Posted on October 1, 2014
by Nan Ondra
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It’s been a long while since I’ve picked out a few of my favorite plants to focus on, and the list of candidates is getting rather long. So, it’s high time to pick out three that happen to look particularly good right now, starting… Continue Reading “Three Neat Plants”
Category: Cool Plants, Three Neat PlantsTags: Amicia zygomeris, bitter panic grass, coastal panic grass, Cool Plants, cranberry hibiscus, false roselle, Hayefield, Hibiscus acetosella, Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury', Hibiscus acetosella 'Mahogany Splendor', Hibiscus acetosella 'Red Shield', Panicum amarum, Panicum amarum 'Dewey Blue', red shield hibiscus, yoke-leaved amicia
Posted on December 1, 2012
by Nan Ondra
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It’s been a while since I’ve trotted out some neat plants, and probably about as long since I’ve written about some interesting edibles. So, in this installment of Three Neat Plants, I present to you a trio of intriguing vegetables.
Category: Three Neat PlantsTags: 'Aunt Molly's' ground cherry, angora tomato, Cool Plants, ground cherry, Hayefield, Physalis pruinosa, pineapple tomatillo, pretzel bean, ram's horn bean, Tomato 'Velue Striee', Vigna unguiculata 'Pretzel Bean'
Posted on January 16, 2012
by Nan Ondra
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Finding plants with interesting foliage is always a treat, but if they’re discouragingly expensive or too fussy to grow successfully, the thrill can go off pretty quickly. So these days, I turn first to seed catalogs to see what I can grow for myself… Continue Reading “Three Neat Plants”
Category: Cool Plants, Three Neat PlantsTags: beefsteak plant, bloodleaf, Hypoestes phyllostachya, Iresine 'Purple Lady', Iresine herbstii, Iresine lindenii, Plectranthus argentatus, polka-dot plant, silver spurflower, Three Neat Plants