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Savory - Summer
The Savory Summer, 'Satureja hortensis', is a highly aromatic plant that tastes like peppery thyme and blends with many flavors. The Summer Savory is a bushy 1. 5 foot tall plant with fine hairy stems. The flowers are pink to violet and appear in mid summer. The leaves are 1 inch long and skinny. The leaves turn purple in late summer to fall. At one time, Summer Savory was thought to increase sex drive and it was a popular plant for this reason alone hundreds of years ago. Summer Savory is primarily used for culinary purposes but it is also considered by some to be antiseptic. Tea from Summer Savory is used for diarrhea, mild sore throat, and stomach aches. This culinary herb is used in many dishes such as all types of beans, lentils, chicken and beef soups, eggplant, asparagus, onions, cabbage, squash, liver and fish. German cooking with Savory and beans, is very popular. Plant in the spring in well drained soil. ... more information
Bean Pole - Runner - Scarlet Emperor The Bean Pole Runner Scarlet Emperpr, 'Phaseolus coccineus', has large sprays of brilliant rich, red flowers that contrast against deep green foliage. The Scarlet Emperor is grown for the flowers and the sweet pods. With such magnificent slender clusters of rich red flowers, the Scarlet Emperor is predominantly used as a flowering screen, vine, or fence cover. A little known fact is that this runner bean has an extremely rich beany sweet flavor when picked young. The pods may also be shelled for green or dried beans when pods mature. The Scarlet Emperor is an annual and is very frost sensitive. Pole types have 3 to 7 foot long vines. They have up to 12 inch long pods at maturity. Plant after the last average frost date. Scarlet Emperor beans prefer rich, organic, well drained, warm soils. |
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