These low-maintenance beauties flower spring, summer, and fall on compact plants that require no pruning or deadheading.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
The jewel-tone beauties are delicious in all sorts of blackberry recipes, and are full of fiber, antioxidants, and other powerful nutrients to help keep your body and heart in top shape.
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Christine Fiorentino,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Mar. 2026
Like the appeals made by women during the antiquity to midwife goddesses, prayer and supplication were ways to affirm intentions for healthy pregnancies, calm labors, and living children.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
In Greek and Roman mythology, the Furies were goddesses of vengeance and retribution, called on to punish heinous crimes such as murder; now, the word is used more generally to mean fierce passion or rage.
My avocado toast arrived on cue as one of the queens executed a split with Broadway-level precision, inches from my table, and the room erupted into applause and screams of delight.
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Sophie Morgan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Mar. 2026
Both of these queens have been bottom feeders throughout the competition, but there’s still no competition.
The two hotties are basically neighbors, give or take three hours in traffic.
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Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
The switch from an off-guard island full of hotties to an inbox full of DMs must be the most disorienting experience for a Love Island USA cast member.
The pint-sized cuties also join big sister Ireland Baldwin, whom Alec shares with ex-wife Kim Basinger.
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Grace Gavilanes,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
These high-rise cuties look office-appropriate but feel more like leggings, thanks to four-way stretch and thermoregulating fabric that dries quickly and helps to wick away sweat throughout the day.
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