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Mustard - Southern Giant Curled
The Mustard Greens Southern Giant Curled, 'Brassica juncea', has a zippy, spicy flavored foliage. The Southern Green Curled Mustard has a very nutritious leafy green that should be in everyone's garden. Southern Giant is known for its desirable flavor when cooked in stir fry and soups or when young leaves are used in fresh salads. Mustard can tolerate light frost and actually tastes slightly sweeter after a light frost. Mustard Greens is an annual cool season vegetable with 10 to 12 inch tall, large, long, oval, bright green leaves that are curled on the edges. Plant in the early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the last frost or in late summer for fall harvest. Mustard Greens prefer rich, moist, and well drained soil with lots of organic matter. Mustard likes cool roots, so mulching will help keep the roots cool. If allowed to flower, the yellow flowers are also edible. The Southern Giant can also be grown in a container. ... more info
Pansy - Antique Shades The Pansy Antique Shades, 'Viola wittrockiania', is a very beautiful pansy mix. The soft lovely colors make this pansy an easy choice for pansy lovers. Technically a perennial, grown as an annual, pansies will overwinter in climates as cold as zone 4. Antique Shades is an Early Giant type and has 3 inch flowers of mixed colors including baby yellow, peach, burgundy, rust, and cream. Pansies bloom best during cool weather, this means spring in cool climates and fall and winter in warm climates. Antique Shades prefers full sun but they tolerate some light shade. Plant them in normal garden soils and fertilize lightly. They need to be well watered but not soggy. Plant in early spring, 2 to 4 weeks before last frost or in mid summer for fall bloom. In warm climates plant in late summer or early fall. The Pansy works well in locations where late fall and early spring color would be appropiate. |
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