Jenny’s Edibles & Blooms BLOOMS [email protected] 2015 Agastache ‘Apache Sunset’ Agastache ‘Apricot Sprite’ Spikes of tubular flowers in rich shades of peach, Apricot Sprite' is a splendid, long-blooming orange, and rose provide striking contrast to the perennial filled with fragrance, soft color, and cool, silvery green, finely textured foliage. The interesting texture. Its bicolor blooms of peachy leaves are profoundly aromatic, with scents akin to apricot flute outwards on long, slender stems, anise, mint or even root beer, depending on your attracting butterflies and hummingbirds. The olfactory inclination. A heavy bloomer from June to fresh anise scent of the grayish-green lacy foliage October, superb for cutting and attracting bees, intensifies in the summer heat. A pest- and hummingbirds and butterflies. disease-resistant and fuss-free North American native that deserves a place in every sunny border. Agastache ‘Arizona Sun’ Agastache ‘Arizona Sunset’ In the sensational new Arizona series, Arizona Sun In the sensational new Arizona series, Arizona is a compact and uniform, 10-inch plant, with Sunset is a compact and uniform, 10-inch plant bright sunny yellow, mint-scented tubular flowers. with licorice-scented, gray-green foliage. Peachy Blooms in abundance throughout summer and into pink buds open to lavender pink tubular blooms on the fall. Hummingbirds and other pollinators love this very floriferous cultivar. Like other Agastache, this carefree and drought tolerant plant. Hummingbirds and other pollinators love this carefree and drought tolerant plant.
Agastache ‘Astello Indigo’ Agastache ‘Asturo White’ This European award-winner is an exciting A fresh combination of mint-scented, pure white breakthrough. Finally an Agastache than lends flowers with contrasting bright green calyxes itself equally well to containers as to your mixed make this dwarf hybrid stand out from other borders. The beautiful deep blue spikes stand 20 Agastaches. This Fleuroselect Novelty Award inches high and are held over dark green foliage and Winner blooms mid-summer through fall, and exude a minty fragrance. The spikes persist from like other Agastaches, strongly attracts midsummer through fall and are irresistible to hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. butterflies and bees. A carefree joy, Indigo is stunning when planted ‘en masse’ in borders or landscape plantings. Agastache ‘Fragrant Delight’ Agastache ‘Sangria’ A kaleidoscope of brilliant colors garnish this lovely This garden-worthy Hyssop is topped with a delight. Tubular raspberry, lilac and orange flowers flourish by upright spires of pink-crimson flowers in summer and fall sit a top lacy, fragrant leaves from July to October. As a bonus, the unique and on bushy 2 foot tall plants. Like other Agastache, refreshing lemon-scented foliage can be brewed for the highly aromatic foliage is irresistible to a one-of-a kind tea! Excellent plant for attracting butterflies, bees and hummingbirds. birds, bees, and beneficial insects to your garden.
Agastache ‘Tango’ Asclepias Tuberosa Oodles of sizzling hot and brilliant orange-red Commonly known as Butterfly Weed, Asclepias is trumpets embellish the 12 to 16 inch tall dark a drought tolerant, native perennial with stalks of Tango from late spring into fall. Like all magnificent bright orange flowers concentrated in Agastaches, Tango is a good nectar producer that compact clusters atop branching stems. A non-stop attracts hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. A bloomer from midsummer to autumn, the brightly compact habit with good branching when compared colored flower clusters are followed by fruit and to other cultivars. A great choice for containers, and showy seed. The perfect choice for attracting one may not be enough. It takes two to tango! butterflies and beneficial insects to your garden. Argostemma Ocean Pearls Bells of Ireland A cottage garden staple that is the epitome of grace This showy 2- to 3-foot tall plant produces blossom and charm. Pure white, 2- to 3-inch trumpet shaped spikes of papery, apple green, bell-shaped calyxes flowers sport intriguing black dotted lines, akin to enveloping small white flowers. An extremely nectar guides, deep in their throats. Extremely long-lasting and striking addition to both cut and floriferous and playful, with sprays of blooms on dried arrangements. In the vase, it’s a perfect foil slender, upright stems that dance in the breeze. An for more brightly colored annuals whilst adding easy-to-grow, self-sowing annual that makes form, structure, and interest in its own right. A glorious cut flowers and doesn’t need pampering. self-sower that can usually be relied upon for years of successive blooms. Jenny’s Edibles & Blooms BLOOMS [email protected] 2015 Blackberry Lily Bottle Gentian This uncommon, easy-care perennial, too seldom Named by the Massachusetts Natural Heritage & seen in American gardens, features the foliage of an Endangered Species Program, Bottle Gentian is an Iris, the blooms of a Lily, and unusual glossy black unusual wildflower that prefers a moist, rich soil. berries that form in clusters when its seedpods split Atop the stems are clusters of striking, deep blue open in fall. Long-blooming and very easy to grow, flowers that never actually open, giving them their it is a fine addition to any planting. The jazzy, bottle-like