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Luther Burbank's "Perfect Daisy" Blooming now in my front garden are the Shasta daisies (Leucanthemum maximum) that I planted during the winter. A friend was thinning out her daisies and delivered them to my house in plastic bags set by the back door. I’d wanted to plant Shasta daisies in the front where [...] . Snowpeas Ready for Harvest . I planted snowpeas in March and they are still producing. For the flat, edible pods, I choose the variety ‘Mammoth Melting Sugar’ after reading about them in Organic Gardening Magazine. True to their name, they were sweet, big, and tender. I’d soaked the seeds before planting and, to [...] Komatsuma only 3 weeks old! I can’t believe how easy “tendergreen” is to grow. It matures in about a month, when its tender leaves are ready to use in salads or stir fry. Its mild fresh taste is welcome in both our summer and winter menus. I am going to try to grow it [...] Spanish Lavender Needs Pruning The Spanish Lavender (Lavandula stoechas ‘Otto Quast’) has finished blooming in my coastal garden and its flowers, a vivid purple in the spring (see Spanish Lavender Blooming On the Coast), have turned a dusty brown. They are not the only shrubs with a halo of beige. Most of the Mediterranean [...] |
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