Lettuce - Black Seeded Simpson

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Lettuce grows well near cabbage, beets, carrots, chives, garlic, and onion. Black Seeded Simpson has crinkled green leaves and the leaves at the center of the plant are almost white when allowed to grow to full maturity. Lettuce is a cool season annual. The Lettuce Leaf Black Seeded Simpson, 'Lactuca sativa', has a delicate flavor and the plant withstands heat, drought, and light frost. The Black Seeded Simpson is an old favorite, both because of it's flavor and because of it's earliness. Plant in early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the average last frost date, and successive plantings thereafter every 3 weeks until 5 weeks before fall frost. Successive plantings can produce lettuce spring through fall. Lettuce likes light, fertile, moist, and well drained soils. The full sized leaves can be harvested in just a little over a month and "greens" can be harvested in 3 weeks. They will grow in light shade. If you want to produce a fast lettuce crop, this is the variety. ... details

Hibiscus - Dark Red Teatime Red The flowers begin to bloom in October. The Hibiscus Teatime, 'Hibiscus sabdariffa', is a robust, shrub-like annual that is attractive as a hedge or in a border. This plant is also called red sorrel, roselle, Jamaican sorrel, Indian sorrel, Queensland jelly plant, sour-sour, lemon bush and Florida cranberry. The fleshy red, cup-like, 1 inch base of the flower, called a calyx, is used to make cool drinks and tea. They should be kept evenly moist. Hibiscus sabdariffa is widely grown in many areas of Asia, Africa and America. The fruits can be harvested about 10 days after the flowers appear, while the calyces are still tender and juicy. Teatime Hibiscus prefer deep, rich, fertile and well drained soil.