appearance. The mature blooms are unusual blooms arriving mid-summer are borne at pollinated exclusively by bumblebees, which pry the end of long, wiry stems, reach 2 inches wide and open the flowers to gain entry into the inner have a rich orange base and liberal scarlet speckles. sanctum. This unusual perennial is slow-growing, Fascinating to behold in the garden and often but long-lived and requires little care once brought indoors for arrangements. established. Calendula Deja Vu Castor Bean - Carmencita Red Generous with their daisy-like, bright flowers in Fast-growing with iridescent wine-colored foliage, shades of pink, orange, yellow, and burnt orange- red stems, bright red pods. Can be grown in large cream. Some blooms sport contrasting dark lower containers. Brilliantly colored seed pods make an petals and darker tips. Tolerates full sun or partial exotic cut flower. Perennial in zones 8-10. shade, grows to about 20-inches tall and will continue to bloom all summer with deadheading. The petals, removed from the flower base, are edible and provide a cheery confetti to salads, grains, and even deserts. Flavor is tangy and slightly sweet. An excellent cut flower. Castor Bean - New Zealand Purple Castor Bean - Ricinus Communis A unique and uncommon variety, the New A specimen foliage plant that is exotic, Zealand castor bean plant has enormous, deeply magnificent and tropical in appearance. Grows to lobed, rich metallic bronze-purple leaves that seems 6 to 10 feet and bears large, deep green leaves to shimmer in the sun. One of the more showy embossed with deep red veins. Produces bright pink specimens, its foliage, stems, and even seed pods are flower buds and attractive bright pink seed pods a deep purple. This variety will grow to 6- to 8-feet which add dramatic flare to the landscape. tall and produce red blooms in late summer and early fall. Grown as a big leafy specimen or as background plants, this lovely castor bean variety will add a fabulous tropical dimension to your garden. Seeds are highly poisonous. Chilean Glory Flower Sparkler Blush Cleome A quick growing, climber with dark fern-like This dwarf hybrid Spider Flower yields foliage and twining tendrils will scurry up your tremendous blooms over a very long season. Plants fence, trellis, or arbor forming a lacy, exotic canopy reach only 3-feet tall, are bushier and more wind- or useful screen. It bears continual clusters of 1- tolerant than standard Cleomes. The 4- to 6-inch inch, yellowy-orange tubular blooms which are flowers of Sparkler Blush are airy and spidery in hummingbird magnets! hues of pink brushed with white. They hold well on the plant and are wonderfully long-lasting as cut flowers. White Queen Cleome Violet Queen Cleome An old fashioned favorite, also known as Spider An old fashioned favorite, also known as Spider Flower, cleome's large airy flowers bloom atop sturdy Flower, cleome's large airy flowers bloom atop 4 foot stalks. A very stately centerpiece in the sturdy 4 foot stalks. A very stately centerpiece in garden or as a cut flower for large arrangements. If the garden or as a cut flower for large pinched when about 6 inches tall, each plant will arrangements. If pinched when about 6 inches tall, branch out to produce a half dozen or more blooms. A each plant will branch out to produce a half dozen bright clean white. or more blooms. A very pretty lavender. Carpet Mix Cosmos Cosmic Orange Cosmos Only a foot tall, these new cosmos with semi double An All-America Winner sure to thrive in any 1 1/2 inch blooms in vibrant single shades of garden. Free flowering with a well branched habit, lemon, orange and red will add a splash of color to but compact enough for small gardens. Lacy the veggie garden or make an eye-catching addition foliage and silky flowers give an airy touch to the in front of your favorite flower bed or container garden from midsummer to frost. Wonderful for garden. cutting. Grows best in full sun. Jenny’s Edibles & Blooms BLOOMS [email protected] 2015 Sea Shells Cosmos Craspedia Sun Ball These bright, colorful 3-inch blooms on tall stems Commonly known as Billy Button or Drumstick, with typical ferny cosmos foliage are a real eye- the striking golden-yellow blooms of this catcher in any garden. The tubular petals with wildflower native to New Zealand and Australia fluted edges in creamy and pastel shades of white, make a great addition to bouquets. The 1-inch pink, rose and carmine lend both an elegant and globes sit atop long, stiff stems amidst grass-like, charming effect that is two-toned and three- silvery green foliage. Long vase-life as a cut dimensional. This Mexican native, loved by flower, and retains vivid color when dried. butterflies, is ideal for a cutting garden or mixed border. Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit Little Hobbit Bear Skin Fescue A stunning first-year flowering echinacea with This very attractive, dwarf clumping grass thrives hues ranging from rich purple to pink, red, salmon, on neglect! With soft, emerald green leaves, this yellows, creams and white. The abundant flowers evergreen perennial is ideally suited for the front of grace the top of well branched, durable plants. Well borders, as ground cover, or in rock gardens. Will suited to your perennial border, a mass landscape tolerate full sun or part-shade. planting, a butterfly garden or as a cut flower.
