Garden Medley

May 3, 2008

Raspberry – Latham

Filed under: Garden Products — Stephanie @ 6:48 pm

Raspberry – Latham

The Latham Raspberry, Rubus idaeus ‘Latham a spring planted herbacious root is a thorny shrub that produces one crop per year. This summer bearing variety has a sweet flavor and firm fruit. Latham produces medium sized fruits with good flavor, firmness, and freezing quality. Place the Latham Raspberry in full sun and rich, well drained soil. To encourage the best growth, water well during growth.

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Savory – Summer

The Savory Summer, ‘Satureja hortensis is a highly aromatic plant that tastes like peppery thyme and blends with many flavors. The Summer Savory is a bushy 1. 5 foot tall plant with fine hairy stems. The flowers are pink to violet and appear in mid summer. The leaves are 1 inch long and skinny. The leaves turn purple in late summer to fall. At one time, Summer Savory was thought to increase sex drive and it was a popular plant for this reason alone hundreds of years ago. Summer Savory is primarily used for culinary purposes but it is also considered by some to be antiseptic. Tea from Summer Savory is used for diarrhea, mild sore throat, and stomach aches. This culinary herb is used in many dishes such as all types of beans, lentils, chicken and beef soups, eggplant, asparagus, onions, cabbage, squash, liver and fish. German cooking with Savory and beans, is very popular. Plant in the spring in well drained soil.

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Honeysuckle – Freedom

Freedom Honeysuckle, Lonicera ‘Freedom is resistant to the witches broom aphid that attacks other Honeysuckle. White tinged pink flowers in spring produce small, rounded red fruit in summer. Excellent hedge or background plant. Its primary use is in windbreak and shelterbelt plantings and as a background screen in large areas. The foliage is bluish-green in color with a fine texture. Plant habit is somewhat loose without pruning because of its vigorous growth rate. Its fruit is a bright red berry which provides a nice contrast with the blue-green foliage. This xeriscape plant is quite tolerant to a broad range of soil conditions but prefers a loam soil. Needs full sun for best effect. Freedom grows 8-10 feet in height and width. Honeysuckles are easy to grow, vigorous, heat-tolerant, and nearly indestructible. The flashy and fragrant flowers will attract hummingbirds and butterflies all summer long. Many honeysuckles will thrive in containers as well.

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