(Thornapple)

This large bushy herbaceous perennial (or annual) from the American West is best in early morning when its flowers stand open to the dawn sky. It is found in dry washes, rocky hillsides and waste places from sea level to middle elevations in northern Mexico and the United States Plains and Southwest

This heat-lover relies on a deep tap root to reach moisture trapped beneath dry soil. Its downy, oval, dark green or gray-green leaves have a fetid scent. Throughout summer, large, fragrant, white...

(Carrot, Dragon Carrot)

The sweet-flavored taproots of this recently introduced carrot cultivar have reddish purple skin and orange flesh. Plants grow from seed to harvest in about 90 days, yielding classically shaped carrots. John Navazio of the Organic Seed Alliance in Port Townsend, Washington, developed 'Dragon'.

The cultivated carrot is a hardy herbaceous biennial of Eurasian and North African origin. It is grown for its crisp, sweet, tasty taproot. If its roots are not harvested, it produces lacy, white, umbrella-shaped...

(Carrot, Paris Market Heirloom Carrot)

The sweet-flavored, golfball-size carrots of this French heirloom variety mature in about 55 days from seed, making it a good choice for areas with short or cool summers.

The cultivated carrot is a hardy herbaceous biennial of Eurasian and North African origin. It is grown for its crisp, sweet, tasty taproot. If its roots are not harvested, it produces lacy, white, umbrella-shaped flower-heads the following summer.

Carrots are easy to grow if given deep, rich, friable soil and full sun. In...

(Carrot, Scarlet Nantes Carrot)

This French heirloom variety yields cylindrical, blunt-tipped, bright orange carrots that are renowned for their sweet, crisp, nearly coreless flesh. It is also known as 'Early Coreless'. Plants grow from seed to maturity in about 70 days, or they can be harvested earlier for "baby carrots."

The cultivated carrot is a hardy herbaceous biennial of Eurasian and North African origin. It is grown for its crisp, sweet, tasty taproot. If its roots are not harvested, it produces lacy, white, umbrella-shaped...

(Rabbit's Foot Fern)

Deriving their common name from their fuzzy creeping rhizomes, these evergreen or semi-evergreen ferns are found throughout the Old World tropics. Many are epiphytic or lithophytic, forming large clumps on trees or rocks. The lacy, glossy, often triangular fronds vary widely in size. Popular hare's-foot ferns include the rabbit’s-foot (Davallia fejeensis), with relatively tall, finely divided fronds; deer’s-foot fern (Davallia canariensis), with downy brown rhizomes and knee-high,...

(Rabbit's Foot Fern)

This elegant evergreen fern derives its common name from its fuzzy exposed rhizomes (creeping stems), which anchor it to trees and rocks in its native Polynesia.

The mid-green, triangular, arching fronds arise from a network of long, exposed, silver-furred rhizomes. The fronds are lacily divided into numerous pinnate segments. Selections such as 'Plumosa' have especially finely divided, feathery fronds.

This fern likes bright shade, humidity, even moisture, and frost-free temperatures. It...

(Rabbit's Foot Fern)

Given their common name for their fuzzy creeping rhizomes (ground-level stems), hare’s-foot ferns are evergreen or semi-evergreen perennials found throughout the Asian tropics. Many are epiphytic or lithophytic, forming large clumps on trees or rocks. This species, Davallia sinensis has the typical much-divided, soft fronds, gathered in a nodding clump.

In frost-free areas, give it bright shade and moist, highly organic, well-drained soil. Like most Hare's-foot ferns, it is an excellent...

(Squirrel's Foot Fern)

Squirrel's foot fern is a finely textured evergreen fern with green fronds growing from attractive fuzzy, red-brown creeping rhizomes.

Grow this fern in average to fertile, moist but well-drained soil with humus in shade or part shade. Since the rhizomes are so interesting and textural, an excellent application is in a large hanging basket or growing on a tree trunk at eye level. Be careful not to overwater or allow soil to become bone dry, as both will lead to leaf drop.

(White Rabbit's Foot Fern)

This evergreen to semi-evergreen fern derives its common name from its fuzzy exposed rhizomes (creeping stems), which anchor it to trees and rocks in its native Indochina.

The leathery, dark green, narrowly triangular fronds of this tender fern arise from a slowly expanding network of silver-furred rhizomes. The upright to arching, pinnately compound (feather-shaped) fronds have about a dozen pinnate segments.

This fern likes bright shade, high humidity, even moisture, and frost-free temperatures,...

(Delosperma)

This genus comprises 160 species of evergreen, succulent perennials with showy flowers. Ice plants may be woody or herbaceous and most are native to South Africa and its offshore islands. They are found in widely varying habitats from seashore environs to forests and mountainsides.

The plants are mostly mat-forming, though a few are upright. They are succulent and evergreen. Their thick fleshy leaves may be rounded, flattened, or angled. They are opposite, attached directly to the stems and...