Meet the succulent family

Fancy some whale’s tongue? How about pig’s ear? Flapjack? Chocolate soldier for desert? No, these are not culinary offerings. They’re just a few of the hundreds of evocative names for the plant species known as “succulents”. The name derives from the Latin word...

Succulents: not just your grandma’s cacti

Succulent: derived from the Latin succus, meaning sap. If you’re going by the Merriam Webster definition, you just call them “juicy”. If you’re a hit-and-miss gardener, you may regard them as the resilient survivors that even your black thumb (thankfully) can’t kill....