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.