Garden
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Flowerpedia: Hesperis matronalis -Dame’s rocket
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Sweet rocket, a herbaceous plant from Europe gained its name from its intensive scent that floods the garden in the evening. The fragrance similar to lilac scent is the reason why it has been cultivated all over the world. Although this…
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Tomatopedia: Gold rush currant tomato- a pretty little hassle
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Each year I plant a few new tomato varieties so I could test them. This year one of the newly tested varieties was “Goldrush currant”. As it was labeled as “cherry tomato” I knew I had to expect an indeterminate, bushy…
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Peter pepper- the dirtiest pepper in the garden
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A few years back I got a couple of seeds of the unusually shaped chili pepper which after first sowing became one of my favorite peppers and a display pepper which brings giggles from each person that sees it. Peter pepper…
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Cleome – spider flower
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Cleome is a beautiful flower from the family of Cleomaceae(order Brassicales).Although it was believed this plant belongs to the caper family, with a closer look into DNA structure scientists discovered that this plant belongs to the Brassicales order and was…
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Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
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Hollyhock- a biannual plant from the family of Malvaceaes is a Eurasia native flower that has been a part of our grandmothers’ gardens for many years.This plant is native to the Mediterranean type of climate, but it has adapted really well…