The plant, which was expected to have gone extinct over two thousand years ago was known as silphion (or silphium) by the ancient Greeks. The professor discovered what he believes to be a ...

Use these tips to grow cup plant, a tall native perennial that attracts birds and pollinators. Cup plant is a native prairie perennial with a big presence in the landscape. It grows up to 9 feet tall ...

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Incorporating new native seeds can boost biodiversity and compete with invasive plants. Each natural space is unique, so the ...

Which is why he's planting these silphium seeds. On this day, an experimental crop research center from Kansas is giving him a head start with seedlings. If they grow, they'll look like small ...

Perhaps that shrub needs to go to a different spot in the yard. Maybe it wasn’t planted in the correct location to begin with ...

A common tale of the history of the heart symbol has it originating in Ancient Greece and Rome, as a motif representing the heart-shaped seeds of the now-extinct herb from North Africa ...

Since silphium went extinct over 2,000 years ago, Miller substituted the plant and its juice, known as opos, for another common ancient ingredient called asafoetida. The gum resin taken from ...

Asafoetida powder, which is available in most supermarkets, is used instead of silphium, an ancient herb that was used to not only to make food tasty but to try to cure diseases. What happened to ...

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Most often wild native plant seeds are used for sowing Illinois prairie. These seeds are harvested from wild plants or from native plant nurseries. Seeds ordered from native seed dealers can be a good ...