This image provided by Proven Winners shows a sweetly scented heliotrope flower, an old-time garden favorite. (Proven Winners via AP) In Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play, “Our Town,” heliotrope flowers ...

Drifting back just a few days ago I began my column discussing the “Heliotrope Heifer,” then segued to the “Purple Cow.” At my age, it’s not uncommon to switch subjects in the middle of a thought.

Six months ago, The Garden Guy prognosticated that Augusta Lavender heliotrope was going to one of the hottest plants for 2022. This was really based on my trials at my house outside of Columbus, Ga.

Augusta Lavender heliotrope made its debut in 2022 and after having it in my garden for 18 months, I am even more sold on the plant. Keep in mind also I wrote about it in the summer of 2021 and ...

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In Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play, “Our Town,” heliotrope flowers connect two sets of characters who gather to inhale their intoxicating scent in the moonlight. Heliotropes, then common, are, indeed, ...

In Thornton Wilder's 1938 play "Our Town," heliotrope flowers connect two sets of characters who gather to inhale their intoxicating scent in the moonlight. Heliotropes, then common, are, indeed, ...