Popcorn Plant

When you think of a popcorn plant, you doubtless picture a corn stalk with ears of the special kernels which, when heated, explode into delicious puffs.

Ahhh! I can smell it now. Freshly popped corn...

Or wait, I'm just smelling this unusual plant!

Popcorn Cassia plant

If you rub the leaves of the popcorn cassia plant, it smells exactly like popped corn. No kidding! And the blossoms are pretty quirky too. :-)

That is just one of the amazing plants at Maren and Jason's greenhouse this year. The banana plant is pretty imposing too. Then I love feeling the different textures of grasses: silky, brushy, spiky, squirrely...

And some of my favorite colors are among the many varieties of begonias. Here are just a couple of the vibrant shades.