Agastache ‘Apache Sunset’
Spikes of tubular flowers in rich shades of peach, orange, and rose provide striking contrast to the cool, silvery green, finely textured foliage. The leaves are profoundly aromatic, with scents akin to anise, mint or even root beer, depending on your olfactory inclination. A heavy bloomer from June to October, superb for cutting and attracting bees, hummingbirds and butterflies.
Agastache ‘Arcado Pink’
Spikes of vivid, pink flowers project above a flush of fresh green and profoundly aromatic foliage. This 18- to 24-inch plant will reward you with blooms, butterflies, bees and beneficials from early summer through to a hard frost.
Agastache ‘Astello Indigo’
Indulge your senses with ‘Astello Indigo’ — fabulous dark, green, mint-scented foliage, layered with long-lasting, stately, deep blue flower spikes. Irresistible to bees and butterflies, a spectacle when planted en masse in landscapes, and a great pop of blue for your containers. A long-lasting bloomer that will not disappoint.
Agastache ‘Blue Spike’
Commonly called Licorice Mint, this flowering herb is adorned with violet-blue, profoundly fragrant, bottlebrush flower spikes that persist through the summer and fall. Heat and drought tolerant, insect and disease resistant, this easy to establish perennial is superb for cutting and attracting bees, hummingbirds and butterflies.
Agastache ‘Bolero’
Bring the easy care and pest resistance of traditional Agastache into your garden with this new longer-blooming, boldly colored form. ‘Bolero’ provides an endless show of color and scent. Licorice scented, deep bronze, lush foliage by mid-summer is topped with rosy-purple tubular flowers enclosed in a purple calyx that persists through the fall. This aromatic is truly magnificent. Craving only sunshine and well-drained soil this plant will attract every honeybee, butterfly and hummingbird in the neighborhood.
Agastache ‘Champagne’
Lemony-scented, blue-green foliage gives way to a cocktail of color with apricot, pale pink, and cream tubular blooms on the same 36-inch tall, flowering stalk. This long summer bloomer that is heat and drought tolerant, low maintenance, and will entice butterflies and hummingbirds to sample the nectar rich blooms until ‘last call’.
Agastache ‘Coronado’
One of the most profuse and longest-blooming Agastache, Coronado has a bushy upright habit with 24- to 30-inch, tangerine and raspberry brushed, tubular blooms atop silvery-green aromatic foliage. This drought-tolerant, care-free, enduring bloomer is an excellent choice for attracting birds, bees and beneficial insects to your garden from early June until frost.
Agastache ‘Fragrant Delight’
A kaleidoscope of brilliant colors garnish this lovely delight. Tubular raspberry, lilac and orange flowers in summer and fall sit a top lacy, fragrant leaves on bushy 2 foot tall plants. Like other Agastache, the highly aromatic foliage is irresistible to butterflies, bees and hummingbirds.
Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’
An All-American Selections Award Winner boasting blue-lavender bottle-brush flowers atop lush, rich chartreuse-yellow, mint-scented foliage. Best if given a bit of shade to protect the foliage color. This 30-inch looker is a pollinator’s dream! Gardeners love it too!
Agastache ‘Heather Queen’
This 30-inch Hyssop will reward you with a long-lasting display of large, dark-pink flower spikes atop gray-green aromatic foliage. Hummingbirds and other pollinators love this carefree and drought tolerant plant.
Agastache ‘Licorice Blue’
An exceptional performer in the sun-drenched garden. Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds love to sample the nectar rich blooms of these tall bushy plants. Strongly anise-scented foliage and long blue flowers spikes will persist from early summer through until frost. Low maintenance, tolerates heat and drought once established.
Agastache ‘Purple Giant’
Looking for more native species for your garden? Purple Giant is the only native Agastache species in Massachusetts — Listed as Endangered under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act. Statelier than most, it reaches up to 4-feet tall and is topped with silvery-purple flowers from July through September. An aromatic, floriferous and drought tolerant addition to your perennial beds and wildflower gardens. Like all Agastache, a pollinator’s delight!
Agastache ‘Rose Mint’
Add drifts of soft color and heady scent to your gardens with this neat and tidy variety. Graceful wands of lavender-rose tubular blooms atop gray-green aromatic foliage beckon hummingbirds, pollinators and beneficials. A carefree, long summer bloomer that is low maintenance, heat and drought tolerant. Eye-catching when massed.
