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'Frizzle Sizzle' is best in full sun. Allow soil to dry between watering. Plant has no pest or disease problems.

When Albuca 'Frizzle Sizzle' sends up its flower stalks in spring, this will often cause the tips of the leaves to brown. This is a natural occurrence. If you don't want this, remove the flower stalks as soon as they start to grow.

These egg-shaped carrots are approximately 2 inches long and almost as wide. Mildly sweet. Their low moisture content helps them resist splitting.

Native to South Africa. Can lose roots if the soil remains cold and wet for too long. Protect from frost.

My 'Chorus Line' has performed admirably here in Middle Tennessee for a number of years. It's surrounded by rock mulch and continues to thrive no matter what the conditions have been.

This is one of my favorite Glossy Abelias. It is a hybrid with a bushy, somewhat spreading, multi-stemmed habit. It grows to 5-6 feet tall in my zone where it is planted in a protected area by the house. The small lavender-pink, funnel-shaped flowers are around 3/4" long with orange-yellow throats. This lovely Abelia flowers from the middle of summer well into fall. The dark green leaves turn purplish-bronze in autumn.

A hybrid between A. x grandiflora and A. shumannii introduced in 1911 by Edward Goucher of the United States Department of Agriculture.

This plant makes a good annual groundcover. It likes heat and humidity and can grow as much as 36" a week here and in other parts of the South. Cool temperatures and low humidity will result in a more compact plant. It has reseeded in a protected area in my yard.

This parsley has broad, flat leaves with a sweet taste. It prefers growing in cooler weather.

Italian Parsley is good in soups and stews and on fish and meats. It adds color and even dried Italian parsley retains the bright green color.

Commonly found in cultivated crops and in gardens. Seeds have attached parachutes that facilitate wind dispersal. The plant will tolerate moderate shade. Needs somewhat moist and well-drained soil.

This Agastache begins setting blooms in early summer and will continue long into late summer in many climates. To facilitate extended blooming, cut off the first blooms.

This is a more compact Agastache. Good for a border or in containers.

This native perennial is in the honeysuckle family.

Folklore says that seeds were roasted and used as a coffee substitute, but there is little evidence of that, although the dried seeds do resemble coffee beans. A similar species is Early Horse Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum), which has a very similar flower, but the leaves of the early variety narrow at the base and don't surround the stem. This can be difficult to distinguish sometimes. The fruit is red-orange.

The name 'glauca' denotes the fact that a plant has a gray-green or blue color or has a powdery white coating on the leaves.

The red variety of this plant is beautiful. It reseeds and the color doesn't seem to fade.

This species is mainly located in the western United States. It is closely related to the Eastern sugar maple, and the sap from this tree can also be used to make maple syrup. It prefers full sun to part shade and well-drained moist soil. It is cold hardy and shade and drought tolerant.

Big-toothed maple provides nesting sites and habitat for numerous species of wildlife.

Under the right conditions, Blue Lyme Grass can become very invasive. However, it makes a good low-maintenance ground cover for large areas. The vigorous plant will benefit from being cut back to the ground in the summer. The blue color is attractive well into the winter. It does provide seeds for birds and also serves as a larval host plant for the Zabulon Skipper butterfly.

Small Israeli melon with a tropical flavor. Very aromatic and sweet. Small size and easily grown on a trellis. Ripe rind turns golden color.

So easy to grow here, and they make a pop of bright, vibrant color that can be seen from quite a distance. They always make me smile when I look out to the backyard and see them. Heavy reseeder.

One of my favorites. Starts blooming in spring and goes all summer long here. Very colorful low bloomer. Happy with dry soil conditions. Easy to grow from seed.

I have this in a container by the carport rain barrel and also some growing in a raised planter just outside the door to the deck. Works great to repel mosquitoes in the general vicinity of the plant. I like to keep it near the deck chairs as well. It is aggressive and will spread easily here so keep a close eye on it if you don't want that to happen.

An heirloom variety with large sweet leaves that are puckered at the stem. Bloomsdale spinach has a stronger taste and texture than standard spinach.