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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
    
3335 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
    
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - May 19 2015 : 2:16:51 PM
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Interesting! I'll have to ask the local greenhouses about that! Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
    
2474 Posts

Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - May 20 2015 : 4:22:32 PM
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Pineapple sage is a wonderful addition to iced tea. I just like to rub it when I am out in the garden and sniff. Ahhhhhh
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
    
626 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
626 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2015 : 05:19:44 AM
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My aunt has a greenhouse that I've been working at every Saturday in exchange for plants, and she has the popcorn plant too. It was the weirdest plant! It really smelled just like popcorn. She said the flowers even look a little like popcorn.
Erin Farmgirl #3762
"It is... through the world of the imagination which takes us beyond the restrictions of provable fact, that we touch the hem of truth." - Madeleine L'Engle
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
    
17344 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - May 21 2015 : 7:52:31 PM
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wow! I have never heard of such a plant (popcorn)... I grew Pineapple sage back at my SO.Cal home,, the hummingbirds loved it! Oh and it makes a lovely tisane (herbal tea)
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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Hoosiermom
True Blue Farmgirl
  
199 Posts
Beth
Alexandria
IN
USA
199 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2015 : 01:44:04 AM
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we have a greenhouse business in Central Indiana & we sold popcorn plants this year for the first time. We grew just a few to try them but we will definately grow more next year, they were a huge hit! They will grow up to 6 foot tall, the blooms look like popcorn, & the leaves smell like popcorn when you rub them. It is a great conversation piece/
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
    
626 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
626 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2015 : 05:28:32 AM
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Last Saturday when I was at the greenhouse, there were people coming in and asking for them. She didn't have any left though. She showed me a picture of the flowers, and they do look like popcorn. She also showed me some cosmos she had that smell like chocolate. Those were pretty cool.
Erin Farmgirl #3762
"It is... through the world of the imagination which takes us beyond the restrictions of provable fact, that we touch the hem of truth." - Madeleine L'Engle
http://www.etsy.com/shop/femmepostale/ http://www.pinterest.com/femmepostale/ |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
    
3335 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3335 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2015 : 09:44:51 AM
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Beth....how is that possible? Genetically modified plants?
It ain't natural!
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