Alternanthera ‘Purple Prince’
This Latin American tropical has a splashy and colorful display of flawless foliage. A mounding, trailing, non-flowering 10- to 16-inch cascader, it is full-on purple and ruby-rose goodness from the get-go! A striking mingler for your window boxes and containers. Thrives in full sun, requires little water, disease-resistant.
‘Dara’ Ammi
This ornamental, wild form of carrot is a spectacular, vividly-colored variety of Queen Anne’s Lace. The lacy umbrellas atop strong sturdy stems reach up to 4-feet tall, open chaste white, change to soft pink and finally deepen to a rich rose-red. A delicate filler for your perennial beds and borders that provides a lovely everlasting for your arrangements and bouquets.
Anemone hupehensis ‘Pink Saucer’
This easy to grow perennial with a mounding habit, also known as Japanese Anemone or Windflower, sports attractive ball-shaped buds that morph into graceful, 2½-inch silvery, rose-pink blossoms frolicking atop 36-inch, wiry stems. One of the earliest summer-flowering Anemone, beginning their show in July and carrying on their display well into the fall. A treasure in the border and great for cut bouquets.
Asclepias Tuberosa
Commonly known as Butterfly Weed, Asclepias is a drought tolerant, native perennial with magnificent bright orange flowers concentrated in compact clusters atop branching stems. A non-stop bloomer from midsummer to autumn, the brightly colored flower clusters are followed by fruit and showy seed. The perfect choice for attracting butterflies and beneficial insects to your garden.
Asclepias Tuberosa ‘Hello Yellow’
This virtually hassle-free cultivar offers three months of showy clusters of golden yellow blooms adored by hummingbirds, Monarchs, bees, and other beneficial insects. Deadhead flowers to stimulate another bloom cycle. Green fruit develops after flowering which break open to reveal seeds with the same long silvery-white, silky hairs as its cousin, the common milkweed. Pick seedpods while still green for a wonderful addition to arrangements.
Bachelor’s Button ‘Blue Boy’
This long-blooming, easy-to-grow, self-seeding annual will reward you with consistently true-blue, double flowers on 3-foot tall plants throughout the growing season for years to come. A cottage garden favorite. Ideal for naturalizing, cutting and drying. Edible petals make a stunning garnish
Bells of Ireland
This showy 2- to 3-foot tall plant produces blossom spikes of papery, apple green, bell-shaped calyxes enveloping small white flowers. An extremely long-lasting and striking addition to both cut and dried arrangements. In the vase, it’s a perfect foil for more brightly colored annuals whilst adding form, structure, and interest in its own right. A self-sower that can usually be relied upon for years of successive blooms.
Blackberry Lily
This uncommon, easy-care perennial, too seldom seen in American gardens, features the foliage of an Iris, the blooms of a Lily, and unusual glossy black berries that form in clusters when its seedpods split open in fall. Long-blooming and very easy to grow, it is a fine addition to any planting. The jazzy, unusual blooms arriving mid-summer are borne at the end of long, wiry stems, reach 2 inches wide and have a rich orange base and liberal scarlet speckles. Fascinating to behold in the garden and often brought indoors for arrangements.
Calendula ‘Cantaloupe’
Beautiful large flowers in a warm blend of creamy white and apricot pink embellish this 18- to 24-inch tall plant. Deadhead regularly to keep the blooms coming. This versatile addition to your garden is not only a stunning cut flower, but medicinal, edible and a host to beneficials and pollinators. Can be used to make salves, tinctures, oils and fresh or dried in “flower confetti,” soups, soufflés, rice dishes, baked goods, and to garnish desserts. Explore the possibilities!
Calendula Pacific Apricot Beauty
This lovely old-fashioned variety features many-petaled flowers in warm apricot, brushed with creamy yellow, held atop tall stems. The edible petals and flowers are lovely strewn across a summer salad, and are a great add to breads and healing balms. The blooms of this 2-foot tall plant are also ideal cut flowers.
Calendula ‘Pink Surprise’
Peachy-pink, double-flowered, frilly, 2 to 3 inch blooms on strong stems make ‘Pink Surprise’ an excellent candidate for both fresh and dried floral arrangements. The tangy petals of this self-sower are also edible — sprinkle on salads, decorate cakes or feed them to chickens to produce dark colored yolks.
Calendula ‘Zeolights’
Selected out of the “Flashback” line of Calendulas, with red petal backs, Zeolights has huge fully doubled pale, peachy and bronze colored blooms atop 18- to 24-inch stems. Pointed petals emanate from a darker center and have a unique, elegant, layered quality that really make this bloom a standout.
