Blueberry Glaze
Blueberry Glaze, the newest addition to the BrazelBerries Shrub collection from Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, has incredibly glossy dark green leaves and compact growth habit. At first glance, it looks almost boxwood-like and easily can be sheared and used in much the same way – except it bears delicious dark blue fruit. As an ornamental beauty, Blueberry Glaze makes an excellent accent in the landscape or simply pruned into a hedge. Due to its compact size, it is perfect for small spaces and stunning in decorative containers to bring color and fruit to patios, decks and balconies. It’s best suited for USDA Hardiness Zones 5-8.
Try Basil
New Try Basil from Burpee Home Gardens offers three varieties of basil in one pot. Grown from one multi-seed, multi-species pellet, Try Basil is easy and economical. This multi-species, multi-pellet technology offers a balanced blend of three basil flavors: Genovese, serrated and dark red. Great for adding zest to kitchen herb gardens, and beautiful to grow. Available exclusively through the Burpee Home Gardens program of branded vegetables and flowers.
Kosmic Kale
Unusual, ornamental edible from Dick Degenhardt in the Netherlands has out-of-this-world coloring with mint-green leaves edged in cream. Plants are beautiful in mixed beds or containers, while providing a continuous harvest of nutritious, eye-catching greens for garnish, salad, or steaming. Hardy to 10°F. Young plants are available from Plug Connection in Vista, Calif.
SimplyHerbs Sage
SimplyHerbs Sage from PanAmerican Seed is a multi-seed pellet of Salvia officinalis, a flavorful and aromatic addition to many home-cooked recipes. It finishes 18 to 24 inches tall and spreads 14 to 24 inches wide. It is hardy to USDA Zone 4. Each multi-seed pellet includes 6 to 10 salvia seeds for a uniform, better-looking plant at retail. Days from transplant to harvest: 28. Plants in the new SimplyHerbs line, growers don’t “seed broadcast” or scoop across the soil, and they use less seed than oversow or multisow methods. By direct-sowing the multi-seed pellet, SimplyHerbs produces a healthy, uniform, better-looking plant to show at retail with reduced tangle on the bench.
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