Larry Sagers column: Exciting new plants for your garden

I posted a message to Gardenweb.com to see what people think of these cold-hardy camellias. We’ll see what they say. Also, I found a nursery website with a lot of information about camellias, including cold-hardy ones. It’s Camellia Forest at http://www.camforest.com.

I just ordered two things from Park’s Seed today. Their description of a new sweet white corn really caught my attention. It’s called Mirai, and they were almost breathless describing how people in Japan drive 100 miles to buy it at roadside stands. Here’s a quote: Our Director of Seeds, Stephanie Turner, had the opportunity…

Our “everbearing” strawberries are now producing their second wave of berries! Just in time as the raspberries have finished their production for the year. It’s nice to have these waves of sweet harvest first from strawberries, then cherries, then raspberries, then the strawberries again. It makes for some good ice cream eating! I also like…

This is awesome! There are camellias that I can grow here in zone 6! I didn’t know that. Here’s one I really like: SPRING`S PROMISE ICE ANGELS(R) CAMELLIA