Calibrachoa Kabloom Blue
A compact, bushy, trailing and self-cleaning annual blanketed in stunning violet, trumpet-shaped flowers with blue overtones and yellow throats. Gracefully spilling over the edges of window boxes, hanging baskets and containers, these non-stop bloomers will add that unforgettable, eye-catching pop to your designs all summer long. Pollinators and beneficials can’t resist them either!
Calibrachoa Kabloom Orange
A compact, bushy, trailing and self-cleaning annual blanketed in inviting, warm orange trumpet-shaped flowers with darker orange centers and yellow eyes. Gracefully spilling over the edges of window boxes, hanging baskets and containers, these non-stop bloomers will add that unforgettable, eye-catching pop to your designs all summer long. Pollinators and beneficials can’t resist them either!
Cosmos Apricot Lemonade
A Fleuroselect Novelty Winner, this early flowering cosmos is whimsical, sophisticated and elegant all at the same time! A buttery display of 3- to 4-inch, individually unique blooms, in hues ranging from soft lemon to pastel apricot, embellish the airy, fern-like foliage of this 2-foot tall variety. Central pink halos and silky pink undersides add to the charm of these dainty blooms. The magic will continue well into fall if deadheaded. Excellent cut flower.
Cosmos Double Click Bicolor Pink
A romantic, free-flowering mix flaunting soft creamy whites, contrasting dark pink edges and a blushed, sliding scale of color in between. No two blooms are alike! This 3-foot tall, cut-and-come-again treat yields a profusion of gorgeous 2- to 3-inch double and semi-double bicolor blooms on long, strong stems. Perfect addition to your cutting garden or mixed border.
Cosmos Double Click Bicolor Violet
This 3-foot tall, cut-and-come-again bloomer yields a profusion of gorgeous 2- to 3-inch double and semi-double, bicolor blooms on long, strong stems for cutting. Purples and whites mingle around golden centers to create a visual feast with no two flowers alike!
Cosmos Double Click Cranberries
Tall plants with strong stems support fully double and semidouble, 2- to 3-inch, ruffled, rich, carmine blooms. A wonderful addition to the cutting garden or flower border. Breathtaking in bouquets.
Double Click Snow Puff Cosmos
Enjoy lively, very large, long-blooming double white flowers perched opening above airy, fern-like foliage on 3- to 4-foot tall well-branched plants. This cut-and-come-again bloomer will reward you from mid-summer through frost.
Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit
A stunning first-year flowering echinacea with hues ranging from rich purple to pink, red, salmon, yellows, creams and white. The abundant flowers grace the top of well branched, durable plants. Well suited to your perennial border, a mass landscape planting, a butterfly garden or as a cut flower.
Echinacea Magnus Superior
This award-winning variety is an improved selection of the original Magnus cultivar. The petals of these enormous blooms have a deeper rose pink coloration and radiate more horizontally than the original, up to 6 inches across, creating an arresting display. Cut often to encourage further blooming and enjoy in bouquets. Seedheads provide winter interest in the garden or may be harvested for dried floral creations. Plants may be easily divided in early spring. An exceptionally hardy, heat and drought tolerant perennial which is a must-have for your borders and cutting garden.
Echinacea ’Mellow Yellows’
A beautiful and long-lasting coneflower, with a display that will not disappoint! New buds, unfurling blooms and aging petals in a pleasing palate of buttery ivory, banana, lemon yellow, melon, mango and even pumpkin! This sturdy, drought-tolerant, floriferous plant is an excellent cut flower and a great source of nectar and seed that will please pollinators week after week.
Feverfew ‘Magic Lime’
Upright, well-branched, 3 foot plants with long, strong stems will delight you with an abundance of lime-green to pale yellow, ½- to 1-inch blooms. Lovely filler for flower bouquets, versatile everlasting for crafts and complimentary addition to a border planting. Self-seeding tender perennial. Deadhead to sustain bloom production and, if desired, prevent excessive self-seeding.
Feverfew ‘Tetra White’
This, perennial treasure will add an element of grace and charm to your early spring and early summer garden. Little rosettes of gathered white petals, encircling citrusy lemon-line centers, form frilly little, fully double 1-inch blooms atop 3-foot tall stems. A very productive cut flower.
Gomphrena ‘Qis Purple’
This late summer darling thrives in heat and is delightful both in the garden and the vase. A cut-and-come-again workhorse with radiant violet, button-like blossoms atop slender, vertical stems with sparse velvety leaves. Perfect for both your fresh and dried bouquets.