Four O’clock Lemon Swirl Four O’clock Marbles Mix This lovely four o'clock has lemon-yellow, white, This collection produces a sweep of striped and and bicolor, funnel-shaped blooms with a sweet, marbled, trumpet-shaped flowers splashed with citrus fragrance. While the flowers close up in the hues of pink, rose, red, orange, and yellow. Like heat of day, they open in the early evening, stay all four o’clocks, they open in the evening, open all night and will be there to great you each suffusing the air with a delightful, orange- and every summer morning. blossom scent. Place them strategically in your garden to enjoy the sweet evening perfume.
Gomphrena Fireworks Gomphrena Globe Amaranth This unique cultivar grows to form a full, dense, Globe amaranth is a non-stop performer! Well- specimen, reaching to 3- to 4-feet tall and 1-to 2-feet branched, upright plants continuously produce wide. Countless strong, tall stems are topped with clover-like pom pom blooms all summer long. A exploding bursts of 1-inch hot iridescent pink classic favorite that thrives in hot conditions, and blossoms tipped with tiny, bright yellow flowers. its long-lasting flowers are superb for cutting and More blooms per plant than other Gomphrenas, dried arrangements. coupled with the explosion of color in its unusual “scaffolding” habit make Fireworks a showstopper in the garden and a conversation piece when cut for a mixed bouquet. This drought-tolerant and extremely low-maintenance treasure will reward you for the season. Gomphrena Strawberry Fields Hyacinth Bean Ruby Moon Strawberry Fields is a little-known treasure that Award-winner with color all season. Green and sports unusually deep, clear red flowers wine-colored foliage, purple stems, lilac-rose that resemble bright red strawberries with tiny blossoms and shiny, magenta pods (2-3"). While yellow "seeds." The neat, everlasting, clover-like, all parts of the plant are edible, it is recommended flowers sit atop 2-foot straight stems with narrow, that the mature seeds be boiled before eating; used gray-green leaves from summer to early fall. Like in Asian, Thai and Indian cooking. Useful as cut other Gomphrena, Strawberry Fields is heat tolerant, flowers; pods may also be dried. great for bedding, borders, cutting and drying. Iresene Purple Lady Lobelia Vulcan Red A low-growing annual trailer with cascades of The deep bronze foliage of this perennial forms a bright cranberry and dark burgundy leaves and columnar, upright clump, topped with spikes of stems. The perfect choice for a splash of vivid color in striking rich, fiery, cardinal red flowers from your mixed containers, hanging baskets, or as a midsummer into early fall. This tall, showy, ground cover in the landscape. Well-suited for both native cultivar is particularly effective when partial sun and shade. massed and the tubular flowers are a favorite of hummingbirds and butterflies. Jenny’s Edibles & Blooms BLOOMS [email protected] 2015 Lucius Snowy Wood Rush Malva Zebrina This little ornamental grass with flat, deep green A fascinating heirloom cottage garden plant with leaves fringed in white hairs has a tufted habit and lavender-pink petals and exotic maroon veins that in mid-summer produces clouds of arching, fluffy, is very long blooming. This striking, out of the white blooms akin to falling snow. Perfect to plant ordinary plant grows to 3-4 feet. en masse in rock gardens, as ground cover, and when naturalizing. The brilliant white flowers also provide a lovely accent in your perennial border.
