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From Aggiegreenhouse

Plant Spotlight: Tues, Oct 6, 2009

Now everybody is putting out pansies. Pansy Sm-ansy, I say. All the cheap lawn and garden outfits have platters full of this stuff. Be different. Be creative. Live a little and mix it up a bit. How about thinking over an EDIBLE garden that flowers. YUM! Sounds tasty, YES! Onions, Garlic and Chives offer wonderful flower buds with the added bonus of kitchen ingredients!

These wild onions, garlic and chives are wonderfully small budding plants that really offer an alternative to the standard ho-hum of fall and winter gardens. At the very tip, the plants will bloom and pop out a unique flower I bet you've NEVER seen before in your neighbors' yard. Give it a try. Periodically you can even dig up and half the plants to have fresh ingredients in the kitchen and refresh the flower bed. You can never get enough fresh vegetables, so here is your chance. These plants can not take blistering heat or drought so now is the time of year to give it a try.