The freshly minted vice president of horticulture and collections at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Scott McMahan has the ambling, laid-back vibe of Gary Cooper, speaking in a patois incorporating ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The plant world is rife with people’s names, but most of us don’t know who they were or how their names ended up defining plants. Many of our native plants ...

Carpenteria californica ‘Elizabeth’ was named after Elizabeth McClintock, who worked at the California Academy of Sciences. It’s one of our showiest natives and looks beautiful in bloom. (Photo by ...