…rise to 3 or 4 feet in June. Grows best where it’s moist, maybe even too moist for other plants. Variegated brunnera (Brunnera macrophylla varieties). Heart-shaped leaves 9 inches across. Blue forget-me-not flowers on 18 inch stems in May. Variegated lungwort or Bethlehem sage (Pulmonaria varieties). Leaves streaked, edged or spotted with silver or white form 12-inch mounds. Blue, pink…
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Plants are blazing new trails
PBS: Chihuahuan desert plants like autumn sage, hummingbird mints, and desert willow trees thrive in the gardens that David Salman, president of Santa Fe Greenhouses, oversees. This wouldn’t be unusual…in the Chihuahuan desert. But Salman’s display gardens are hundreds of miles north of the desert in Santa Fe. Thirty years ago, these plants wouldn’t have survived that city’s high elevation…
Read the Complete PostKeeping slugs off hostas
…their damage: Eliminate their habitat. Garden debris provides a hiding place. Using less mulch will reduce your slug population. Hand pick slugs during the evening and early morning hours. Crush them or dispose of them in a bucket of soapy water. Add plants such as ginger, garlic, mint, chives, red lettuce, red cabbage, sage, sunflower, fennel, foxglove, astilbe, ferns, mint,…
Read the Complete PostCreate your own allergy-free garden
…flowers tend to be tubular and require a hovering approach, like this cooking sage (Salvia officinalis). The tiny flowers that open on these ornamental grass plumes will dangle in the breeze, all the better to spread their pollen. Wind-pollinated flowers give themselves away with their inconspicuousness and dangle. Most lack petals, which would interfere with the wind reaching the pollen grains….
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…and bottom. In fact, they are so silver that plants that are not in flower are often mistaken for the completely silver annual called dusty miller. I love using this 10-inch tall variety as a silver ribbon to plant in front of blue annuals such as heliotrope or mealycup sage (Salvia farinacea). The gazania foliage and flower combo makes it…
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…in tomato-flavored drinks. Yum! The plant reaches a height of five feet, so there is always plenty to pick throughout the summer. French tarragon is another herb that dries and holds its flavor well for the winter. Nice in the swag, it is good in salad dressing or poultry. Sage, with its lovely silvery leaves, looks good in the swag, and the…
Read the Complete PostCharming cottage vegetable garden
…incorporated raised beds for more vegetables and herbs. The beds are three large water troughs usually used for farm animals. One is dedicated to herbs, including mint, rue, chives, sage, and rosemary. The rosemary moves to the garage in the fall and grows under lights to extend the harvest. Kale fills another trough, which they cover to keep the cabbage…
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