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Chocolate Flower
This plant is also called chocolate daisy, greeneyes, lyre-leaf greeneyes, and brooch flower. Chocolate Flowers prefer well drained, average, dry soils. Chocolate Flowers have 1 1/2 inch composite flowers with yellow center rays and a maroon center disk array. Place them in full sun and do not fertilize. The colorful, fragrant plant attracts butterflies and is drought tolerant and the aroma may either satisfy or intensify your craving for chocolate. Plant this flower in groups along a walkway or patio for maximum effect. The flowers bloom at night, making their chocolate fragrance most noticeable in the morning. Deadhead regularly to extend the bloom season. The Chocolate Flower, 'Berlandiera lyrata', has it all. ... more
Pea - Edible Pod - Oregon Sugar Pod The Oregon Sugar Pod ll produces a huge number of 4 inch tasty pods which are harvested and eaten when the pods are flat, before the seed forms. The short 28 inch plants are easy to manage and they are excellent for the freezer. This is one of those vegetables that tastes much better garden grown than from a store. In mild climates, plant in the fall for winter harvest. Keep the plants moist but do get them over watered and soggy. Peas prefer well drained soil. Snow peas should be harvested before the seeds start to form. Plant in the early spring, as soon as the soil can be worked. Peas that are too mature will cause the plant to stop producing. The Pea Snow Oregon Sugar Pod ll, 'Pisum sativum', is a flat podded type pea that has great disease resistance and is tasty and stringless. |
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