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Seeds
 Cleome Violet Queen If they are grown in exposed positions, they may require staking. Cleome likes rich, deep garden soil and is somewhat drought tolerant. The flowers and dry seed capsules are wonderful in arrangements. The Cleome Violet Queen, 'Cleome spinosa', is a knockout! It is easy to grow and lends authority to any garden with the wonderful late summer color. The Violet Queen is a wonderful flower to attract butterflies. Violet Queens bloom in late July through first frosts, and remain hardy if grown in protected sites. The Violet Queen is best planted in back of beds or next to a wall, trellis, or fence.
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. 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. Place in full sun.
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. (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. Be sure to keep the weeds pulled so they do not compete with the flowers for water and sun.
Drop Dead Red Sunflowers Sunflowers are easy to grow from seed, and bloom for an extended period from mid-summer to fall. A bouquet or border of these stunners will stop your visitors in their tracks. Keep the plants attractive by removing spent flowers. The Drop Dead Red Sunflower would be an excellent addition to a wildflower patch or naturalized area receiving little or no care. Sunflowers can be planted in the spring after the last average frost date.
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. This sunflower will grow in almost any soil but it blooms and thrives best in rich garden soil. The Designer colors include Apricot Twist, Lemon Sorbet, Moonshadow, Lemon Eclair, Stella, Lemon Aura, Pro Cut Orange, and Peach Passion.
Perennial Bloom 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. Be sure to keep the weeds pulled so they do not compete with the flowers for water and sun. Some of the perennials included are Basket of Gold, Black Eyed Susan, Blanketflower, Coneflower, Cottage Pinks, Shasta Daisy, Forget Me Not, and Mexican Hat.
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. 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. When fresh flowers are scarce and expensive in the winter, arrangements of "everlastings" are a wonderful alternative for indoor floral decorations. This mix covers approximately 40 square feet.
Grandmothers Cutflower Grd In mild climates, sow seed during cooler months, generally October through March. Be sure to keep the weeds pulled so they do not compete with the flowers for water and sun.
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 This mix of twenty-two annuals and perennials, none more than 24 inches tall, is ideal for naturalizing sunny open areas, slopes, long borders, parking strips and cottage style gardens.
Xeriscape Extreme Xeriscape means water-efficient landscaping.
Bring Home The Butterflies In mild climates, sow seed during cooler months, generally October through March.
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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