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Sassy Salad Mesclun
Sassy Salad Mesclun
The Sassy Salad Mesclun is a custom mix of greens that will fill your salad bowl with many flavors. Leaf lettuces, romaine lettuce, arugula, endive, spinach, mustard and more, enough variety to please even the choosiest gourmet. For continuous harvest, cut rather than pull the greens and sow successive plantings every 3 weeks. Mesclun is the French name for a mixture of salad greens. Mescluns are often harvested young for "baby greens" and sold already pre-mixed at farmers markets and grocery stores. Sassy Salad Mesclun is prized by gourmet chefs and down-home cooks alike for the wide range of flavors, textures and colors that add fresh appeal to even the simplest salad.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. 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 plants for water and sun
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Savory - Summer
Satureja hortensis
The Savory Summer, 'Satureja hortensis', is a highly aromatic plant that tastes like peppery thyme and blends with many flavors. The Summer Savory is a bushy 1.5 foot tall plant with fine hairy stems. The flowers are pink to violet and appear in mid summer. The leaves are 1 inch long and skinny. The leaves turn purple in late summer to fall. At one time, Summer Savory was thought to increase sex drive and it was a popular plant for this reason alone hundreds of years ago.Summer Savory is primarily used for culinary purposes but it is also considered by some to be antiseptic. Tea from Summer Savory is used for diarrhea, mild sore throat, and stomach aches. This culinary herb is used in many dishes such as all types of beans, lentils, chicken and beef soups, eggplant, asparagus, onions, cabbage, squash, liver and fish. German cooking with Savory and beans, is very popular. Plant in the spring in well drained soil.
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Short Meadow
Short Meadow
The Short Meadow Flower Mix exhibits a rainbow of color starting in the spring and continuing until fall. 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. Do you long for the look of a wildflower meadow, but need to plant something with a slightly manicured appearance? Short Meadow is just that, a collection of low-growing, hardy, adaptable flowering plants that will transform any sunny area where height is a factor. Some of the varieties included are, Baby Blue Eyes, Blue Pimpernel, California Blue Bell, California Poppy, Daisy African, Poppy Iceland, Verbena Moss, and Wallflower Siberian.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. 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.
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Catchfly - None-So-Pretty
Silene armeria
The Catchfly None-So-Pretty, 'Silene armeria', has a spectacular hot pink color all spring, summer, and fall. Planted in mass, Catchfly has an absolutely breathtaking impact. The sticky stems captures insects, hence the name. The flowers are displayed in small, hot pink clusters. The None-So-Pretty bloom from late spring to fall. The Catchfly is a hardy annual and even a tender perennial in mild winter climates.The Catchfly does well in full sun or partial shade and prefers moderately rich, well drained soil. They will adapt to heavy soils. Plant this easy to grow plant in early spring, 1 to 2 weeks before the last frost. In warm climates plant in late summer or early fall for spring bloom. The None-So-Pretty Catchfly is excellent in containers, in borders, and rock gardens.
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Spinach - Correnta
Spinacia oleracea
The Spinach Correnta, 'Spinacia oleracea ', is a breakthrough spinach plant. It is very bolt-resistant and it can even be planted in the summer. Correnta is very smooth leaved and easy to clean. Spinach is very nutritious with lots of Vitamin A, C, and iron. It is very low in calories. Correnta has round, heavy, smooth, and tender leaves. It is also a great container plant.Plant in early spring, 4 to 6 weeks before the last frost date or when soil temperatures are above 35 degrees. Successive planting can be made every 3 weeks for continuous harvest. Spinach prefers light, fertile, moist, and well drained soil. Harvest individual leaves from outer edges as they become big enough to use or cut the whole plant 1 inch above the base and new leaves will grow.
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Spinach - Bloomsdale
Spinacia oleracea
The Spinach Bloomsdale, 'Spinacia oleracea', is an old favorite amongst gardeners. The Bloomsdale has excellent flavor and produces large quantities of tasty leaves. If you are new to gardening, try fresh spinach in the garden, the buttery flavor will win you over. Spinach is also very nutritious with lots of Vitamin A, C, and iron and is low in calories. Bloomsdale is an old, dependable, open pollinated variety and it is also good in containers.Plant in early spring, 4 to 6 weeks before the last frost date or when soil temperatures are above 35 degrees. Successive palnting can be made every 3 weeks for continuous harvest. Spinach prefers light, fertile, moist, and well drained soil. Harvest individual leaves from outer edges as they become big enough to use or cut the whole plant 1 inch above the base and new leaves will grow.
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Sweet Baby Blue
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. 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. With the exception of Baby's Breath and Rose of Heaven, all of the varieties in this mix are annuals. 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. 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 100 square feet.
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