Plant Sightings

The  Raffia (Raphia spp.) palm produces leaves that are the largest among  the palms, and so perfect for producing a […]

This plant is so easy to grow it gets its nutrients and water straight from the air! In nature Spanish

The  Fava Bean (aka Faba Bean, Broad Beans; Vicia faba) is a bean in the pea  family that has been

Dulse  (aka. Red Seaweed; Palmaria palmata) is a red algae that grows in the  northern hemisphere on coasts of the

Post Series: Global Traditional Medicine Systems In  order to spread awareness about the rich living herbal traditions from  around the

Known  in several cultures as the Tree of Life, and originating from the area  between Iran and northern India, the

The Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides; P. tremula), are tall slender trees up to around 80 feet tall with characteristic smooth

The  Opium Poppy is famously the source of the drug opium and though  naturalized through much of Europe and Asia,

The  Jacaranda tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) produces blue flowers in the  spring and early summer which color the sky and ground

A  native tree to Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Moringa  (Moringa oleifera) is a tree of many uses, and has