Showing posts with label annual. Show all posts
Showing posts with label annual. Show all posts

Friday, April 16, 2010

Heirloom Tomatoes- Name Game


Would you like a pink ping pong tomato plant? One of the things I love about heirloom tomatoes is their names. Another great one, "Banana Legs". I want these why?...because of their names alone!

Beef has alot to do with naming tomatoes even though tomatoes still are vegetables when I last checked:
Beefmaster
Supersteak
Park's Beefy Boy
Park's Whopper

Then there is the plum connection:
Black Plum
Beaverlodge Plum
Lemon Plum

The empty sections-- already sold out heirloom tomatoes:
Great White
Hillybilly

It's amusing shopping for tomatoes. Most people were very serious bent over looking at the plants and names and I was laughing outloud. Who could think it would be so fun buying tomatoes?

Thursday, October 1, 2009

HOT Burgundy Foliage Garden Colors



The colors just sizzle together; don't they? The burgundy foliage annual (for us in US zone 6) is an ornamental pepper called, "Black Pearl." The leaves are glossy and the color is "Hot!" Pair it up with orange and it's a smashing success. You could also choose an burnt orange crocosmia instead of an orchid.


(Do you think that this arrangement is up against stone? It is actually a chalkboard that has been erased over and over again and it has the patina of stone.)