Support your tomatoes with "Basket Weave"-- another great video from UMaine Extension:

Bill's favorite Native Plants: May

Allen, Sterling & Lothrop's nursery manager Bill Kennie has been working with the Falmouth Open Space committee to help eradicate invasive plants from the Maine landscape. Bill believes that it is very important to include native species in ornamental landscape gardens. Indeed, the more native plants a garden has the better--native plants are typically low maintenance, they provide food and shelter for wildlife and are visually in keeping with our native "wild" landscape.

Polygonatnum Odoratum:
                       
Variegated Solomon’s Seal

Height: 20”-30”

Perennial Plant Association selection for 2013’s Perennial of the Year!! 

This plant will enhance your shade garden with a nice pop of color and light! Clean creamy variegation sets off  wonderful nodding white flowers in May and June.  Can be slow to get established, but once it is it naturalizes freely.

Seed of the Month: Patio Tomato Hybrid

Patio Tomato Hybrid

Let’s face it—sometimes Maine doesn’t have a lot of sun and growing tomatoes can be tricky.  That’s why many of us choose early season tomatoes—to try to get the most out of our short growing season. Growing tomatoes in containers definitely gives Maine gardeners an edge, the soil warms fast, and, if need be, the containers can be shifted to follow the sun!

Patio Tomatoes are great for small garden spaces and containers on the patio or roof top.  While other varieties can be grown in containers Patio Tomatoes have been specifically hybridized to thrive in a container.

Tasty, medium, smooth skinned fruits and just 52 days to harvest!

Recipe: Why do anything else?

Slice tomato the way you like it---add salt and pepper…Enjoy!!

About Native plants from UMaine Extension: