{"id":57506,"date":"2017-06-11T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/just-add-cream-the-amazingly-tasty-and-pretty-new-strawberry\/"},"modified":"2017-06-11T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T05:02:13","slug":"just-add-cream-the-amazingly-tasty-and-pretty-new-strawberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/just-add-cream-the-amazingly-tasty-and-pretty-new-strawberry\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Just Add Cream\u2019, the amazingly tasty and pretty new strawberry"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nNot all newly bred plant varieties succeed well both as edibles and ornamentals, but this one is the honourable exceptionAs our gardens get smaller, the traditional division between edibles and ornamentals makes less and less sense. Where once fruit and veg were relegated to the bottom of the garden by the compost bins and greenhouse, the tiny size of most modern plots means edibles need to sit well alongside the flower beds. But what if we bred edible plants to accentuate their ornamental value, creating the ultimate garden multitaskers? This is the question that many plant breeders are now addressing, with everything from vibrantly coloured salad leaves to super-dwarf tomatoes in quirky stripy shades.\u2018Just Add Cream\u2019 fared ridiculously well in like-for-like taste tests Continue reading…
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