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Felder Rushing
(Bell Pepper, Sweet Pepper)
The big, blocky, sweet fruits of bell peppers are a garden and culinary favorite.
Native to tropical America, these annuals had been grown and selected by Native Americans since pre-history times. In fact, their specific region of origin is still unknown due to distribution by man. Peppers became available to Europeans when the new and old worlds connected. Since then, many unique selections have been developed in Europe—particularly in warm Mediterranean countries like Spain, Italy and Greece...
James Burghardt
(Chile Pepper, Ornamental Pepper)
The long, colorful, generally hot fruits of the chili pepper are invaluable in cuisines across the globe and attractive enough for plants to be used as ornamentals. Members of the Longum group encompass many popular peppers such as poblanos, serranos, jalapenos, cayenne peppers and various other chilis.
Originating from the tropical Americas, these annuals have been grown and selected by Native Americans since pre-history times. In fact, their specific region of origin is still unknown...
James H. Schutte
(Aji, Datil, Goat Pepper, Habanero, Jamaican Hot, Rocotillo, Scotch Bonnet)
Hot pepper lovers are passionate about the super spicy peppers in this species. In fact, some of the variable fruits in Capsicum chinense are some of the hottest in the world. Grown for their pungent flavor and fruity aroma, they are mostly associated with the cuisines of Mexico and the Caribbean and may be called Habanero, Scotch Bonnet, Rocotillo, Congo Pepper, Bonda Man Jacques, Red Dominica, Goat Pepper, Jamaican Hot, Trinidad Seasoning Pepper, Datil and Adjuma. Many of these common...
Jesse Saylor
(Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle)
Although an impressive plant with ornate leaves and showy red-violet flowers, the nodding thistle remains one of the most widespread weeds in temperate climates. Native to Europe and Asia, it grows as a biennial with deep taproot, but in milder climates grows also as a winter annual.
In its first year of growth, the nodding thistle develops a basal rosette of deeply lobed, spiny, dark green leaves. As the plant ages, often in the second year, the rosette sends up a stem lined with more spiny...
TL
(Caraway)
The aromatic, strong-tasting seeds of caraway are best known as a flavor in rye bread. This Eurasian herb is a hardy biennial. The aromatic oils in its seeds have a warm, earthy, almost anise-like flavor. If not harvested, the abundant seeds fall to the ground causing new plants to spring forth the following season. Caraway seeds are most popular in northern and eastern European and Russian cooking.
Clumps of feathery foliage are produced by caraway plants in the spring and summer of the first...
Audrey, Eve and George DeLange
(Silver Cassia)
Silvery blue-green foliage and yellow buttercup-shaped flowers that appear in late winter are best ornamental features of the silver cassia. This fast-growing evergreen shrub is native to arid central Australia. It is exceptionally tolerant of dry soil, heat, frosts and hot sunlight. It looks like an acacia, but the five-petaled flowers reveal its inclusion in the genus Cassia. Silver cassia attains a wispy-looking rounded to upright, v-shaped habit.
To conserve moisture in its hot,...
