Looking good in the garden now is Callicarpa americana ‘Welch’s Pink’, discovered by former PDN’er Matt Welch in East Texas. This is pink fruited form of our native American beautyberry, Callicarpa americana. The fruit are an important fall food source for many species of birds.
Will someone please explain to me why more people aren’t growing the amazing sea kale, Crambe maritima. This amazing perennial is a great tasting green that returns every year without replanting. It’s also a great flowering perennial, putting on a show now in our rock garden. We have also never seen any pest activity such
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What do the plants pictured below have in common, and it’s not what you might think. These common plants are actually food crops…read more at the end of the photos. These are a few of the plants that can be used to make wheat bread…and flavorful bread at that. Yes, the kind you eat. A
