Common Name: Tomato, Big Boy Botanical Name: (Tomato Lycopersicon lycopersicum ‘Big Boy’) • Zone: 10-12, Annual • Sets fruit: 69-80 days • Indeterminate • Habit: Pole • Flower: Yellow, insignificant • Foliage: Green, potato leaf • Fruit: Reddish-pink skin & red flesh. Large, flat, beefsteak, deeply lobed • Flavor: Outstanding, rich, tomatoey, sweet flavor • Uses: Fresh, salads, slicing, sandwiches, canning • Harvesting: Pick frequently to increase […]
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Bee Garden
Bee Garden Think about gardening for pollinator bees such as red mason bees, blue orchard bees, and bumble bees. Aromatic herbs such as anise hyssop, basil, bee balm, lavender, marjoram, rosemary, sage, and thyme; bitter herbs such as rue, southernwood, and wormwood; and nectar-rich herbs such as borage and mint attract pollinator bees. The list […]
Cocktail Garden
Cocktail Garden Use these herbs in cocktails and beverages. Kentucky Colonel spearmint (Mentha spicata ‘Kentucky Colonel’) cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) lime basil (Ocimum basilicum) elderberry (Sambucus spp.) spearmint (Mentha spicata) lemon thyme (Thymus x citriodorus) Julep mint (Mentha spicata ‘Julep’) mojito mint (Mentha x villosa) Italian flat leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum) pineapple sage (Salvia elegans) strawberry (Fragaria) tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
Uncooked Pasta Sauce
Uncooked Pasta Sauce WGHS Member Barb contributed this recipe to the Herbs in St Louis class WGHS conducted at the Missouri Botanical Garden on April 21, 2015. Use only fresh, summer tomatoes for best flavor! 3 large, ripe tomatoes, cored, seeded, and chopped into ½ inch pieces 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, […]
Tomato
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) All tomatoes at our Annual Herb Sale are heirloom. Beefsteak Tomato beefsteak red Brandywine red Brandywine black Mortgage Lifter red Mr. Stripey Large Tomato Great White Pruden’s Purple large Red Oxheart Striped German yellow orange Medium Tomato Arkansas Traveler red Cherokee Traveler purple Delicious red Green Zebra bicolor Japanese Black Trifele Legend red Juane Flame orange Mountain Princess red Pineapple bicolor Rutgers red Wapsipinicon yellow […]
Brandywine – Red Tomato
Common Name: Tomato, Brandywine – Red Botanical Name: (Lycopersicon esculentum) • Zone: 10-12, Annual • Heirloom – open pollinated • Sets fruit: 75-85 days • Indeterminate • Habit: Pole • Flower: Yellow, insignificant • Foliage: Green, potato leaf • Fruit: Reddish-pink skin & red flesh. Large, flat, beefsteak, deeply lobed • Flavor: Outstanding, rich, tomatoey, […]
Brandywine – Black Tomato
Common Name: Tomato, Brandywine – Black Botanical Name: (Lycopersicon esculentum) • Zone: 10-12, Annual • Heirloom – open pollinated • Sets fruit: 85 days • Indeterminate • Habit: Pole • Flower: Yellow, insignificant • Foliage: Green, potato leaf • Fruit: Purple-maroon , large beefsteak, with green to black shoulders • Flavor: Rich, sweet tomato flavor […]
Mortgage Lifter Tomato
Common Name: Mortgage Lifter Tomato Botanical Name: (Lycopersicon esculentum) • Zone: 10-12, Annual • Heirloom – open pollinated • Sets fruit: 85 days • Indeterminate • Habit: Pole • Flower: Yellow, insignificant • Foliage: Green • Fruit: large, slightly, flattened, pink-red beefsteak, 1-3 lbs. • Flavor: Classic beefsteak Tomato taste • Uses: Sandwich, fresh, salads, […]
Mr Stripey Tomato
Common Name: Mr. Stripey Botanical Name: (Lycopersicon esculentum) • Zone: 10-12, Annual • Heirloom – open pollinated • Sets fruit: 80 days • Indeterminate • Habit: Pole • Flower: Yellow, insignificant • Foliage: Green • Fruit: Yellow skin with pinkish-red striping, 1 lb. • Flavor: Sweet • Uses: Tomato sandwich, fresh, salads, salsa, slicing • […]
Pruden’s Purple Tomato
Common Name: Pruden’s Purple Botanical Name: (Lycopersicon esculentum) • Zone: 10-12, Annual • Heirloom – open pollinated • Sets fruit: 72 days • Indeterminate • Habit: Pole • Flower: Yellow, insignificant • Foliage: Green, potato leaf • Fruit: Large 1lb., slightly flattened, pretty, blemish-free, purple-pink fruits • Flavor: Rivals Brandywine as the best flavored heirloom […]