I Love Golden Delicious Pineapple Sage
Name: Salvia elegans ‘Golden Delicious’ aka golden pineapple sage
Type of Plant: This is an annual for those in the colder regions, but a perennial in Zones 8 to 10. But what a long season of interest it has in the garden! Grow this salvia in full sun where you want easy, spectacular foliage color all summer and flowers in the late fall.
Why I Love This: The foliage smells like pineapple and lights up the garden. ‘Pineapple Delicious’ grows full and bushy so even a few plants add quite a punch to a garden. They are tolerant of light frosts in the fall which is good because they don’t start to produce the red flowers until late September or early October.
A Word to the Wise: This annual is usually propagated by cuttings. Plan on purchasing plants in the spring or taking cuttings in the fall so that you’ll always be able to enjoy this annual. One plant will fill a space two to three feet wide and tall. It’s the perfect companion with African blue basil.
Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival – Let’s Grow This!
To Grow Something Beautiful… Sometimes all it takes is a group of people who are willing to say “Let’s do this!” Cape gardeners, landscapers, and homeowners have the opportunity to grow something that is beautiful and beneficial with a Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival....
I Love Tuscan Kale
Name: Tuscan Kale – aka Lacinato kale, dinosaur kale, and Brassica oleracea Type of Plant: One of the longest producing vegetables for the garden. Why I love this: Kale has been a hot vegetable lately, and with good reason since it’s so jam-packed with nutrients....
Bringing Plants Inside for the Winter
"When do I bring my houseplants back indoors?" and "Can I keep my mandevilla vine and hibiscus plant over the winter?" or "How can I avoid those fruit flies or fungus gnats I get when I bring plants inside for the winter?" These are typical questions I get from...
Pasta With Chard, Kale and Bacon
In the fall kale and chard often last longer in the garden than other crops so here is a very tasty and quick way to make dinner with these two vegetables. Those who are vegetarians can prepare the same dish and just leave out the bacon. Cook the pasta of your choice...
Of Grieving and Gardens
I went to church on Sunday morning and cried through the first half of the service. It has been almost a month since my brother Chuck died, and I had tears stored up, waiting to fall. In my church, surrounded by a caring community and apart from work and everyday...
I Love Aster ‘Raydon’s Favorite’
Name: Aster oblongifolius (syn. Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ Type of Plant: A late-fall flowering perennial that grows 2 to 3 feet tall and becomes covered with lavender-blue flowers in October. Hardy in zones 3 to 8. Grow this perennial in full...
Show Off Your Garden Flowers
One thing I love about speaking to garden clubs is looking at the displays of flowers that are often at the meetings. I love how the collection of different clear vases and bottles, each holding a single flower or leaf, combine to make an abridged garden. Such...
Winter Squash Salad
The autumn garden provides an abundant harvest of winter squash, and although there are many ways of preparing this vegetable in hot dishes, it can also be used as a salad or room-temperature side dish. We grew Honey Nut squash this year from Renee's seeds, and it was...
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