Gomphrema haageana Qis Sunset Mix
This late summer darling thrives in heat and is delightful both in the garden and the vase. A cut-and-come-again workhorse with button-like blossoms in a mix of orange, carmine and cherry add a bright pop of color to your summer gardens and arrangements. The clover-like blossoms atop uniform stems are perfect for both your fresh and dried bouquets.
Hyacinth Bean Ruby Moon
Award-winner with color all season. Green and wine-colored foliage, purple stems, lilac-rose blossoms and shiny, magenta pods (2-3″). While all parts of the plant are edible, it is recommended that the mature seeds be boiled before eating; used in Asian, Thai and Indian cooking. Useful as cut flowers; pods may also be dried.
Lemon Mint
Monarda citriodora, also known as Bee Balm, Horsemint and Lemon Mint, is and enduring native wildflower featuring citrusy aromatic foliage, erect 24- to 30-inch tall stems and smoky-lavender, whorled bracts. Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds flock to these late summer, edible blooms. Self-seeding annual.
Giant Orange Marigold
These prolific producing, giant African Marigolds will add a lively and tropical presence to your mixed borders and cutting gardens. Sturdy, uniform, ruffly orange 3-inch blooms sit atop 36- to 40-inch tall, strong stems. Undemanding and versatile, flowers are edible, can be used for companion planting, enjoyed in bouquets or strung up to make a homegrown leis!
Lemon Gem Marigold
Hundreds of petite, edible, golden flowers cover neat, low mounds of lacy foliage with a citrusy scent. When planted in trios, these long bloomers give the thick, rounded appearance of a small flowering shrub. Not only great for beds, borders and containers, the fragrant edible excels as a companion in the vegetable garden to repel unwanted guests.
Strawberry Blonde Marigold
This breakthrough French marigold will captivate you with a floriferous rush of bicolor pastel pink, rose and yellow blooms, with never-before-seen cool shades in the marigold palette. The drama continues to unfold throughout the season as the colors of this vigorous, bushy, 8- to 10-inch stunner evolve as the temperatures change. Glorious when planted en masse in drifts or blocks. Edible flowers.
Tangerine Gem Marigold
Hundreds of bite-size, petite flowers cover neat, low mounds of lacy foliage with a citrusy scent. The long-blooming edible flowers are well-suited for beds, borders, containers and salads. Also an excellent companion plant for your veggie garden.
Caribbean Cocktail Nasturtium
The blending of pastels and bicolors in delicious shades of strawberry, raspberry, apricot, and cream. Result is an astonishingly soothing carpet of color. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.
Nasturtium Crimson Emperor
This gem will reward you with an endless supply of consistently rich crimson, golden-throated blooms. Habit of this hummingbird magnet is less trailing, more lax and bushy — making a spectacular spreading ground cover. An abundance of leaves and flowers to add extra zing to your salad!
Double Delight Cream Nasturtium
A mounding, lush, full-bodied nasturtium smothered with fully and semi-double, creamy-yellow blooms floating amidst bright green foliage. As one of the most floriferous nasturtium varieties, you will have a non-stop floral display for your beds, boxes or containers. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.
Gleam Mix Nasturtium
This All-American winner is a trailer, ideal for hanging baskets and moderate spreading, with vines that are substantially longer than Jewel Mix. Large double and semi-double blooms in creams, yellows, orange and reds will brighten up your pots and borders from midsummer until frost. The flowers and young leaves are edible with a spicy, peppery flavor akin to watercress. Great as a garnish or for adding zip to your salads!
Jewel Mix Nasturtium
A nice compact 15 to 18-inch plant with bright, colorful double blooms in yellow, orange and deep red held above light green foliage. Will reward you with blooms until frost. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.
Nasturtium Ladybird Rose
Ooh La La! Eye-catching blooms in smokey, raspberry-peach hues, with richly veined and saturated petals dance amidst an 18-inch mound of bright green foliage. A lovely embellishment for your potager, containers or window boxes. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.
Nasturtium Purple Emperor
This semi-trailing variety undergoes an enchanting color transformation as the bold burgundy-purple blooms evolve into a vintage dusty lavender-rose. A simply stunning edible and ornamental. Perfect in containers, window boxes or as a gorgeous seasonal ground cover. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.
Nasturtium Trailing Mix
This HEIRLOOM favorite, with cheery blooms in shades of yellow, orange and red, grows up to 10 feet in a season! Perfect for covering walls, arbors, fences and creating an explosion of sunshine. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.