Kilimanjaro White Marigold Lemon Gem Marigold Dwarf bushy marigold with lovely 2-inch double, Hundreds of petite, edible, golden flowers cover creamy-white blooms atop 18” plants. 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. Red Gem Marigold Tangerine Gem Marigold Hundreds of petite, edible, orangey-red flowers cover Hundreds of bite-size, petite flowers cover neat, low neat, low mounds of lacy foliage with a citrusy mounds of lacy foliage with a citrusy scent. The scent. When planted in trios, these long bloomers long-blooming edible flowers are well-suited for give the thick, rounded appearance of a small beds, borders, containers and salads. Also an flowering shrub. The fragrant, edible flowers are excellent companion plant for your veggie garden. great for beds, borders, containers and salads. Also an excellent companion plant for your veggie garden to repel unwanted guests. Milkweed Mignonette Ameliorata These locally sourced seeds will provide native Small, fringed, creamy white flowers carried on breeding habitat for monarchs and a valuable nectar the dense spikes of this 14-inch plant will reward source for butterflies, bees, and other beneficial you from mid-summer until frost. The blooms are insects. Plant these no-maintenance treasures in noteworthy for their wonderful, spicy fragrance your garden, sit back, enjoy the pink blossoms, the and, whether in a container or your cutting frenzy of activity and know you’ve payed a role in garden, will benefit from deadheading to habitat restoration! encourage ongoing blooms. Will retain their fragrance cut fresh and dried.
Morning Glory ‘Blue Star’ Morning Glory ‘Caprice’ The unusual color combination of this morning This morning glory produces a wealth of trumpet- glory offers large, sky blue flowers with a striking, shaped, 2-inch, sky blue blooms embossed with a central, fuchsia star radiating from a brilliant beautiful violet star. The blooms of this white throat. Coupled with the attractive foliage, this exceptionally long vine remain open well into the is a fast-growing, dense, care-free climber. Perfect afternoon. Perfect for covering unsightly for covering unsightly buildings, tumbling over buildings, tumbling over fences, or decorating fences, or decorating any vertical garden structure any vertical garden structure from the mailbox to from the mailbox to the lamppost. Grows best in full the lamppost. Grows best in full sun. sun. Morning Glory ‘Flying Saucers’ Morning Glory ‘Heavenly Blue’ If you are a morning glory lover, the huge 6-inch HEIRLOOM. 'Heavenly Blue' is the classic blooms of this spectacular HEIRLOOM will delight Morning Glory. Abundant and magnificent five you. Each flower is different, but generally pure inch cheerful bright blue blooms with creamy white white offset by irregular blue pinwheel stripes, and throats arise from the attractive foliage of this fast- sometimes blue flecks. Truly spectacular, these growing, dense, care-free climber. Perfect for blooms flanked by heart-shaped leaves create a covering unsightly buildings, tumbling over tropical effect. On cloudy days, the flowers stay fences, or decorating any vertical garden structure open all day. A fast-growing, showy, care-free from the mailbox to the lamppost. Grows best in climber that performs best in full sun. full sun. Jenny’s Edibles & Blooms BLOOMS [email protected] 2015 Alaska Mix Nasturtium Caribbean Cocktail Nasturtium Green and white variegated foliage. Improved strain The blending of pastels and bicolors in delicious of brilliant, single, 2-inch flowers in yellow, shades of strawberry, raspberry, apricot, and crimson, orange, salmon and cherry. Compact, cream. Result is an astonishingly soothing carpet mound-shaped plants. Both leaves and flowers are of color. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a edible with a peppery zing. peppery zing.
