By Hannah Cedars — The Appalachian Sage Lamb’s Ear (Stachys byzantina) is one of those plants that looks almost too […]

Willow (Salix spp.) is one of the oldest recorded healing plants in human history. Most of us from the South

Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) is one of the South’s most striking native plants — a semi-evergreen climber found draping over fences,

Some plants do more than grow — they travel.They cross oceans, cultures, mountains, and the memories of women who carried

A Mountain Healer with a Mean Look and a Gentle Heart by Hannah Cedars, The Appalachian Sage There’s a plant

The Woodland Tonic Root of Appalachia Wild Sarsaparilla is a native woodland plant long valued in Appalachian folk medicine, Indigenous

The Immediate-Relief Plant of Appalachia Jewelweed is one of the most trusted and time-tested plants in Appalachian folk healing. Unlike

The Humble Groundcover That Nourishes, Heals, and Surprises Purslane is one of the most misunderstood plants in Appalachia and beyond.

Daisies are often dismissed as simple wildflowers — cheerful, common, and decorative. But for centuries, folk healers across Europe, Appalachia,