Troika Red Nasturtium
This semi-trailing variety with luxurious variegated leaves is a high-performing super-bloomer. An extravaganza of boisterous red blooms are held high above the handsome foliage of this 2- to 3-foot wide garden treasure. Perfect in containers, window boxes or as a gorgeous seasonal ground cover. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.
Nasturtium Troika Spotty Dotty
For a girl that loves variegation, these are a win! Luminous yellow blooms, with scarlet-red accents are held en masse above brilliantly variegated foliage. The interplay of color between the flowers and foliage of this semi-trailing variety will light up your containers, baskets and borders. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.
Nasturtium Whirlybird Mix
Among the earliest blooming nasturtiums, this cheerful mix will become a fast favorite! Whirlybird boasts a gorgeous array of cherry, tangerine, scarlet, mahogany, lemon and creamy 2- to 3-inch, semi-double blooms that hold their faces straight up and well above the dark green compact foliage, for a “look-at-me” kind of display. Easily adaptable to your baskets, containers, beds and borders. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.
Nicotiana Cranberry Isles
A self-sowing HEIRLOOM variety, standing 3- to 4-feet tall carries trumpet-like blooms in hues of lilac, smoky mauve, white, pink, violet and a dusky dark purple. In the evening an intoxicating scent, with hints of jasmine, orange blossom and gardenia, will perfume your whole garden. Excellent cut flower and addition to the back of your borders.
Nicotiana Langsdorfii ‘Lemon Tree’
This striking Nicotiana has 3- to 4-foot tall stems sporting an array of pendulous, bell-shaped, lemony-chartreuse flowers. Easy companion plant in your borders as the color of ‘Lemon Tree’ so readily combines with others. Will also not disappoint you as a cut-flower. Intense evening fragrance is a bonus!
Nicotiana ‘Marshmallow’
This visually stunning cultivar of flowering tobacco will add stature, grace and fragrance to your summer borders. Large basal leaves give rise to masses of 24-inch stems topped with sweetly scented tubular flowers. The flowers fade through red, pink, and white to give the effect of a beautiful pastel tri-color plant. Pollinators, including hummingbirds, love it.
Nicotiana ‘Starlight Dancer’
The long tall stems of this floriferous, Fleuroselect winner sport clusters of graceful, nodding, pale-chartreuse buds that open a clean, bright white. Loved by pollinators and hummingbirds. Will flower all summer long when deadheaded regularly.
Ornamental Bunny Tails Grass
Neat and compact 20-inch tall plants, with graceful green blades, boast fluffy spires that transition from a soothing chartreuse to a delicate cream — Colors effortlessly softening as they age. Spectacular planted en masse. Allow spires to age on the plant for late fall and winter interest or cut and use as an everlasting in dried arrangements. Will last for months — refusing to shatter the way some textured grasses do after drying.
Petunia ‘Sparklers Mix’
This Petunia garnering the Fleuroselect Novelty Award is entirely unique. Both the flowers and the greens are pointed, yielding perfectly star-shaped petunias amidst graceful, tapered foliage. This dynamic blend combines pinks, violets and purples, from pastel to deep jewel tones, and bicolors. These mounding 12-inch plants put on a magnificent display whether cascading out of hanging baskets or planted in borders and beds.
Petunia Shock Wave Denim
A powerhouse bloomer! The Shock Wave series boasts an endless array of weather-resistant, mini, self-cleaning blooms. Hues of smokey lavender to high-impact violet, 1 ½-inch blooms adorn this spreading beauty. New buds continually set from the center perpetuate and maintain the gloriously lush and full habit throughout the growing season.
Corn Poppy
Papavaer Rhoeas, also known as Flander’s Poppy, is the beloved and classic red poppy, captured by Van Gogh and Monet and seen sweeping fields throughout Europe — most notably Flander’s Field. Brilliant red flowers perch atop branching 3-foot stems. Expect these cheerful bloomers to self-sow for new growth in succeeding seasons. A sight to behold en masse!
Crimson Feathers Poppy
The frilly, highly doubled, brilliant crimson red, 4-inch pompom-style blooms of this annual poppy will make a statement in your landscape with their unusual form and stunning color. The massive blooms stand 3- to 4-feet tall and emerge from misty, blue-green ruffled foliage. This focal point for your containers, beds and borders will readily reseed to be enjoyed again for years to come!
