With spring being the season of Passover and Easter, it seems timely to write an article on hyssop, one of the “bitter herbs” mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. I was somewhat ...

The bushy, lavender-flowered hyssop has a long history of use in medicine. It’s mentioned many times in the Bible as a cleansing agent; Hippocrates used it to treat bronchitis; the Cheyenne prescribed ...

The Bible has long intrigued Lytton John Musselman. So have plants. “When I became a botanist, it was a natural melding of the two passions,” says Musselman, professor of botany and chairman of the ...

‘Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, ‘Choose lambs for yourselves, for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in ...

In the Exodus story, the destroying angel passes over the houses of the Israelites — in Hebrew “pasach al hapetach” — sparing their firstborn, and giving Pesach, the Passover holiday, its name in ...

Lime-green and blue -- it's a combination popping up in many garden plants, such as the bluebeard Caryopteris 'Worchester Gold' and this selection of anise hyssop, called 'Golden Jubilee,' which has ...