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Tomato Celebrity The Tomato Bush Celebrity, 'Lycopersicon lycopersicum (Hybrid)', is a 1984 All America Winner and it is still a winner. Celebrity is an excellent all purpose variety with great flavor, disease resistance, and it will grow from Canada to the south. No other variety does so well under as many different growing conditions. The fruit is glove shaped and dark red with up to a 8 inch circumference. They may also be seeded outside after the last average frost date. In warm winter/hot summer areas, tomatoes can be planted in early fall for winter harvest. Bush Tomatoes prefer well drained soil that is high in organic matter. They need at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day.
A Gaggle Of Gourds The Gaggle of Gourds, 'Lagenaria siceraria', is an assortment of hard shelled gourds that creative crafters will love. 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. This gourd mix includes Birdhouse or Bottle Gourd, Calabash or Penguin, Corsican, Dipper, and Speckled Swan. The soils should be well drained and very rich in organic matter.
A Real Shady Blend The Real Shady Mix, Flower Blend, provides color even in a shady garden spot. 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. Some of the flowers included are Baby Blue Eyes, Coleus, Columbine, Shasta, Daisy's, Forget Me Not, Foxglove, Poppy, and Wallflower. (Eighteen different flowers total. In mild climates, sow seed during cooler months, generally October through March. Soil must be kept moist while the seeds are germinating and beginning to grow.
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. Keep the plants attractive by removing spent flowers.
Florist Favorite Yellow Sunflowers Florists favor these mid-sized, pollen-less, F1 hybrids for mixed bouquets. The single and double blooms range from pale to vivid yellow and they will provide a striking collection for beds and borders. 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. This sunflower will grow in almost any soil but it blooms and thrives best in rich garden soil. The Florists' Favorite Yellow Sunflowers would be an excellent addition to a wildflower patch or naturalized area receiving little or no care.
Perennial Bloom The Perennial Bloom is a mix of many perennials that are the mainstay of many a garden. They provide an enormous array of colors, shapes, textures and bloom times, year after year. 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. Be sure to keep the weeds pulled so they do not compete with the flowers for water and sun.
Terrific Trailing Baskets Baskets started by seed have a "natural" look. You can start seed indoors or you can also seed your planters directly. Some of the varieties contained in this mix are Blue Bird, Moss Verbena, Lobelia Cascade Mix, Maiden Pinks, Nolana paradoxa, Dianthus deltoides and Creeping Zinnia.
Dried Delights Sometimes called everlastings, these varieties are well-suited to drying and other methods of preservation. 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.
Grandmothers Cutflower Grd Twenty-three varieties of annuals, biennials and perennials will provide flowers for cutting from spring through first frost. An old-fashioned cutting garden was often no more than a corner of the garden where a few flower seeds were tossed. Soil must be kept moist while the seeds are germinating and beginning to grow.
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. The flowers are a range of sixteen pastel and blue shades, and a variety of delightful shapes and textures for a low growing summer border. These flowers are excellent for borders, beds and ground cover.
Short Meadow Soil must be kept moist while the seeds are germinating and beginning to grow.
Xeriscape Extreme The Xeriscape Extreme flower mix is a collection of extremely adaptable, drought tolerant, hardy and beautiful varieties for the waterwise gardener.
Bring Home The Butterflies These plants provide a variety of nectar plants to attract the adults and host plants for the caterpillars, as well as a wide range of flower colors, heights, and bloom times.
Hummingbird Haven In cool climates plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks after the last average frost date.
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