You can use these as green shell peas or dry like winter beans. This pea plant is high yielding, vigorous and easy to grow. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation.
* Loosely tufted perennial, short lived bunchgrass. Rather slow to establish. Adapted to cool climates as a cool seasons turfgrass. On moist, rich soils. Thrives in deep rich soil, but also grows well on poorer sandy soils providing they are moist.
* Loosely tufted perennial, short lived bunchgrass. Rather slow to establish. Adapted to cool climates as a cool seasons turfgrass. On moist, rich soils. Thrives in deep rich soil, but also grows well on poorer sandy soils providing they are moist.
Many types of squirrels cache the acorns. * This plant provides food and shelter for many animal species. The taproot lives a long time, producing several generations of above ground parts.
If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant. Easy to grow and shell. Does well in most climates. Adapted to hot humid climates. Pods average 6-7 ” long, and are silver colored, occasionally streaked with rose.
Contains 210,000 seeds/lb. Ladino is the most popular white clover in the USA! Ladino clover has a high nutritive value and palatability make it a popular choice in pasture mixtures.
Iron and Clay has long taproots that help withstand drought conditions. Broadcast up to 120 lb./acre, 1/2 to 1″ deep. They can produce as much as 300 lb./acre nitrogen. Frost will kill the cowpeas.
* This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching gray stems bear the occasional sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaf.
* Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads. It is native to Europe and western Asia.
As an annual green manure, “Summer” alfalfa can produce up to 10 tons of organic matter per acre. Long taproots break up compacted soil and bring up subsurface minerals. High nitrogen fixation and great bee forage.
If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant. The pods are dark-purple and about seven to eight inches long containing nine to eleven, kidney-shaped seeds with large, maroon colored eyes.
Grandiflorum was designated the provincial emblem of Ontario in 1937 (Flora Emblem Act). * The plant is most common in rich, mixed upland forests. * The erect, odorless flowers are large, especially compared to other species of Trillium , with 4 to 7...
Sadandy is very similarly to ‘Texas Cream' but the peas are slightly smaller. The bush-type plants are prolific and thrive in hotter, Southern weather. A “cream pea” type variety, they are generally used at the fresh shelling stage.
Dark red and oh so sweet and delicious! You will want to pop them in your mouth right from the garden. More than 100 tomatoes per plant. All America Selection winner in 2016. Outstanding currant tomato with loads of small berry-sized fruits about 1cm...
Performing well in meadow gardens as well as cottage garden settings, it prefers full sun and is unappealing to deer. (Blazing Star) Shooting bolt upright out of the garden bed, gayfeather is a bold statement in the mixed border.
Even the tuberous roots can be eaten like potatoes. Flowers and flowerbuds taste like mushrooms and can be eaten raw, fried or steamed. Distinctive pods have four wings along their lengths and can be eaten like string beans.
Medium-hot at 5,000 Scoville units. Heavy yields, about twice as much as cayenne. Excellent in soups, chilli, and stews. Looks like a cayenne pepper with long glossy scarlet pods 15-17cm/6-7" but the flavour is sweet and tart with undertones of strawberry...
Cinnamon-scented leaves are popular in Japan for flavouring raw fish, bean curd, pickles and tempura. Before sowing, chill sees at 5°C (40°F) for 3 days in moist sand. (Aoshiso) Decorative green foliage reminiscent of coleus.
Despite the popularity of hybrid lavender among French growers, this original Provencal lavender, with its deep blue shades and its more refined fragrance, is still commonly grown.
Grandiflorum was designated the provincial emblem of Ontario in 1937 (Flora Emblem Act). * The plant is most common in rich, mixed upland forests. * The erect, odorless flowers are large, especially compared to other species of Trillium , with 4 to 7...
Flowering stalks, young leaves and buds are delicious steamed, boiled or fried with other vegetables, meat or on its own. Broccoli-like vegetable from China. Start indoors in April or sow direct after last frost.
A good nitrogen fixer (70-150 lbs per acre per year). Showy crimson blooms in late spring are an excellent source of nectar for bees. Inter-seeds well with grass. Winter annual protects and improves soil! Plant fall or early spring.
(Bishopsweed) Known to the ancient Egyptians as a treatment for skin diseases this humble wild plant of the Nile valley was recently catapulted to the forefront of modern cancer research.
It's is excellent for high density growing and takes 13 weeks to be ready from seed. Appleblossom produces wonderful white to pink blooms! The Maverick Hybrid Geranium is a more vigorous plant with bigger 5-6″ flower heads! This is the best Geranium...
