Genus Cultivar Common Name Height Bloom Color Light Description Allium Cepa Candy Candy Onion Sun 85 Days
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HERBS and VEGETABLES Genus Cultivar Common Name Height Bloom Color Light Description Allium cepa Candy Candy Onion sun 85 days. Easy to grow, day-neutral, white sweet onion that can be spring planted in the North. Jumbo to colossal-size onion (up to 6" across) is incredibly sweet and mild. Lasting quality and fine flavor. Storing potential of approximately 3 months. Allium porrum American Flag American Flag Leek 24" NA sun 10" long leeks have a sweet onion flavor, great in soups and stews. For long, straight, white leeks, mound soil up around the stems at planting so leaves stick upright, and continue to hill soil up around them as they grow, Allium schoenoprasum Forescate Forescate Chives 12 - 18" april - may pink sun-part shade Very showy, bright rosy pink flowers in spring. These chives will flower again if cut back mid- season. Aloysia triphylla Lemon Verbena 3 - 4' foliage white sun Amazing lemon scent. Bushy shrub with strong lemon flavor for teas and potpourri. Perennial if brought indoors to overwinter. May be pruned to any height. Anethum graveolens Bouquet Bouquet Dill 18 - 24" summer foliage sun Most widely grown! Good seed and leaf yields. Edible seeds and greens flavor many foods. Popular addition to sauces and a must for making pickles. Foliage known as dill weed. Artemesia dracunculus Sativa True French 24" N/A foliage sun Essential culinary herb, aromatic perennial with Tarragon delightful licorice flavor. Narrow pale green leaves have a distinctive flavor. Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Milkweed 12 - 24'' early summer orange sun Butterfly and hummingbee favorite. Brilliant orange flowers. Hassle-free perennial. Use in dried flower arrangements. Beta vulgaris Gourmet Blend Beets 10" sun A delightful mix of beets - Golden, candy striped, pink, white, and (of course) red. Beta vulgaris Bright Lights Bright Lights Swiss 12 - 18" foliage foliage sun All American Selection Winner. Almost neon stalks Chard of gold, pink, red, violet and white, deeply crumpled leaves. Beautiful and tasty! Genus Cultivar Common Name Height Bloom Color Light Description Beta vulgaris Peppermint Peppermint Swiss 24" pink sun Stalks vary from clean white to rich pink, and most Chard are streaked with both shades. Leaves are shiny green with pink veins. Brassica oleracea Deluxe Mix Cabbage 20" sun Three full-sized cabbages in one pack! 'Deadon' is a red tinged savoy that holds in the field down into the 20s. 'Ruby Perfection' is a mid-late season cabbage with purply leaves. 'Late Flate Dutch' has a flattened shape and crispy white leaves. Brassica oleracea Assorted cultivars Assorted Kale 18 - 30" N/A mixed sun-part shade Why choose just one? We'll mix red and green, flat and ruffled cultivars for your garden. Brassica oleracea Dinosaur Dinosaur Kale 24 - 36" foliage foliage sun Long dark blue-green, blistered leaves look very prehistoric - fun for kids and adults! Brassica oleracea Gypsy Gypsy Broccoli sun 62 days. One of the most heat-tolerant broccolis. This hybrid is very uniform, with high quality dome shaped heads. Ideal for bunching and crown cuts. Resistant to Downy Mildew. Brassica oleracea Jade Cross Jade Cross Brussels sun 85 days. Early maturing. Deep green sprouts are Sprouts spaced closely on medium sized plants. Firm, oval- shaped, medium sized sprouts. Holds well in adverse weather. Brassica oleracea Kossak Kossak Kohlrabi 30-36" sun 70 day. Grows twice the size of other kohlrabi and yet the white flesh maintains its sweet, delicate flavor with no trace of woodiness. Provides a long season of good eating. Brassica oleracea Redbor Redbor Kale 25 - 36'' foliage foliage sun Deep purple curly leaves. Wonderful ornamental edible! Withstands frost; if left all summer a fantastic eye-catching addition to the garden! Brassica oleracea Winterbor Winterbor Kale 25-36" foliage sun Lovely kale with ruffly blue-green leaves. Color darkens and flavor improves in cooler weather. Capsicum annuum Beaver Dam Beaver Dam Pepper 30"-36" foliage sun Heirloom pepper brought to Beaver Dam, WI by Hungarian immigrants. Sweet with a little heat when mature. Red color darkens to chocolat purple when ripe. Genus Cultivar Common Name Height Bloom Color Light Description Capsicum annuum Cayenne Cheyenne Cayenne Cheyenne 15" - 18" sun Flavor has cayenne heat with plenty of sweetness, Pepper perfect for salsas and stir frying. These are big chunky fruits at 8-9". Medium sized , prolific plants. Capsicum annuum Czech Black Czech Black Pepper 30"-36" foliage sun Striking 2½" fruit begins purple-black and ripens to a lustrous garnet, so beautiful it could be grown simply for its looks but then you would miss the "perfect pickled pepper." Slightly less heat than a jalapeno. Foliage has purple tint on tall plants. Capsicum annuum King of the North King of the North 24 - 36" foliage sun The best red bell pepper for