Are Habanero leaves hot?
On the off-chance that you have been wondering about the amount of capsaicin (the stuff that makes hot peppers hot) in the leaves of habanero peppers, you don’t need to concern yourself any longer. Researchers in Mexico used sensitive chromatographic equipment to determine that there isn’t any. 2. Weigelas for Serious Winters. Weigela is a plant common in the northern part of this country, but not all Weigelas are made equal when it comes to being able to survive the winter. Newly introduced cultivars were tested for their cold hardiness and the cultivars ‘Pink Popper’, ‘Dark Horse’ and ‘Ruby Queen’ were the hardiest, followed by ‘Alexandra’, ‘Evita’ and ‘Sunny Princess’. All of these are likely to do fine in zone 4a (think Minneapolis). The cultivars “Brigela’, ‘Carnaval’, ‘Elvera’, ‘Goldrush’, and ‘Rubidor’ are not likely to handle zone 4a. 3. Yes, but would you choose this color if it weren’t Mother’s Day? We have preferences for different color flowers depending on the holiday (or