Scarlet Peony Poppy
Stunning as a single or breathtaking en masse, this 2- to 3-foot tall variety has densely ruffled, exquisitely fringed and full-bodied 5-inch scarlet-red blooms. Harvest the flowers as cuts to encourage re-bloom, enjoy the magical seed heads fresh or dried and allow others to gently reseed in situ to enjoy again for years to come!
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Cappuccino’
This 18- to 24-inch tall Fleuroselect gold medal winner is blanketed in a warm palette of 4-inch blooms in shades of gold, orange, chocolate and mahogany. A long-lasting cut flower, harvest blooms frequently or deadhead spent blooms for a longer display. This versatile cultivar is a heat and drought tolerant, sturdy and sun-loving perennial, that beacons to butterflies and pollinators.
Rudbeckia ‘Chim Chiminee’
This mid-sized variety is a standout due to its very unusual narrow or quilled petals surrounding a brown cone. Flowers are in rustic shades of yellow, gold, orange and mahogany red. A mass of blooms from July to frost. Half-hardy perennial. Often survives a few winters, or at least self seeds.
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Moroccan Sun’
Blooming from summer to frost, this magnificent mix radiates warmth and produces a nonstop show of fully and semi-double flowers in glowing shades of orange, yellow and coppery red. Moroccan Sun looks stunning planted in en-masse and makes a dazzling cut flower, with erect 24-inch stems and darker contrasting centers. A pollinator-friendly, heat and drought tolerant perennial.
Salvia Big Blue
Simply breathtaking! This pollinator’s dream thrives on neglect — heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant and requires no deadheading. With brilliant, 2- to 3-feet tall, clear blue spires towering above a lush 2-foot wide mound of glorious green foliage, this vigorous bloomer will be a show-stopper in your border from July to first frost. Best in full sun, but will tolerate dappled shade or partial sun.
Silene Blushing Lanterns
Also known as Maiden’s Tears, this extremely productive, romantic and decidedly feminine perennial will bring a soft elegance to your beds, meadows and bouquets from early summer through autumn. Airy, 24-inch tall, grey-green stems arise from a succulent basal rosette and are covered in miniature pale green balloon-like pods, veined with blush and encircled with dainty white petals. The alluring pods remain even after the petals drop.
Strawflower Apricot Mix
These 3 foot-tall, well-branched plants produce loads of vibrant, 2 to 3 inch papery, daisy-like flowers in a warm mix of peaches and apricots. Stiff and everlasting when dried, the blooms will add a versatile and textural addition to your cutting garden. They are easy to grow, tolerant of both heat and drought, this everlasting will reward you indefinitely.
Strawflower Copper Red
You can never know grow enough of this versatile and textural addition to your cutting garden! Tall, 36- to 40-inch well-branched plants produce vibrant, copper and rusty red-orange, papery blooms with golden eyes. These everlastings are an exceptional cut flower both fresh and also dried. Pollinators love them too!
Strawflower Silvery Rose
A fresh and dried bouquet flower favorite! Tall, 36- to 40-inch, well-branched, heavy-blooming plants produce loads of creamy white to silvery, rose-frosted, papery blooms. Rose coloring is subtler on young blooms and darkens as they mature and open. These heat and drought tolerant everlastings thrive in summer sun, persist until frost and are an exceptional cut flower both fresh and dried. Pollinators love them too!
Sunflower Claret
Winner of the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit, this 5- to 6-foot tall, well-branched sunflower has an exquisite display of rich, 6-inch, wine-colored blooms with dark central discs. Striking in the back of a mixed border, or harvest and enjoy the long vase-life of these dramatic, pollen-less blooms.
Sunflower Starburst Lemon Aura
This well-branched variety, stands four to six feet tall, and is loaded with 24-inch stems that make excellent cuts. Pollenless, fully-double, 4- to 6-inch, crested blooms are a gorgeous pale-yellow, with a subtle green center. Perfect for brightening up a mixed border and for bouquet work.
Sweet Pea ‘April In Paris’
Developed by world-renowned breeder Dr. Keith Hammett, this cultivar hits the trifecta of timeless form, an evolution of captivating color and intoxicating fragrance — amongst the most intense perfumes of all the sweet peas. New buds emerge primrose, then unfurl to reveal large, creamy white, ruffly blooms with lavender kissed edges that deepen and increase with age. Strong climbing vines produce heavy sets of long-stemmed flowers that beg to be cut for profoundly aromatic and elegant bouquets.
