Five things to do in the garden this week: 1. If you like red and orange, plant a Mexican cigar plant (Cipher ignea var. David Verity). I have one that is six feet tall by six feet wide and, ...

If you’re searching for a plant that will attract hummingbirds to your garden and handle the Louisiana summer like a champ, look no further than Vermillionaire cuphea — one of the LSU AgCenter’s 2025 ...

I was not familiar with cuphea - also known as the cigar flower - until my neighbors Wren and Brad Ludwig introduced it into their front landscape. When the blooms appeared, so did hummingbirds - lots ...

WAYCROSS, Ga. — For almost half a century, the women of Ware County and neighboring rural communities have been “laying wrapper” at the big King Edward cigar plant here. Urged on by the pre-set pace ...