Ann Loves Plants

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  • Cardoons: An Edible Ornamental

    Joe, the Cardoon, and I Nearly 10 years ago I grew two lovely cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) plants here at the house. An easy plant to grow from seed, I jokingly referred to it them as ‘Cardoonicus Maximus’ due to their imposing stature. Though clearly not at all the proper technical name for the plant, it stuck. If…

  • Taming the Beasts

    Snow on a big leaf Rhododendron. The snow beast roared its tiny little head this morning. Now it’s gone. That was the easiest beast to tame this past week although the cold temps are still sticking around—unlike the snow. Just about finished with the seed starting spreadsheet for 2013. I think I’ll be starting about…