Tabasco’s Other Treasures
Florence Crowder knows they’re in here somewhere. Somewhere among the thousands of camellias on Avery Island, Louisiana—also the home base of the hot sauce giant Tabasco—have got to be the two flowers she’s been seeking for a decade. The Duchess Decazes, which billows in mostly pink petals with creamy edges, and the Punctata Boutourlin, which honors its namesake soldier with crimson-streaked white blooms.
Crowder leans on the luggage cart she
