Amy Stewart The Drunken Botanist hummingbirdfeeder White flower clusters in early

White flower clusters in early summer

Water: Allow soil to dry out before watering

First Lady Clematis

vivid periwinkle blue flowers from late spring to fall

Yellow bracts in late spring

Amy Stewart The Drunken Botanist hummingbirdfeeder White flower clusters in earlyThe Plants that create the world's great drinks by Seattle Author Amy Stewart. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries. Of