Horticulture

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SOMETIMES LOOKING backward points out the best path forward. That’s what Chris Wiesinger of Golden, Texas, has found with The Southern Bulb Co., the business he started 16 years ago. He’s learned that rescuing heirloom plants — bulbs specifically — can be a fertile path to garden sustainability.

Chris has a long history with bulbs. He planted a single hybrid tulip bulb in his parents’ California garden at age 11

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