… Don’t stop canning and preserving just because it is winter. In this cooking class, learn to preserve using dried fruits in a dried fig, apple, and raisin jam—a sweet, bright-tasting spread with a chunky texture perfect for stirring into …
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… Licorice-scented sweet flag is native to Japan and East Asia and loves a wet environment. It has shiny, curved, narrow leaves that are a greenish yellow color …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Summer forget-me-not ( Anchusa capensis ‘Blue Angel’) is covered with 8-inch clusters of the most intense, true-blue flowers throughout the growing season. This native of South Africa thrives in sunny settings and dry soils and responds to periodic deadheading, the removal of spent flowers, by producing additional …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The nomenclature of this tropical evergreen is uncertain, not being referenced in any current botanical literature. It may be synonymous with or a variety of Clusia rosea , a native of Florida and tropical America. It has found its way into the trade, however, useful as a nice background … or hedge plant, with a nice upright habit. The glossy leaves are obovate --broad at the tip and tapering down to the petiole -- and stiff and smooth. It rarely flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… herb with the flavor of anise. Large flat umbels of small yellow flowers appear in July and August and are attractive to a number of pollinator insects. All parts of the plant are edible (the … cooked, the leaves and stems as additives to casseroles, and the flowers as flavorings). This is a short lived perennial that should be planted in a sunny location. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This high altitude cactus from Peru and Bolivia features long white hair-like modified spines in profusion to help retain heat during the cool nights. Like the saguaro cactus, it produces branches with age and can reach 21 feet in height. This is a night blooming species adapted to bat pollination and produces white or purple flowers. Very …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ruby Stella daylily has small red flowers with a darker red eye and a yellow orange throat. The flowers measure only 3 inches and appear in midseason. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each … in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It may re-bloom. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… with green throats in mid to late season. The delightfully fragrant flowers are 6½ inches and are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Each flower lasts only one day, but there are multiple buds on each stalk and … The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to the southeastern United States, trumpet honeysuckle is a woody perennial vine that will twine up a trellis, wall, or fence and grows up to 18 feet. From May to October it produces funnel-shaped flowers that are bright red on the outside and yellow on the inside. The flowers are pollinated by the ruby-throated hummingbird and provide …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ornamental sweet potato vines are used as a colorful foliage accents in summer flower beds and containers. This cultivar has large, heart-shaped bronzy-red leaves with five deeply cut lobes. It grows into a mound and spreads out to 24 inches or more. Flowers are scarce, looking like lavender and white morning glories. It can take bright sun or partial shade and loves summer heat. If the season is long enough, edible sweet potatoes may result, but will be small. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
