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Seeds
Swiss Chard Ruby Red Rhubarb The Swiss Chard Ruby Red/Rhubarb, 'Beta vulgaris (Cicla group)', has sweet and tender rhubarb-like stalks that are decorative and tasty. You will love the color of Ruby Red. The deep crimson stalks and veins are contrasted by dark-green heavily crumpled large leaves. The leaves are tastier, some believe, than spinach and the stalks crunch like celery but have a slight hint of asparagus. The Ruby Red Swiss Chard can tolerate shade and will not bet bitter in hot weather. Swiss Chard is actually a beet without the beet. In warm climates, plant in late summer for fall/winter crop. Chard grows best in in well drained soil with lots of organic matter.
A Gaggle Of Gourds The Gaggle of Gourds, 'Lagenaria siceraria', is an assortment of hard shelled gourds that creative crafters will love. This gourd mix includes Birdhouse or Bottle Gourd, Calabash or Penguin, Corsican, Dipper, and Speckled Swan. Gourds are very frost sensitive. The soils should be well drained and very rich in organic matter. Plant 2 to 4 weeks after average last frost date and when soil temperatures have risen above 60 degrees.
A Real Shady Blend Real Shady Mix provides fabulous colors and a mix of ground covers and tall spires. Some of the flowers included are Baby Blue Eyes, Coleus, Columbine, Shasta, Daisy's, Forget Me Not, Foxglove, Poppy, and Wallflower. This mix covers approximately 200 square feet. If you have high, filtered shade from trees or an area that gets direct sun for only a few hours a day, this shady blend of flowers will provide color and interest with as little as four hours of sun. (Eighteen different flowers total.
Drop Dead Red Sunflowers The Drop Dead Red Sunflower would be an excellent addition to a wildflower patch or naturalized area receiving little or no care. Sunflowers are easy to grow from seed, and bloom for an extended period from mid-summer to fall. Keep the plants attractive by removing spent flowers. This sunflower will grow in almost any soil but it blooms and thrives best in rich garden soil. A bouquet or border of these stunners will stop your visitors in their tracks.
Florist Favorite Yellow Sunflowers This sunflower will grow in almost any soil but it blooms and thrives best in rich garden soil. The single and double blooms range from pale to vivid yellow and they will provide a striking collection for beds and borders. Sunflowers can be planted in the spring after the last average frost date. Keep the plants attractive by removing spent flowers. The Designer colors include Apricot Twist, Lemon Sorbet, Moonshadow, Lemon Eclair, Stella, Lemon Aura, Pro Cut Orange, and Peach Passion.
Perennial Bloom The Perennial Bloom is a mix of many perennials that are the mainstay of many a garden. Be sure to keep the weeds pulled so they do not compete with the flowers for water and sun. Most perennials require minimum maintenance once established. This mix of nineteen varieties includes flowers from subtle to showy. Most perennials have one blooming season a year, usually lasting from one week to more than a month.
Terrific Trailing Baskets Terrific Trailers will provide a waterfall of floral delight that will show off all summer. Keep the soil moist and in direct light.
Dried Delights Dried flowers provide endless possibilities for flower arrangements, wreaths, swags and other craft ideas. The Dried Flower packet contains seed of 20 different flowers that lend themselves to drying. When fresh flowers are scarce and expensive in the winter, arrangements of "everlastings" are a wonderful alternative for indoor floral decorations.
Grandmothers Cutflower Grd This cut flower mix has 23 different flowers to enliven any bouquet. Soil must be kept moist while the seeds are germinating and beginning to grow. This mix covers approximately 100 square feet.
Sweet Baby Blue This collection has something for all lovers of blue flowers. These flowers are excellent for borders, beds and ground cover. Plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks before the last average frost date.
Short Meadow The Short Meadow Flower Mix exhibits a rainbow of color starting in the spring and continuing until fall.
Xeriscape Extreme Some of the varieties included are Birds Eyes, Blanketflower, Blue Flax, California Poppy, Cosmos Sulphur, African Daisy, Gazania, Mexican Hat, and Phlox Mountain.
Bring Home The Butterflies Be sure to keep the weeds pulled so they do not compete with the flowers for water and sun.
Hummingbird Haven Some of the flower varieties included are Bee Balm, Columbine Shooting Star, Coral Bells, Godetia, Hollyhock, Nasturtium and Zinnia.
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