Sorrel (P)

by Maureen Sullivan on January 26, 2024

Sun.  The tender, fresh green leaves of sorrel bring a bright lemon flavor to salads, soups and sauces.

Stevia

by Maureen Sullivan on January 19, 2016

Full sun. 24 inches. 100x sweeter than sugar, stevia can be used fresh, dried or powdered. If you want to overwinter it indoors bring it in when night time temps go below 45 degrees.

Photo courtesy Johnny’s Selected Seeds

Stock, Mathiola Quartet Rainbow

by Maureen Sullivan on January 24, 2017

Sun. 18 to 24 inches.  The blossoms of Quartet Rainbow have a soft, creamy yellow centers with a blush of rose at the petals’ edge.  Not only valued as a cut flower and fragrance, the peppery, clove-like flavor of stock flowers lends itself for use as a garnish to salads and desert.

Photo courtesy Johnny’s Selected Seeds

 

 

Stock, Matholia Katz Purple

by Maureen Sullivan on January 24, 2017

Sun. 18 to 30 inches.  If you want a long, sturdy stem of stock for your bouquets this may be the variety for you. This selection will provide a vivid purple addition to your floral arrangements.

Photo courtesy of Johnny’s Selected Seeds

Stock, Matholia Katz Ruby

by Maureen Sullivan on January 24, 2017

Sun.  24 to 32 inches. Add punch to your bouquets with Katz Ruby stock.  This series yields long, strong stems perfect for your arrangements.

Photo courtesy Johnny’s Select Seeds.

Strawberry Fragissimo

by Maureen Sullivan on January 28, 2017

Sun. Fragissimo, a perennial everbearing strawberry with lovely pink blossoms provide color and tasty red, sweet fruit all summer long.  Everbearing strawberries are great container plants as well as border plants (though the fruit is vulnerable to  hunger chipmunks and squirrels when planted in the border). 

Strawberry Fragoo Pink

by Maureen Sullivan on February 2, 2023

Sun. Height 10 to 16 inches, spread to 20 inches. Enjoy the taste of fresh picked strawberries all season long.  Summer Breeze produces mid-sized fruit from early summer into autumn.  Not only will you get tasty fruit but the pink blossoms are incredibly ornamental as is the deep green foliage and sets of runners adding visual interest to a border or a container.  

Strawberry Gasana

by Maureen Sullivan on April 17, 2014

Ornamental Strawberry GasanaFull sun. A compact, day neutral strawberry plant bred for container production. Very ornamental plant bearing large, deep pink flowers and sweet conical berries summer into fall.  

Strawberry Golden Alexandria

by Maureen Sullivan on January 30, 2019

Sun. Grow this strawberry plant for the showy, lime green gold foliage of this runnerless alpine strawberry as well as for the fruit.   

Strawberry Merlan

by Maureen Sullivan on January 18, 2016

Full sun. A compact, day neutral strawberry plant bred for container production. Very ornamental plant bearing large,  pink flowers and large, sweet conical berries summer into fall.  Produces few runners so it is great for containers and small spaces.