Gleam Mix Nasturtium Jewel Mix Nasturtium This All-American winner is a trailer, ideal for A nice compact 15 to 18-inch plant with bright, hanging baskets and moderate spreading, with colorful double blooms in yellow, orange and deep vines that are substantially longer than Jewel Mix. red held above light green foliage. Will reward you Large double and semi-double blooms in creams, with blooms until frost. Both leaves and flowers are yellows, orange and reds will brighten up your pots edible with a peppery zing. 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! Peach Melba Nasturtium Phoenix Nasturtium This unique HEIRLOOM has a compact mounding This glorious HEIRLOOM is a semi-trailer, with habit with blue-grey, lily pad-like foliage and rarely seen sawtooth margined petals that are one- blossoms in a lovely shade of primrose-cream with of-a-kind amongst Nasturtium cultivars. The pearly-red accents in the throat. Dwarf plants are blooms arise in the classic golds, oranges, and reds great for containers or nestled in your veggie of nasturtiums as well as the less common creams, garden. The flowers and young leaves are edible peaches, and salmons, brushed with mahogany with a spicy, peppery flavor akin to watercress. Great near the base. Phoenix is an unbelievably profuse as a garnish or for adding zip to your salads! bloomer, beginning in early summer and continuing nonstop 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! Tip Top Apricot Nasturtium Nasturtium Variegated Queen Tip Top Apricot offers lovely, edible 2 inch flowers in Noteworthy for their attractive, white variegated multiple creamy hues of apricot held atop dense foliage and beautiful flowers in a full range of mounds of foliage. This tidy plant is great for color. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a borders, bedding, and containers. The showy flowers peppery zing. with their darker veining and deeply shaded throat will add a splash of sunshine to your summer salad. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing. Nemesia ‘Prince of Orange’ Nicotiana ‘Marshmallow’ This compact bedding plant, native to South Africa, This visually stunning cultivar of flowering exudes clusters of brilliant orange flowers tobacco will add stature, grace and fragrance to displayed on erect branching stems. A great choice your summer borders. Large basal leaves give rise for adding a burst of vivid color to your beds or to masses of 24-inch stems topped with sweetly containers. 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 ‘Only the Lonely’ Pink Feather Pampas Grass Winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, this This showy ornamental grass will create a beloved cultivar, also known as Woodland Tobacco, spectacular, dramatic statement when planted in is a stunning accent plant. The largest of all the your garden. The fresh green foliage is topped by Nicotianas, the stately plant grows up to 5-feet tall. long, thick, elegant dusty-pink plumes late Bold, basal foliage is topped with clusters of summer through fall. The plumes are often cut pendulous pristine white intensely fragrant blooms. and dried for indoor use, or they can be left on the Only the Lonely deserves a place near a door, a plant for wonderful winter interest. A truly kitchen window, or under your bedroom window elegant specimen for your landscape. where you can best enjoy the rich Jasmine-like perfume during the night. Jenny’s Edibles & Blooms BLOOMS [email protected] 2015 White Feather Pampas Grass Petunia ‘Daddy Mix’ The ultimate architectural plant to add texture, “Who’s your daddy?” Unclear with this hybrid, but autumn color, and winter form to your landscape. let’s not get lost in genealogy. This is a very The graceful blades grow thickly to an average showy, spreading-type petunia with prominently height of 3-feet, from which arise dozens of large veined, grandiflora blooms. The 4-inch ruffled stalks topped by creamy, silky plumes that dance blooms, in shades of light blue, orchid, peppermint, in the breeze. Reaching an overall height of 6 to 8 pink, plum, and strawberry, retain their color in feet, this is outstanding as a background or as an full sun and stand up well to the rain. Ideal for accent plant and will make a truly elegant addition hanging baskets, window boxes, and containers. to your garden. The feather-duster plumes are also a beautiful addition to cut and dried arrangements.
Petunia ‘Dolcissima Flambe’ California Poppy ‘Jelly Beans’ This Fleuroselect Quality Mark Winner is an Fully double blooms in vibrant, irresistible colors Italian grandiflora cultivar. Brilliant, 3-inch, of bubblegum pink, creamy yellow, tangerine, and ruffled blooms suffused with shades of rose, lemon, raspberry red glisten above a mass of feathery blue- and cream are held profusely over compact 10-inch green foliage. While dainty in appearance, these plants. Expect masses of blooms in which no two annuals are tough, hardy, and thrive on neglect in petals are identical. The ideal choice for window poor, dry soils. The brilliant papery flowers are boxes, hanging baskets, containers, or the front of a equally enticing to onlookers and pollinators. mixed border.
