Historical Plants
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Petrifying Poison Ivy
The history, folklore, and uses of poison ivy.
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Through the Grapevine
The history, folklore, and uses of the grape.
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Queen Anne's Carrot
The history, folklore, and uses of Queen Anne's Lace and other carrots.
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Ravishing Raspberry
The history, folklore, and uses of raspberry.
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Fearsome Foxglove
The history, folklore, and uses of foxglove.
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Invigorating Watercress
The history, folklore, and uses of watercress.
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A Passion for Passion Flower
The history, folklore, and uses of the passion flower.
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Colonizing Coltsfoot
The history, folklore, and uses of coltsfoot.
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Literal Bleeding Hearts
The history, folklore, and uses of bleeding hearts.
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Coffee Cravings
The history, folklore, and uses of coffee.
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Give a Fig
The history, folklore, and uses of the fig
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Pear: A Perry Classy Fruit
The history, folklore, and uses of the pear.
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Malign Monkshood
The history, folklore, and uses of monkshood.
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Languorous Water Lilies
The history, folklore, and uses of water lily and lotus
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Amazing Maize
The history, folklore, and uses of corn.
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A Bowl of Cherries
The history, folklore, and uses of cherries.
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Crucial Cranesbill
The history, folklore, and uses of cranesbill (hardy geranium).
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Lilliputian Lily of the Valley
The history, folklore, and uses of lily of the valley.
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Luscious Lilies
The history, folklore, and uses of the lily.
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Shamrocks: Luck O' the Clovers
The history, folklore, and uses of the clovers
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Ancient Anemone
The history, folklore, and uses of the anemone.
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Controversial Coneflower
The history, folklore, and uses of echinacea.
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Christmas Spices
The history and uses of exotic incense and cooking spices.
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The Great Pumpkin and Kin
The history, folklore, and uses of pumpkin and other winter squashes
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Mad Mandrake
The history, folklore, and uses of mandrake.
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Goldenseal's Golden Season
The history, folklore, and uses of goldenseal.
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Sunflower: Garden Giant
The history, folklore, and uses of the sunflower
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Worth a Mint
The history, folklore, and uses of the mints.
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Straying Strawberry
The history, folklore, and uses of the strawberry.
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Moonstruck Peony
The history, folklore, and uses of the peony
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Longing Lilacs
The history, folklore, and uses of the lilac.
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Heady Hyacinths
The history, folklore, and uses of the hyacinth
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Love Leaves: Clingy Burdock
The history, folklore, and uses of burdock.
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Morning's Glory
The history, folklore, and uses of the morning glory.
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A Green Christmas
The history, folklore, and uses of Christmas greens such as holly, ivy, and bay.
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Tea-sing Camellia
The history, folklore, and uses of the camellia
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Gilded Ginseng
The history, folklore, and uses of ginseng
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You Say Tomato
The history, folklore, and uses of the tomato.
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Datura: Angel's Trumpet or Devil's Apple?
The history, folklore, and uses of datura and brugmansia.
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Perky Poppies
The history, folklore, and uses of the poppy.
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Rustic Rhubarb
The history, folklore, and uses of rhubarb.
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Iris: The Militant Fleur De Lis
The history, folklore, and uses of the iris.
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Divine Dianthus
The history, folklore, and uses of garden pinks.
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Sassafras: Spice of Spring
The history, folklore, and uses of sassafras
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Chocolate: Food of the Gods?
The history, folklore, and uses of chocolate.
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Vanilla: The Orchid of Flavors
The history, folklore, and uses of vanilla
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Hellebore: The Christmas Rose
The history, folklore, and uses of hellebore
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Bouncing Bog-berries (Cranberries and Blueberries)
The history, folklore, and uses of cranberry and blueberry.
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The Apple of His Eye
The history, folklore, and uses of the apple
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Saffron: Gold in a Crocus Cup
The history, folklore, and uses of saffron
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Tobacco: The Nasty Weed
The history, folklore, and uses of tobacco
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Staunch Yarrow: the Military Herb
The history, folklore, and uses of yarrow.
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Divining Daisy
The history, folklore, and uses of the daisy.
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Dauntless Dandelion
The history, folklore, and uses of the dandelion.
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A Tiptoe Through the Tulips
The history of the tulip
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Potato: Lunch o' the Irish
The history, folklore, and uses of the potato.
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Primrose Paths
The history, folklore, and uses of the primrose.
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Mellow Mallows
The history, folklore, and uses of mallows.
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Under the Mistletoe
The history, folklore, and uses of mistletoe
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Gentian Blues
The history and uses of the gentian
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Sage: Savory and "Saviour"
The history and uses of sage
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Hale Hops
The history and uses of hops
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Enchanted Elder
The history and uses of the elder
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Lady Lavender
The history and uses of lavender
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Garlic: The Stinking (and Shielding) Rose
The history and uses of garlic
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Viola Music: Pansies and Violets
The history and uses of the pansy and violet
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Columbine: The Mourning Dove
A history of the columbine
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The Dangerous Beauty of Narcissus
The history of the narcissus (daffodil)
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In Love and War: The Saga of the Rose
The rose's place in love, war, and history
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Grasping the Nettle
The history and uses of the common nettle
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