Sweet Pea ‘Blue Celeste’
This British-bred specialty sweet pea offers an alluring, pastel blue hue and silky, ruffled blooms. With abundant, exhibition-quality blooms per stem and a sweet perfume, you can transform your trellis into a little slice of heaven. A fistful of these stems makes a magical bouquet unto itself.
Sweet Pea ‘Blue Shift’
Bred by Dr. Keith Hammett, this lightly fragrant yet vibrant bloomer gracefully ages from mauves to shades of violet, true blue and even an iridescent turquoise. The shifting shades will transform your trellis into an enchanting new floral vista with the passage of each day.
Sweet Pea ‘Blue Vein’
Bred by Dr. Keith Hammett, ‘Blue Vein’ is simply captivating! The petite flowers unfurl a warm tangerine-coral, and as they age, the veins turn an iridescent violet blue. This new introduction certainly deserves a spot on your trellis.
Sweet Pea ‘King’s High Scent’
Among the most fragrant of all the sweet peas! King’s High Scent is a heavy producer of gorgeous, large-flowered cream blooms edged in violet. Superb cut — One bouquet of flowers will scent an entire home! Plant near porches, open windows and outdoor sitting areas to fully enjoy.
Sweet Pea ‘Lizbeth’
This award winning Spencer variety is a deservedly popular exhibition sweet pea. A creamy base gives rise to large, deep salmon-pink blooms on long, strong stems. An exquisite cut flower!
Sweet Pea ‘Matucana’
An award-winning HEIRLOOM of the grandiflora type which yields masses of highly fragrant, sweetly scented, rich crimson and violet bi-color blooms.
Sweet Pea ‘Nimbus’
The big, stormy, lightly fragrant blooms of this prolific Spencer type command the top of long, strong stems. Dramatic and smoldering ripples in inky- gray shades are streaked and flecked with captivating violets. Give them a place to climb and let the seduction begin!
Sweet Pea ‘North Shore’
This stunning two-toned bicolor, almost tricolor, bred by Dr. Keith Hammett, sports large, lusciously scented, wavy blooms in shades of purple, violet and lavender-blue. Cut often and enjoy long-stemmed bouquets with the fragrance of an old-fashioned and form of an exhibition sweet pea. You will extend your bloom season in doing so!
Sweet Pea ‘Richard & Judy’
For a purple-loving girl like myself, this long-stemmed, super-fragrant Spencer variety is a win-win! The ruffled, multidimensional, warm grapey-violet blooms with their intoxicating perfume are simply irresistible. A standout variety in the sweet pea patch!
Sweet Pea ‘Royal Wedding’
Elegant, long-stemmed, softly frilled, pure-white blooms with an enchanting scent reminiscent of jasmine and orange blossoms. Oh my! A handful of these nostalgic blooms will sweetly perfume any room. Cut often to extend your bloom season.
Sweet Pea ‘Zinfandel’
A beautiful variety to cloak a fence or arbor and provide striking bouquets with unrivaled depth of color. The satiny, dark, boysenberry blooms reminiscent of a fine vintage wine unfurl with evolving nuances of color and a seductive perfume of orange blossoms and honey.
Tassel Flower ‘Irish Poet’
RARE – The rediscovered light orange form of tassel flower, almost lost in the last 20 years. Little tufted paintbrush blossoms dance on the tops of curvy stems.Great in masses, or weaving among other annuals. Self sows.
Torch Tithonia
Best Tithonia for cutting. Flowers are 3 1/2 inches wide on strong branching plants with velvety dark green leaves. Blooms midsummer to frost. Loves hot dry sites. Once you have Tithonia in your garden, it’s hard to live without!
Verbena Bonariensis
This well-loved beauty makes an architectural statement with rich lilac-purple flower clusters floating atop slender, willowy stems that stand un-staked up to 6 feet tall. Good see-through plant for a splash of color and in mass plantings.
Yarrow ‘Summer Berries’
This perennial yarrow is truly delightful! The 24- to 30-inch upright, bushy plant with fern-like foliage is covered with a canopy of 3- to 5-inch blooms in shades of raspberry, peach, coral, blush, rose and buttercream. A versatile player for both fresh and dried bouquets, this pollinator magnet will thrive on neglect in any sunny spot!
Benary’s Giant Lime Zinnia
Looking for an excellent cut flower? This recommendation by the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers yields masses of long, sturdy stems with 3- to 4-inch, fully double, dahlia-like chartreuse blooms. These are outstanding massed in the landscape, holding up well in summer heat and rain, and jaw-dropping in in mixed bouquets with an excellent vase life.