Purple Love Grass Purple Prairie Clover A perennial, warm season, native bunchgrass ideal This long-blooming, native, perennial, wildflower for providing year-round interest to the landscape. can add a unique structural element to a mixed Flat, coarse, green blades form a disorganized border or variety to an existing naturalization or clump of foliage that typically rises to 10-inches meadow. Intensely red-violet flowers, with orange- tall. During the August bloom, florets form a fluffy tipped stamens around a central cone, punctuate and airy, reddish-purple cloud, lending a soothing the stiff, upright stems. Like other legumes, this purple haze and irresistible texture to the landscape. perennial which reaches 3-feet tall at maturity, is The light green summer foliage then transitions to invaluable in the fixation of Nitrogen, a bronzy-red in the fall. Like other ornamental maintaining the fertility of your garden soils for grasses, if allowed to persist, this Love Grass will years to come. continue to provide visual interest through the winter.
Royal Catchfly Rudbeckia ‘Cherry Brandy’ Also known as Prairie Fire, this distinctive After growing Cherry Brandy, you'll never look at wildflower bears small clusters of brilliant, scarlet Rudbeckia the same way again! This powerhouse of red, 2-inch flowers in mid-summer. Each bloom a plant stands two feet tall and sends up dozens of consists of five narrow, widely spaced, notched velvety, long-lasting blooms in rich shades of red petals. As numerous flowers open at the same time, and mahogany with the trademark big black eye. the result is a showy crimson display adorned by The butterflies, bees, songbirds and neighbors alike hummingbirds and butterflies. will pay their respects and savor this old-fashioned favorite. Superb for cut flowers and dramatic in arrangements and bouquets.
Rudbeckia ‘Chim Chiminee’ Rudbeckia ‘Goldilocks’ This mid-sized variety is a standout due to its very This exceptional Rudbeckia has a dense branching unusual narrow or quilled petals surrounding a compact habit, sweet double and semi-double, 4- brown cone. Flowers are in rustic shades of yellow, inch golden-orange, blooms surrounding a dark gold, orange and mahogany red. A mass of blooms deep-set eye. Expect ongoing flowering from mid- from July to frost. Half-hardy perennial. Often summer to the first frost. A low-maintenance and survives a few winters, or at least self seeds. carefree beauty that makes an outstanding cut flower. Jenny’s Edibles & Blooms BLOOMS [email protected] 2015 Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ Runner Bean ‘Golden Sunshine’ A 2003 All America Selection. Quite different in An ornamental and edible, runner bean with appearance from other Rudbeckias. It has a light glowing chartreuse leaves accentuated by scarlet- green center with sunny yellow petals edged with a red flowers. The 6 to 8 foot vines produce loads of lighter shade of yellow. Plants grow to about 3’ in flat, green, tasty pods. Harvest as “snaps” when 4 height and blooms can be as large as 5" across. Can to 6 inches long with beans just beginning to form provide high quality cut flowers. Half-hardy in the pods; or, allow the seed to mature further for perennial. Often survives a few winters, or at least shell or dried use. A truly vibrant climbing self seeds. specimen that will tolerate some cool, partially shaded areas better than other types of beans. Choose your perfect spot and let the magic unfold. Sneezeweed Strawflower Dwarf Mix Don't let the name Sneezweed scare you away from Compact plants bear attractive, papery flowers that this stunning bloomer. The name’s origin lies in the provide glorious summer color and are among the Native Americans historical use of the plant to make best everlastings for winter bouquets. Splendid snuff. Today, the numerous clusters of 2-inch, shades of red, yellow, salmon, rose, violet and white badminton-birdie shaped, yellow flowers of this bloom continuously from midsummer until frost. Helenium can provide welcome color in late summer Tolerates poor soil, heat, and drought. and fall garden when many other blooms have disappeared. This perennial typically grows 3- to 5- feet tall and can provide some nice vertical height to the mixed border. Italian White Sunflower Lemon Eclair Sunflower A.k.a. Italian Greenheart, this unique multi- This eye-catching cultivar reaches 4-feet tall, has branching sunflower has creamy white, daisy-like, branching habit, with 4-inch distinctively double, pointed petals with contrasting green to black lemon-colored blooms, with chocolate brown centers. centers. Grows 4 to 6 feet tall. Lemon Eclair are pollen free, making for a mess- free cut flower.
Sole D Oro Sunflower Sweet Pea ‘Cupani’s Original’ These branching, 4-foot tall plants are covered with A fragrant bicolor in rich colors of purple and deep large, golden yellow, fully double blooms from July blue. through the season’s end.
