Every garden has its characters. You’ve got the dependable daisies, the laid-back lavender, the overachieving tomatoes who always do the most—and then there’s the Persian Shield. Oh boy. The Persian Shield doesn’t just grow; it performs. This isn’t a plant. This is a whole personality. If RuPaul’s Drag Race ever had a botanical edition, this […]

So, there I was, minding my own business in the flower department of Home Depot (a dangerous place for impulse plant buyers, I tell you), when I spotted her. A shimmering, sparkly, purple-leafed goddess of a plant — the Persian Shield. I’d never seen anything like it. She was exotic. Mysterious. Basically, the Beyoncé of […]