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Pocket-Sized ‘Candy’ Gardens: Build a Sunny, Low-Maintenance Sedum Dish with Perfect Companions
Pocket-Sized ‘Candy’ Gardens: Build a Sunny, Low-Maintenance Sedum Dish with Perfect Companions If your garden were a tapas bar, Sedum rubrotinctum would be the…
Autumn
Stringy Stonecrop
About Stringy Stonecrop Scientific Name: Sedum sarmentosum Family / Genus:Crassulaceae / Sedum Origin:Widely distributed across many provinces and municipalities of China, from the southeast to…
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Drought Tolerant
Spilled Jelly Beans in the Rock Garden: Designing Drought-Tolerant Scenes in Warm, Dry Climates
Spilled Jelly Beans in the Rock Garden: Designing Drought-Tolerant Scenes in Warm, Dry Climates If you garden where winters never bite, Sedum rubrotinctum—better known…
Autumn
Wingpod Purslane
About Wingpod Purslane Scientific Name: Portulaca umbraticola Family / Genus:Portulacaceae / Portulaca Origin:Reported from parts of the Americas and widely cultivated or naturalized in warm…
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Drought Tolerant
From Mexican Hillsides to Windowsills: The ‘Pork and Beans’ Sedum’s Journey into Global Plant Culture
From Mexican Hillsides to Windowsills: The ‘Pork and Beans’ Sedum’s Journey into Global Plant Culture Sun on stone, breeze in the afternoon, and a…
Child Safe
Lepidagathis
About Lepidagathis Scientific Name: Lepidagathis incurva Family / Genus:Acanthaceae / Lepidagathis Origin:Native to southern China (including Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi, and Yunnan). It is…
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Drought Tolerant
How a Tiny Rosette Beats Drought: CAM, Leaf Geometry, and Water Storage in Orostachys
How a Tiny Rosette Beats Drought: CAM, Leaf Geometry, and Water Storage in Orostachys Think of a plant that looks like a tiny lotus…
Autumn
Hairy Bassia
About Hairy Bassia Scientific Name: Bassia dasyphylla Family / Genus:Amaranthaceae / Bassia Origin:Native to northern and western China, recorded from Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Hebei,…
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Balcony
From Rock Cracks to Windowsills: The Wild Origins and Adaptations of Orostachys furusei
From Rock Cracks to Windowsills: The Wild Origins and Adaptations of Orostachys furusei Imagine a tiny lotus sculpted from jade, perched on a ledge…
Autumn
Common Purslane
About Common Purslane Scientific Name: Portulaca oleracea Family / Genus:Portulacaceae / Portulaca Origin:Widespread across temperate and tropical regions worldwide; found throughout China from north to…
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Bromeliad Plants
The Flower Language of Air Plants: Freedom, Resilience—and Where These Meanings Came From
The Flower Language of Air Plants: Freedom, Resilience—and Where These Meanings Came From Imagine a plant that perches on a piece of driftwood, drinks…
Drought Tolerant
Tree Germander
About Tree Germander Scientific Name: Teucrium fruticans Family / Genus:Lamiaceae / Teucrium Origin:Native to the Mediterranean region, especially the western Mediterranean including Spain; widely cultivated…
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Bromeliad Plants
From Cloud Forest Mist to Desert Sun: How Air Plants Conquered the Americas
From Cloud Forest Mist to Desert Sun: How Air Plants Conquered the Americas Step outside after a summer rain in the Americas—from the pine…
Autumn
Kangaroo Grass
About Kangaroo Grass Scientific Name: Themeda triandra Family / Genus:Poaceae / Themeda Origin:Recorded from Gyirong (Jilong), Tibet, China. Aliases:Kangaroo Grass, Red Grass Kangaroo grass is…
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Drought Tolerant
Not a ‘True’ Geranium?! 10 Nose-Tingling Facts About Pelargonium graveolens
Not a 'True' Geranium?! 10 Nose-Tingling Facts About Pelargonium graveolens Brush a leaf, and it answers with perfume. Pelargonium graveolens—better known as the scented…
Drought Tolerant
Narrow-leaved Stonecrop
About Narrow-leaved Stonecrop Scientific Name: Sedum lineare Family / Genus:Crassulaceae / Sedum Origin:Widely cultivated across many provinces of China (including Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hunan,…
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Balcony
From South African Sun to Balcony Icon: The Wild Journey of Pelargoniums
From South African Sun to Balcony Icon: The Wild Journey of Pelargoniums Picture it: a wooden ship drops anchor at the Cape of Good…
Autumn
Moss Rose
About Moss Rose Scientific Name: Portulaca grandiflora Family / Genus:Portulacaceae / Portulaca Origin:Native to Brazil; widely cultivated in parks, flower beds, and public landscaping. Aliases:Mexican…
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Balcony
Pocket‑Sized Fireworks: Design Stunning Balcony Boxes and Path Edges with French Marigolds
Pocket‑Sized Fireworks: Design Stunning Balcony Boxes and Path Edges with French Marigolds French marigolds (Tagetes patula) are the little dynamos that can turn a…
Autumn
Smooth Amaranth
About Smooth Amaranth Scientific Name: Amaranthus hybridus Family / Genus:Amaranthaceae / Amaranthus Origin:Reported from southern Shaanxi and parts of eastern China (including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and…
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Drought Tolerant
Why Do French Marigolds Smell ‘Spicy’—And What Are They Telling Bugs?
Why Do French Marigolds Smell ‘Spicy’—And What Are They Telling Bugs? Meet French marigold (Tagetes patula): a pint-sized powerhouse that smells like spice, blooms…
Autumn
Carthusian Pink
About Carthusian Pink Scientific Name: Dianthus carthusianorum Family / Genus:Caryophyllaceae / Dianthus Origin:Native to Europe (widely distributed from western to central and southeastern Europe); not…
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Drought Tolerant
Not Actually French?! The Globe‑Trekking Origin Story of Tagetes patula
Not Actually French?! The Globe‑Trekking Origin Story of Tagetes patula Imagine a pocketful of sunshine that never tires of performing along the garden’s edge:…
Autumn
Aizoon Stonecrop
About Aizoon Stonecrop Scientific Name: Phedimus aizoon Family / Genus:Crassulaceae / Phedimus Origin:Native across much of China, including Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Qinghai,…
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