners hate and plants that most gardeners love. It is a rare plant, however, that provokes both love and hate in the same people. Acanthus is one of those rare plants.

For such an elegant plant in flower, its common name of bear's breeches seems less than suitable. But this rather fanciful name has the merit of being easy to remember. The botanical name of acanthus ...

A: Many Acanthus species carry the common name of "bear's breech." One explanation is that the flowers resemble the spinal column of a large animal — a bear, perhaps, why not? — and another is that it ...