So I left one of my Tuscan Kale plants in the ground over the winter and it survived. This spring it has been blooming like crazy! Kale is a biennial which means it lives for two growing seasons. During the first season it just produces leaves. If it survives the winter it will produce flowers during the second season. Then it dies. I just found out that the flowers are edible so I put some in the salad. They have a mild sweet flavor. And they made the salad pretty.
I saw this garden in Salt Lake City the other day. I couldn’t help but notice the excellent combination of xeric Utah native plants (I see Ephedra and Sagebrush) and bold clumps of flowering tulips. Spring bulbs like tulips and daffodils are water wise, so you can plant them with other water wise plants and […]
This is a Linden tree in full bloom. What a gorgeous shade tree and the perfume that it emits is amazing! Linden trees flower in June and turn gold in the Fall. They are slow growers, but they are hardy and resistant to disease and insects. Excellent choice for a Utah urban landscape.
My friend Alison, who gardens in Bountiful, Utah, sent me a picture of her tomatoes that have blossom end rot. This is a common problem for tomatoes and sometimes peppers and cucumbers and melons. At the Sandy garden we are finding blossom end rot on green bell peppers. It is not actually a disease but […]
