February 17, 2026 Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Puschkinia, Alpine Plants, Garden Flora, and Life at the Edge

The Daily Gardener · Feb 17, 2026 · 8m

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Today's Show Notes

Some plants don't grow where it's easy. They grow where the air is thin, the soil is spare, and the season is short.

At the edges — of mountains, of cliffs, of winter itself — life learns how to stay.

Today's stories live there.

Today's Garden History

1740 Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was born.

Horace-Bénédict was a Genevan scientist and alpine explorer — a man drawn not to comfort, but to altitude.

He is…