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Armenian cucumbers are one of my favorite summer vegetables for hot-weather gardens. Despite their name, they aren’t true cucumbers at all—they’re a type of muskmelon (Cucumis melo) that produces long, slender fruits with the crisp texture and mild flavor of a cucumber. They thrive during the hottest weeks of summer when many standard cucumbers begin…
Yardlong beans — also called asparagus beans — are one of the easiest and most productive vegetables for hot summer gardens. Despite their name, the pods usually grow 12 to 24 inches long rather than a full yard. They thrive when temperatures climb above 75°F (24°C), making them an excellent substitute for green beans in…
Lima beans are tender annuals grown for their flat, crescent-oval-shaped seeds. There are two types of lima beans: bush and pole or vine varieties. Bush types grow to about 2 feet tall (.6m) and tend to have smaller seeds; they bear more quickly than pole lima bean varieties. Pole lima beans have large seeds and…
Sweet potatoes are tender, warm-season perennial plants grown as annuals. Sweet potatoes are commonly grown from rooted sprouts called slips. -purchased at the garden center or from a seed catalog. Sweet potatoes require warm, frost-free weather to grow. The time to put sweet potato slips in the garden is after the soil has warmed to…
Southern peas are tender bushy or vining annuals. Southern peas are also called black-eyed peas, crowder peas, and yard-long beans. Southern peas are sometimes called cowpeas or field peas. Southern peas are more beanlike than pealike. The best-known Southern pea is the blackeyed pea. It is white with a distinctive black mark at the hilum…
Artichokes are perennial plants. Artichokes prefer cool, moist summers and mild winters. The perennial artichoke plant will not survive where the ground freezes. The artichoke is an edible thistle flower bud that is eaten before it opens. Artichokes are tender perennials that grow from 3 to 4 feet (.9-1.2m) tall and to 6 feet 1.8m)…
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