AAS winners add color
Plant these 2002 All-America Selections in your garden this year for generous amounts of vitamin A and plentiful quantities of flowers.
Geranium Black Magic Rose is this year's bedding plant winner. Its unique foliage with dark chocolate centers and green leaf edges contrasts with the bright rose florets. Each floret has a small white eye.
Black Magic Rose, right, flowers freely all season, ignoring high heat and humidity. A strong plant, it can grow to 14 inches tall and spread to 18 inches. It'll do best in full sun and is perfect for containers.
Ornamental pepper Chilly Chili is the first family-friendly ornamental pepper. The "heat" was bred out of the nonpungent fruit, which makes it a perfect pepper for households with children who like to explore their environment.
The fruit, left, changes color from yellow to orange and matures to red. Pepper plants can grow about a foot tall and spread 6 to 10 inches. The petite 2-inch peppers can be used as clever ornamental garnishes on salads or with ethnic entrees.
If you have never eaten a Delicata squash, this is the one to try. The orange flesh indicates it is rich in Vitamin A. Its sweet flesh is finely textured without coarse strings. Because it is so sweet, butter and brown sugar are optional when eating it.
The compact habit requires less garden space. The mature bush will send out 4- to 6-foot runners later in the season. The squash takes about 100 days from sowing to harvest, and its tolerance to powdery mildew will increase overall yield.
East Lawrence bungalow gets an eclectic renovation
This week on "Home and Away," see how a single woman renovated a bungalow in East Lawrence with eclectic style on a shoestring budget.
Host Cathy Hamilton will also discover how to turn a bathtub into a work of art.
A new show airs at 6:30 p.m. Monday each week on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 and repeats at 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. The show is also broadcast at 9 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 9 a.m. Sunday.
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