Cycads For Hot Zone Gardens
They can be found in the fossil record of virtually every continent on earth, changing little in the past 200 million years. They came to prominence in the Mesozoic, a period … Read more
Maureen Gilmer
Horticultural Speaker Informs and Entertains Garden Events
The art of entertaining education should apply to the horticultural world as it does elsewhere. The problem is that plant people aren’t often good communicators, and they struggle to share … Read more
Send A FREE Floral Art Online Greeting Card
Why not use our FREE POSTCARDS at MoPlants.com to send your friends a floriferous greeting for New Years, birthday, holiday, anniversary or just to show you care? Click here to … Read more
Aztec Dahlia Flowers of Mexico
In the south of the Valley of Mexico, the Xochimilca, people of the flowers, founded their city upon a verdant wetland. They dwelled on earth just inches higher than the … Read more
The Season of Gardening Catalogs
The beautiful, full color Seeds of Change catalog arrived this week, so now begins planning of next year’s garden. It’s one of the few catalogs I enjoy in print form because … Read more
Apaches and Agave Plants Before Tequila
Aguamiel translated from the precolumbian Nahuatl language is honey water, describing a sweet liquid secreted at the heart of the agave. It was collected and fermented into an alcoholic drink … Read more