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Jolly outdoors<br />
It’s the season to enjoy the garden (and rhubarb!)<br />
Indoor plant of the month<br />
If it’s <strong>Dec</strong>ember it has to be poinsettia! This<br />
year’s new variety is Kayla Red, with multicoloured<br />
oak-shaped leaves, both bright and<br />
dark red, black and bright green. It’s a compact,<br />
heat tolerant, long lasting plant ... this Christmas<br />
flower will look good for two to three months<br />
or more if displayed in a warm room that<br />
receives bright, direct light. Keep the soil moist<br />
but don’t over water as the roots may rot. After<br />
flowering, cut it back down to 10cm and repot<br />
into a larger pot (if you want it for the patio) or<br />
plant it in the garden in a position<br />
that gets plenty of sun. Details: lvgplant.co.za<br />
Text: ALICE COETZEE<br />
Veggie of the month<br />
You may think rhubarb is a fruit, but it is actually a<br />
vegetable, belonging to the sorrel family. Only the stalks<br />
are eaten. The red stemmed Victoria is the most popular<br />
variety for its spicy, rich flavour. Thanks to MasterChef and<br />
the cookery channel, rhubarb has become a lot sexier<br />
than the usual rhubarb and apple crumble. Although<br />
there’s nothing wrong with that either. Think rhubarb gin,<br />
rhubarb fizz, rhubarb cheesecake with ginger, and even with<br />
pork (BBC Food). Rhubarb is a perennial that can be sown<br />
from spring to autumn. It needs deep, well composted soil that<br />
drains well and plenty of sun. Space plants 1m apart. Although<br />
the stems are best harvested after two or three years, a rhubarb<br />
plant will reward with juicy stems for many years. Do not eat the<br />
leaves as they are poisonous. Details: kirchhoffs.co.za<br />
We’re planting ...<br />
Zinnia Zahara Double Salmon Rose<br />
- because its blooms stay bright, fresh<br />
and pickable during the hottest months of<br />
the year. Vintage zinnias are durable garden<br />
flowers and Zahara even more so because it<br />
has outstanding disease tolerance and low water<br />
needs. This zinnia variety doesn’t get sick like the<br />
older varieties did. It sails through heat, rain and<br />
humidity. Plants do just fine in ordinary garden<br />
soil and flower well with regular watering<br />
through to autumn. It also has a great colour<br />
range: orange, cherry, raspberry ripple,<br />
fire, yellow, salmon rose, white and<br />
two brilliant mixes. Details:<br />
ballstraathof.co.za<br />
34 Get It Magazine <strong>Dec</strong> <strong>22</strong> / <strong>Jan</strong> <strong>23</strong>
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