Why we love it: Sweetly scented Gladiator makes a great cut flower for both fresh and dried bouquets. Part of the Summerific ...

and French and English cultivators tried and failed for centuries to pollinate the flower. Its mass market availability is a relatively recent phenomenon, and now, most of today's vanilla is ...

Vanilla flowers contain both female and male parts ... there were a lot of people who were coming up with the technique. There was a French botanist who did come up with a technique before Edmond ...