Zinnia Benary’s Deep Red
From the Benary’s series you can expect high yields of long, sturdy stems on 4-foot plants, with 4- to 6-inch, fully double, dahlia-like blooms. Disease tolerance is greater and vase-life is longer! Rich and dramatic, the color of ‘Benary’s Deep Red’ will not disappoint!
Zinnia Benary’s Giant Orange
From the Benary’s series you can expect high yields of long, sturdy stems on 4-foot plants, with 4- to 6-inch, fully double, dahlia-like blooms. Disease tolerance is greater and vase-life is longer! This clear bright orange will pop in your garden and bouquets.
Zinnia Benary’s Giant Salmon Rose
From the Benary’s series you can expect high yields of long, sturdy stems on 4-foot plants, with 4- to 6-inch, fully double, dahlia-like blooms. Disease tolerance is greater and vase-life is longer! ‘Benary’s Giant Salmon Rose’ is a versatile, warm peachy color that softens with age and pairs equally well with pastel and vibrant colors in your garden or vase.
Zinnia Oklahoma Salmon
This 3-foot plant yields long, strong stems with petite 1½- to 2½-inch, double and semi-double blooms in a warm blend of salmon and peach. A prolific, floriferous and disease-resistant beauty that will reward you with a summer of blooms!
Zinnia Profusion Apricot
This landscaping series is designed for large plantings or containers. Unlike the cutting Zinnias, Profusion is a dense, bushy, many-flowered little plant that covers ground and literally fills the garden with color. Light coral petals envelop a rich terra-cotta eye. An All-America Selection Award winner, these plants have bushy habit, 14-inches high and a full 24-inches wide and are covered all season with 2½- to 3-inch, daisy-like, double blooms. An easy-to-grow show stopper!
Zinnia Profusion Double White
This landscaping series is designed for large plantings or containers. Unlike the cutting Zinnias, Profusion is a dense, bushy, many-flowered little plant that covers ground and literally fills the garden with color. An All-America Selection Award winner, these plants have bushy habit, 14-inches high and a full 24-inches wide and are covered all season with clean white, 2½- to 3-inch, daisy-like, double blooms. An easy-to-grow show stopper!
Zinnia Profusion Red
This landscaping series is designed for large plantings or containers. Unlike the cutting Zinnias, Profusion is a dense, bushy, many-flowered little plant that covers ground and literally fills the garden with color. An All-America Selection Award winner, these plants have bushy habit, 14-inches high and a full 24-inches wide and are covered all season with vibrant, perfectly true-red, 2½- to 3-inch, daisy-like blooms. Beloved by pollinators and an easy-to-grow show stopper!
Zinnia Queen Lime
Just wow! Queen Lime is a unique mix of bold, glowing and chartreuse, 2- to 3-inch double and semi-double blooms perched atop strong 25-inch stems. This well-branched plant is a triumph in floral bleeding with glorious stature in the garden and when cut, ideal for long-lasting bouquets.
Zinnia Queen Lime Blotch
Another looker in the Queen Lime Series! These 18-inch tall, robust Zinnias offer a mix of rosy-centered, sturdy, single, double and semi-double, 3-inch blooms that transition through subtle contrasting color combinations of rose, yellow and lime green. A total treat for mixing in bouquets and equally fun to let this dramatic bloom do its thing in your border.
Zinnia Queen Lime Orange
A 2018 All-American Selections winner and another innovative addition to the Queen series! Eye-catching, 2- to 3½-inch, double and semi-double, deeply fluted, dahlia-like coral blooms with a blush of lime and rosy centers sit atop 36-inch tall plants. The sophisticated color gradient of these blooms gives them a unique three-dimensional appearance. This dynamic beauty will reward you in the landscape and again in your bouquets with exceptionally long vase-life.
Zinnia Queen Red Lime
These exotic and unusual bicolored Zinnias flaunt a stunning chromatic display of burgundy outer petals that gradually lighten to a creamy lime center, punctuated again by a central burgundy-pink eye. A mix of semi-double and fully double, 2- to 3-inch blooms are held atop sturdy stems on these 18-inch, well-branched plants. An eye-catching flower, ideal for long-lasting cut arrangements.
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Zinnia Señora
With twisted and shaggy petals, this lush and prolific bloomer will yield a bumper crop 3- to 5-inch blooms in various warm salmon-salmon shades. With long, strong stems, 30- to 40 inches tall, this is an outstanding cut-and-come-again flower you can enjoy up until frost.