mustard greens flowering?
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Comments (1)If you like them why not keep them. just keep pinching of the buds. I did that with my arugula this year and only let one of them to go for seed. Even I pinche off some of the buds/flowers of that one because it had too many. Now it is maturing the seeds. I will plant them in August for fall crop.. I had mustard greens last fall but they never bolted because of cool weather. They lasted till frost....See Moredo mustard seeds come from the mustard green plant?
Comments (4)Some farmers use mustard plants as a green manure. When they plow them under, they may miss some (like along the fence lines) that flower and go to seed. The birds eat them, moisten and soften them in their digestive tract, and then drop them on your soil with a little blob of manure, and they sprout. If you deliberately want to grow condiment-type mustard, go to a grocery that sells bulk spices (Fred Meyer/Kroger) or a health food store and buy a spoonful of seed. Most of these natural seeds will sprout. Then you'll know what you've got. Sue Here is a link that might be useful: Mustard- growing & using...See MoreTaste of 'Red Giant' Mustard Greens vs other Mustard Greens?
Comments (4)To me, it's a little milder. I really, really like all mustard greens, and I really, really like Red Giant. It is also visually stunning in the winter garden, if you care about that kind of thing ... in addition to steaming it, we also rip some to add to our salads. Very attractive. Quintin...See MoreOh dear - green and white still doesn't cut the mustard
Comments (8)After reading your post, the first thing that comes to mind is Polemonium/Jacob's Ladder--it blooms sort of lavender in late Spring here (mid-to-late May; it's blooming now here) with delicate, almost fern-like foliage. Japanese painted fern doesn't bloom but is a nice textural contrast to other shade lovers. I like the interesting foliage of Virginia knotweed/Polygonum virginianum for contrast--it has an interesting rusty-red chevron on each variegated green & white leaf, altho' it's a late-season, part shade bloomer with insignificant cranberry-red flowers. Trycirtis hirta/toad lily is completely different from many other shade-loving perennials and has interesting blooms--the ones I've planted in full shade are thriving & multiplying each year. They offer very late season white blooms with purple speckles--the bees LOVE them. Alchemilla mollis/Lady's mantle & Heuchera/Coral Bells 'Purple Palace' put on a season-long show in both my part sun & full shade beds every year without requiring any attention from me, making them two of the most carefree perennials in my garden. In my experience, neither are bothered by pests. The Heuchera offers a decided contrast in foliage color while the Lady's Mantle offers a foliage contrast in shape and texture that is pleasing season-long. I won't discount Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' for tiny, true blue flowers in early spring but it's been my experience the plants are prey to some sort of disease or infestation that turns a certain portion of the foliage dark after they bloom and IMO renders them less attractive as a result (which, thankfully, the surrounding hostas soon conceal)....See Moremanic_gardener_socal_10a
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