northern gardeners Red Bell Pepper where the seasons are cool and short. Blocky, uniform fruits are excellent for stuffing or fresh eating. Great sweet flavor. Capsicum annuum Lady Bell Lady Bell Pepper 24 - 36" foliage sun A good producer of 3 x 5" sweet, juicy bells. Rich green matures to bright red. Capsicum annuum Lunch Box Mix Lunch Box Mix 30"-36" foliage sun Bite size peppers in cheerful red, orange and gold Pepper shades. Fruits are about the size of a Jalapeno, but 100% sweet. Perfect snack for tossing in lunches, as well as salads and stir fries. Plants are tall and high yielding. Capsicum annuum Mama Mia Giallo Mama Mia Giallo 30"-36" foliage sun Italian fry-style pepper withcheery golden yellow Pepper color, bountiful fruit set, sweet flavor, good foliage cover to prevent sunburn, and compact tidy plants. Elongated 7-9" fruit are suggested for use raw, fried or roasted. Capsicum annuum Numex Easter Numex Easter 10" mixed sun Dwarf ornamental pepper produces small pointy Ornamental Pepper fruits in shades of purple, orange, yellow, and cream. Capsicum annuum Poblano Poblano Pepper 24" sun One of Mexico's most popular chiles, for roasting, sauces, and the famous chile relleno. Known as "chile ancho" when dried. Mild to medium hot; as with all peppers, remove seeds and white interior membrane to reduce the spiciness. Genus Cultivar Common Name Height Bloom Color Light Description Capsicum annuum Shishito Shishito Pepper 24"-36" foliage sun This is the trendy appetizer pepper these days. Grilled or pan-seared and salted, they become the perfect pop-in-your-mouth snack. The sweet mild peppers are mid-green, wrinkled, slender, 3-4" long. Capsicum annuum Sweet Chocolate Sweet Chocolate 18" - sun rich, chocolate-brown pepper. The flesh is cola-red Pepper 24" color; very sweet and delicious. The medium-sized, semi-bell shaped fruit ripen very early, making this variety perfect for the north (or anyone who likes peppers). Great in salads. Capsicum annuum Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream 20"-30" foliage sun These compact bushy plants set dozens of 3" deep Pepper orange-red elongated peppers. Mostly sweet, but packing a secret little hot punch. Capsicum annuum Thai Hot Thai Hot Pepper 12" summer red sun This plant produces large numbers of 1-inch green fruits that mature to blazing red color with heat and flavor to match! These are extremely hot. Capsisum baccatumin Aji Cristal Aji Cristal Pepper 24" foliage sun With dozens of upward pointing, pale yellow 3-4" fruits, this native of Chile has a unique smoky citrus flavor that is perfect in salsas raw or cooked. 30,000-50,000 Scoville Heat units - about like a Cayenne. Citrus limon Variegata Variegated Lemon 8 - 13 ft spring - white sun RHS Award of Garden Merit. Strikingly beautiful, summer creamy margined foliage; has some thorns. Outstanding plant for the patio container especially in fragrant bloom. Fruits are useable. Coriandrum sativum Coriander 24 - 36" foliage foliage sun Seeds used in soups and curries, leaves known as cilantro or 'Chinese Parsley'. Cucumis sativus Calypso Calypso Cucumber sun 56 days. Medium green, blocky with white spines. Good tolerance to both northern and southern disease complexes. Vine is strong, vigorous and productive. A popular pickling cucumber. Genus Cultivar Common Name Height Bloom Color Light Description Cucumis sativus Garden Sweet Garden Sweet Slicing sun A burpless, non-bitter slicing cuke with smooth Cucumber fruits 8 to 10" long. Powdery mildew resistant. Provide support for best results. Cucurbita pepo Buckingham Buckingham Zucchini 18 - 24" sun A compact zucchini for urban gardeners or even patio containers! Gold fruits are best in the6-10" range. Cucurbita pepo Burgess Burgess Buttercup sun 110 days. Extra rich and sweet in flavor, the deep Squash orange flesh is firm and smooth.The blocky 6-8" wide x 3 1/2 - 4" long, dark green fruit have a small grey "button" at the blossom end and grow on a full vine. Cucurbita pepo Cornell's Bush Cornell's Bush 18 - 24" sun 2002 All-America Selections Winner! Plant Delicata Delicata Winter produces excellent yields of 8" long by 4" wide Squash squash. The squash has a sweet potato flavor with deep gold flesh. Stores for 4 months. Bush type plant spreads only 36" and is suitable for small gardens. 80 days Cucurbita pepo Enterprise Enterprise Summer sun 41 days. A fast-growing straightneck squash with Squash attractive yellow fruit that grow to 7 1/2" long. The vigorous plants produced many perfect fruits. Cucurbita pepo Honey Bear Honey Bear Winter sun Handy sized 1½ lb acorn type fruits on city-friendly Squash compact bush. All America Selection in 2009. Sweet flavor Cymbopogon citratus Lemon Grass 3 - 4' foliage foliage sun Dense clumps of lime-colored grass. Cultivated for aromatic lemon oil. Great in stir fries and Asian cooking. Perennial if brought indoors to overwinter. Cynara cardunculus Cardoon 4 - 5' summer foliage sun Large, purplish-blue thistle flowers with ornamental spiny, grey-green leaves.