From the Garden

  • How to Plant and Grow Snap Beans

    How to Grow Beans

    Snap beans–also called green beans–are tender annuals best planted shortly after the last frost in spring. Snap beans are grown for fresh eating or for canning. The color of snap beans can vary. Green beans are green but other snap beans can be yellow, purple, or speckled depending on the variety. Yellow snap beans are […] More

  • How to Grow Peruvian Lily — Alstroemeria

    Alstroemeria–commonly called Peruvian Lily–produces large clusters of brilliant-colored azalea like flowers. Colors range from hot to red and pink to cool mauve and purple. Peruvian lilies are often massed in groups or mixed borders. Alstromeria is a genus of South American plants, members of the Amaryllis family that grow from tuberous roots are treated like […] More

  • How to Grow False Lupine — Thermopsis

    Thermopsis–commonly called false lupine–is a rhizomatous perennial cultivated for its attractive foliage and yellow or purple pea-like flowers. From a distance, Thermopsis looks like lupines (Lupinus spp. or baptisia (Baptisia, spp.). Thermopsis is native grassy mountainsides and woodlands in North America. It can grow in full sun or very light shade and wants well-drained soil […] More

  • How to Grow Geranium — Pelargonium

    Pelargonium is a genus of tender perennials that includes the popular garden plant widely known as geranium. The best-known Pelargoniums go by the common names zonal geraniums, ivy-leaved geraniums, and regal or Martha Washington geraniums. Pelargoniums also include scented-leaved geraniums. Pelargoniums are often grown as annuals. They are native to South Africa and cannot tolerate […] More

  • How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Marjoram

    Marjoram in the garden

    You can learn how to grow marjoram in minutes. Marjoram, also called sweet marjoram and knotted marjoram, is a tender perennial grown as an annual. The flower buds look like little knots and so the name knotted marjoram. Marjoram has a savory, sweet, pungent aroma. It is a primary herb used in the preparation of […] More

  • How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Cilantro

    Coriander 2

    The herb leaf called cilantro and the herb seed called coriander grow on the same plant. Cilantro is also known as Chinese parsley. Both cilantro and coriander come from the plant Coriandrum sativum. In the United States, cilantro is the name for the plant’s leaves and stem; coriander is the name for its dried seeds. […] More

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