Sweet Pea ‘Mollie Rilestone’ Sweet Pea ‘Old Spice’ An award-winning fragrant variety from England Climbing vines and tendrils give way to long with long stems and wavy petals of cream edged in stemmed, multicolored fragrant blooms to dazzle deep pink. your senses.
Sweet Pea ‘Spanish Dancer’ Tassel Flower This standout variety boasts dense, gorgeous, A rare old-fashioned favorite with scarlet-orange delightfully scented clusters of blush, pink and pompom blossoms dancing on the tops of wiry, rosy cream blooms, with a distinctive picotee edging. curvy stems. Its delicate and airy nature adds a The strong-stemmed, statuesque plants stand 4-feet lovely element of whimsy to your landscape. To tall and will quickly cover a trellis with a magnify their magic, mass several plants together. captivating grace and fragrance. Self sows. Tassel Flower ‘Irish Poet’ Torch Tithonia RARE - The rediscovered light orange form of tassel Best Tithonia for cutting. Flowers are 3 1/2 inches flower, almost lost in the last 20 years. Little tufted wide on strong branching plants with velvety dark paintbrush blossoms dance on the tops of curvy green leaves. Blooms midsummer to frost. Loves stems.Great in masses, or weaving among other hot dry sites. Once you have Tithonia in your annuals. Self sows. garden, it’s hard to live without! Jenny’s Edibles & Blooms BLOOMS [email protected] 2015 Bonariensis Verbena Zinnia Classic White This well-loved beauty makes an architectural These compact plants are smothered, non-stop, with statement with rich lilac-purple flower clusters elegant white flowers and sunny yellow centers. floating atop slender, willowy stems that stand un- Equally suited to mass plantings or containers. staked up to 6 feet tall. Good see-through plant for a splash of color and in mass plantings.
Zin Cut & Come Again Zinnia Giant Lime A gorgeous blend of double and single 2- to 3-inch Selected for high yielding, long, thick, sturdy blooms in a dazzling array of colors ranging from stems and extra-large 4-inch, fully double blooms, white to scarlet, yellow, salmon, pink, and more. this award-winning Zinnia is a truly perfect cut These old-fashioned and long-lasting favorites will flower. It performs equally well in a mixed border provide endless color for your flowerbeds, containers, as the lemon-lime hue blends harmoniously with a and borders from midsummer until frost. The more broad color palette. you cut, the more they bloom. Heat-loving and very easy to grow. Zinnia Inca Zinnia Profusion Double Deep Salmon This tall, strong-stemmed beauty is topped with This landscaping series is designed for large arresting, vivid orange, 4-inch flowers and petals plantings or containers. Unlike the cutting that twist and curl in the summer sun. The brilliant Zinnias, Profusion is a dense, bushy, many- color coupled with the cactus flower form adds a flowered little plant that covers ground and stunning element to your summer landscape and literally fills the garden with color. An All- bouquets. America Selection Award winner, these plants have bushy habit, 14-inches high and a full 24-inches wide and are covered all season with cheerful, 2½- to 3-inch, orangey-pink, daisy-like, double blooms. An easy-to-grow show stopper! Zinnia Profusion Double Fire Zinnia Profusion White This landscaping series is designed for large This landscaping series is designed for large plantings or containers. Unlike the cutting plantings or containers. Unlike the cutting Zinnias, Profusion is a dense, bushy, many- Zinnias, Profusion is a dense, bushy, many- flowered little plant that covers ground and literally flowered little plant that covers ground and fills the garden with color. An All-America literally fills the garden with color. An All- Selection Award winner, these plants have bushy America Selection Award winner, these plants have habit, 14-inches high and a full 24-inches wide and bushy habit, 14-inches high and a full 24-inches are covered all season with cheerful, 2½- to 3-inch, wide and are covered all season with cheerful, 2½- rich, golden-orange, daisy-like, double blooms. An to 3-inch, classic white, daisy-like, double blooms. easy-to-grow show stopper! An easy-to-grow show stopper! Zinnia Profusion Yellow Zinnia ‘Senorita’ This landscaping series is designed for large Warm salmon-pink petals are curled at the tips plantings or containers. Unlike the cutting and have an attractive tousled look. Welcome in the Zinnias, Profusion is a dense, bushy, many- garden bed and also lovely for bouquets. 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 cheerful, 2½- to 3-inch, cheery yellow, daisy-like, double blooms. An easy- to-grow show stopper! 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.