Seeds
Shiso Perilla Red Akashiso The Shiso Perilla Red (Akashiso), 'Perella frutescens 'crispa', is an intoxicating flavorful herb that should be as popular as basil or cilantro and it also is an attractive bedding plant. Red Shiso Perilla have green leaves that resemble parsley except they have sharply serrated edges. Red Shiso is also commonly called Japanese basil/mint. The flavor is milder than Green Shiso. Red Shiso has edible flowers. Mix or sprinkle over cucumbers, cabbage, fish, soups, rice, and potato dishes. The crushed leaves smell like lemon balm. This easy to grow herb should be planted in the spring after the last average frost date.
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. Gourds are very frost sensitive. 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. (Eighteen different flowers total. )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. This mix covers approximately 200 square feet.
Drop Dead Red Sunflowers 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. A bouquet or border of these stunners will stop your visitors in their tracks. Sunflowers are easy to grow from seed, and bloom for an extended period from mid-summer to fall. 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.
Florist Favorite Yellow Sunflowers The Florists' Favorite Yellow Sunflowers have outstanding cut flower quality in an array of sunny colors. The single and double blooms range from pale to vivid yellow and they will provide a striking collection for beds and borders. 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. 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 require minimum maintenance once established. Most perennials have one blooming season a year, usually lasting from one week to more than a month. In cool climates plant in the spring, 3 to 6 weeks before the last average frost date. Soil must be kept moist while the seeds are germinating and beginning to grow.
Terrific Trailing Baskets The Terrific Trailers Mix produces cascades of blue and pink with a dash of sunny yellow flowers that are perfect for hanging baskets, patio pots, deck planters, and window boxes. These seven varieties are a fabulous mix of color, form and texture. Terrific Trailers will provide a waterfall of floral delight that will show off all summer.
Dried Delights Dried flowers provide endless possibilities for flower arrangements, wreaths, swags and other craft ideas. When fresh flowers are scarce and expensive in the winter, arrangements of "everlastings" are a wonderful alternative for indoor floral decorations. Plant 1 to 2 weeks before the average last spring frost date.
Grandmothers Cutflower Grd Twenty-three varieties of annuals, biennials and perennials will provide flowers for cutting from spring through first frost. 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.
Sweet Baby Blue 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. Plant in the spring, 1 to 2 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.
Short Meadow In cool climates plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks before the last average frost date.
Xeriscape Extreme This mix covers approximately 65 square feet.
Bring Home The Butterflies Soil must be kept moist while the seeds are germinating and beginning to grow.
Hummingbird Haven The Hummingbird Haven Flower Mix calls all hummingbirds.
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