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Datura - Angels Trumpet
Water regularly, but do not over water. The Angel's Trumpet Datura requires full sun and prefers well drained soils. The Datura Angel's Trumpet, 'Datura meteloides', has fragrant and showy flowers that open late in the day to enhance the evening garden. If your time only allows you to enjoy an evening garden, then the Datua is the plant. The flowers are 6 inches long, trumpet-shaped and white in color, tinged with lilac. Take advantage of the heavenly fragrance by planting the Datura close to a window. The flowers last only a day or two, but blooms appear from mid summer to late fall. The pale blooms will glow well into the twilight and their scent is heavenly. Plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks before the last frost. Note: All parts of this plant are poisonous. ... more
Corn - Country Gentleman Corn is usually ready 3 weeks after silks appear. The tasty, sweet, milky heirloom corn is delightful to eat, and has one unusual trait, the kernels are not arranged in rows. It is very tasty to eat fresh and it is used for creamed corn. Plant in the spring, a week or two after the last spring frost or when the soil is warm. Successive plantings in two week intervals will produce a much longer cropping season. This sweet corn is also known as Shoe Peg corn. In the deep south, this can be as early as February. The Corn Sweet Country Gentleman, 'Zea mays', was introduced in 1891. Named for a famous 19th century American agricultural magazine, Country Gentleman is an excellent old variety of corn for the home gardener, Plants are 6 to 7 feet tall and the ears are 8 inches long. Harvest the ears when the husks are dark green and the silks are brown but not brittle. Corn prefers a deep, rich well drained soil. |
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