Solomon’s Seal is known by more than a dozen other names including “St. Mary’s Seal,” “yellow essence,” “sow’s teats,” and “High John the Conqueror.” It has a long and fantastic history and there are ...

One of the pleasures of early spring, for a gardener weary of winter, is watching herbaceous perennials emerge from the bare ground. Their lengthening stems and unfurling leaves often change color as ...

False Solomon's seal is a Pacific Northwest native woodland plant. It grows in stands of single stems that are topped in midspring with plumes of white, lightly fragrant, flowers. The flowers are ...