The Southwestern Colorado Research Center in Yellow Jacket recently planted an acre of a promising perennial crop called ...

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 ...

Where other plants use 22 inches or more of water, silphium takes 2 to 3 inches ... they’re hoping to get more seeds from this new plot to use in future research, Russell said.

as a motif representing the heart-shaped seeds of the now-extinct herb from North Africa, silphium. This "wonder plant" was used by the Ancients for both culinary and medical purposes, and ...