Colorful and aromatic plants have always had a part in holiday festivities, from intoxicatingly-scented lilies that we enjoy during the Easter season to the piney boughs and fragrant firs we use to decorate our homes at Christmas.

Which is why it's bit baffling that we use sprigs of dowdy, dull green — and poisonous! — mistletoe to hang over doorways during the Christmas and New Year festivities. Read More »