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Seeds
Pepper Bell Emerald Giant Roasted, stuffed and baked, or eaten fresh in salads, Emerald Giants large, thick fleshed peppers have more vitamin C than an orange. Emerald Giant is a great container variety. The peppers are about 4 inches long and about 3. Note: To get a jump on the season transplant outside, use a walls-of-water or some black plastic to maintain and increase temperatures. Peppers use quite a bit of water but prefer to be watered deeply and not too often. Blossom pruning will improve fruit size. Pinch off about 50% of the flowers.
A Gaggle Of Gourds Once cured, hard shelled gourds will last indefinitely and can be painted, carved, cut or drilled to make birdhouses, bowls, planters and hundreds of other craft projects. For thousands of years, gourds have been grown to used as utensils, storage containers, musical instruments, and ornamental objects. Gourds are very frost sensitive. The soils should be well drained and very rich in organic matter. Place in full sun.
A Real Shady Blend 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. )In cool climates plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks before the last average frost date. Soil must be kept moist while the seeds are germinating and beginning to grow. Be sure to keep the weeds pulled so they do not compete with the flowers for water and sun. This mix covers approximately 200 square feet.
Drop Dead Red Sunflowers The Drop Dead Red Sunflower Mixture is a florist's dream. This designer mixture of pollenless, long lasting, cut-flower quality sunflowers features a range of reds from soft autumnal hues to bicolor to deep, dark burgundy tones. Sunflowers can be planted in the spring after the last average frost date. This sunflower will grow in almost any soil but it blooms and thrives best in rich garden soil. The Drop Dead Red Sunflower would be an excellent addition to a wildflower patch or naturalized area receiving little or no care.
Florist Favorite Yellow Sunflowers The Florists' Favorite Yellow Sunflowers have outstanding cut flower quality in an array of sunny colors. Florists favor these mid-sized, pollen-less, F1 hybrids for mixed bouquets. It's easy to fill your home with professional-looking floral arrangements when you grow this mix. The Designer colors include Apricot Twist, Lemon Sorbet, Moonshadow, Lemon Eclair, Stella, Lemon Aura, Pro Cut Orange, and Peach Passion. Sunflowers can be planted in the spring after the last average frost date. Keep the plants attractive by removing spent flowers.
Perennial Bloom They provide an enormous array of colors, shapes, textures and bloom times, year after year. 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. Maintenance usually involves deadheading, yearly cleanup, some fertilizing, and watering as needed. In cool climates plant in the spring, 3 to 6 weeks before the last average frost date. In mild climates, sow seed during cooler months, generally October through March.
Terrific Trailing Baskets These seven varieties are a fabulous mix of color, form and texture. You can start seed indoors or you can also seed your planters directly. This packet contains in excess of 15,000 seeds, so go for it! Plant 1 to 2 weeks before the average last frost.
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. Place them in full sun and keep the soil well drained and moist.
Grandmothers Cutflower Grd This cut flower mix has 23 different flowers to enliven any bouquet. In cool climates plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks before the last average frost date. In mild climates, sow seed during cooler months, generally October through March.
Sweet Baby Blue The Sweet Baby Blues mixed flowers includes dainty Baby Blue Eyes, cheerful Five Spot, sky-blue Forget Me Nots, and vivid California Bluebells. This collection has something for all lovers of blue flowers. With the exception of Baby's Breath and Rose of Heaven, all of the varieties in this mix are annuals.
Short Meadow The Short Meadow Flower Mix exhibits a rainbow of color starting in the spring and continuing until fall.
Xeriscape Extreme Xeriscape means water-efficient landscaping.
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 Soil must be kept moist while the seeds are germinating and beginning to grow.
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