Herb - Golden Sage
The Golden Sage, 'Salvia officinalis aurea', has beautiful golden variegated leaves. Golden Sage is an ideal plant for color contrast in the home landscape. The leaves of sage have a sharp, peppery taste. Use Golden Sage to flavor sausage, soups, dressings, cheese dishes, and stuffings. Sage tea is also worth a try. It may not keep you young forever, but it will help control winter sniffles. Culinary sages make great additions to the border garden. Cut back at the end of winter to remove woody stems and promote new growth. Golden Sage has a flavor that is very assertive and very valuable as a digestive aid in many dishes, particularly those relatively high in fat such as pork, veal, duck, and cheese. Sage is also great with carrots, tomatoes, squash, corn and potatoes. Young leaves are eaten fresh in salads or cooked in omelets, breads, poultry stuffings and all types of beans, cabbage, and garlic. Plant in the spring in well drained soil. Golden Sage is a source of vitamins A and C and is a neat shrubby plant. ... more information
Cleome - Lindy Armstrong The Cleome Lindy Armstrong, 'Cleome', is a Proven Selection plant with rosey pink flowers. The flowers appear on a compact, thornless plant with phenomenal heat tolerance. The Cleome is commonly known as the spider plant. Lindy Armstrong looks great well into the summer and they do not seem to be bothered by heat or insects. This plant will bloom from summer into early fall and they will do best on well drained soils. For zones 8-11, this plant can also be a perennial.
