Rarity in Grow a Garden is about history, bragging rights, and luck at the right moment, not just supply. The rarest seeds like Dragon Pepper and Cursed Fruit emerged from unique circumstances and are ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation heirloom seed portal is open through Feb. 13 for tribal citizens interested in growing traditional Cherokee crops and plants. The available seeds for 2026 ...

Status: At the brink of extinction, this species of cypress is confined to Mount Mulanje, a 9,852-foot-tall massif in southern Malawi, where only a small stand of the trees survives. Threats: Mulanje ...

In New England, 22 percent of the region's native plants are considered rare. Some of them are on the federal list of endangered species. Biologists worldwide and locally have been saving crop seeds, ...