The Promise of Seeds: Magic in a Packet

I have to admit this posting was prompted partly by wanting to share this illustration.   Weinmann, JW, Phytanthoza Iconographia  -    E...

J ames Vick responded to the popular interest in bee plants in this article from his  Vick's Monthly Magazine, Volume 2 in 1879. ...

(His first name was Charles, but he was known as C.C..) T his brief summary of the rise and fall of the  Chapman Honey Plant  was writ...

N ow here is a plant I am familiar with already, although I don't grow it...yet.   Connecticut is certainly within its range of zones...

   A  traditional green down south, the Seven Top Turnip was, and is, appreciated by many people as a sign of spring and a good meal. ...

W ho was Mollie Large?   Her name just rolls off your tongue!  If a current horticultural business rule of thumb , that the name of a pl...