AMMI, Green Mist (85-95 days) Ammi visnaga Closely related to dill and Queen Anne’s lace, but a superior filler because of its robust stems.  This is a prolific blooming, cut and come again flower.  Ammi produces a 3-5” white umbel that compliments any color palette; foliage is feathery with a warm green hue that sometimes gets a hint of blue.  Widely adapted to a range of temperatures.  An annual that reaches 60” (under cover); space 12” apart.  Packet(0.8g)...

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Baby's Breath, Covent Garden (50-60 days) Gypsophila elegans ORGANIC For years I shied away from growing baby’s breath and offering it to clients because in my mind it is synonymous with uninteresting grocery store flower bouquets.  However, this single-petaled baby’s breath changed my mind, offering something more remarkable and elegant than I anticipated.  Flowers bloom profusely atop delicate panicles.  Plants are quick-growing, light, airy, and generous.  I plant successions and begin seeding in early Spring.  An annual that reaches 30”; space 9” apart and provide horizontal trellising.  FLA Packet 0.3g...

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BUPLEURUM, GREEN GOLD (80-90 days) Bupleurum rotundifolium   Another spectacular filler flower/foliage plant, bupleurum’s chartreuse-colored foliage and diminutive flowers are a unique accompaniment to flower bouquets.  Amidst the incredible tulips, ranunculus and anemones of early spring, people comment just as readily on the bupleurum!  Holds 2 weeks in the vase and can be dried.  An annual that reaches 42”; space 9” apart.   FLA Packet: 1g...

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Celosia, Texas Plume Summer Sherbert Mix (90-100 days) Celosia argenta var. plumosa  We love celosias and added this one to our offerings because of its unique, softly-muted tones of blush, apricot, rose pink, lemon and lime floral spikes.  The seed we grew out originally came from famed flower farmers Pamela and Frank Arnosky by way of Floret, and we’re glad to grow on the story of its travels by getting it into your hands.  Mostly plumed spikes occasionally revert to long-stemmed combs and pink predominates in the mix.  Excellent for use in fresh bouquets and darker colored flowers have a nice appearance when dried.  An annual that reaches 36”; space 9” apart.  Frost sensitive. Packet: (0.3g~110 seeds) ...

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Columbine, Barlow Mix  Aquilegia vulgaris (365 days)  Sow this unique, hardy perennial in spring for blooms the subsequent spring.  Petticoat-shaped, fully double, solid and bi-color nodding flowers atop long, strong stems provide something showy in the garden during the transition period from spring to summer.  Once established, plants produce multiple stems per plant and each stem has several flowers.  Blooms in a range of colors from rose to burgundy, violet, (nearly) black, and rose or purple with white variegation at the tips.  Delicate-looking (1.5” flowers) and a noteworthy addition to the front border.  Grows to 36”; space 9” apart and provide horizontal trellising for straight stems. Packet 0.2g ~ 140 seeds ...

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DAHLIA Seed, Harlequin Mix Dahlia x hybrid   That’s right, it’s a dahlia from seed!  Playful, bi-colored and single-colored collarette-type dahlias liven up your garden borders and containers with semi-double blooms in magenta-white, scarlet-yellow, orange, red, magenta, purple, and ivory.  Compact plants growing to 16” tall form (edible) tubers that can be lifted from the garden and stored to grow next season, or held in a pot and protected until frost free days come around again in Spring.  Because of its short stature, this dahlia begins to bloom early and will keep going until Fall frost.  SSF. Packet - 1/2 g (~60 seeds) ...

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Daisy, Zulu Prince Venidium fastuosum (90 days)  Dramatic (2-3”) flowers with a jet-black center and white petals with rings of orange and purple in the center grow from a grayish green mound of hairy leaves.  A striking addition to the garden!  Thrives in heat and drought.  Easy to grow.  Best started as transplants and planted out. Packet 0.2 g (~200 seeds)...

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Foxglove Mix Digitalis purpurea A blend of seeds collected from the various foxglove cultivars we grow.  This mix includes colors ranging from white, cream, pink, and apricot to purple.  Seed in late summer/early fall for blooms the following early summer.  A biennial that reaches 36”; plant 12” apart.  FLA Packet:  (0.3g)...

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Bunny Tails Grass Lagurus ovatus (110 days) If you’re looking for that special item to set your garden or flower arrangements apart, this soft, shimmering grass calls to the eye and beckons to be touched.  Fluffy grass heads rise straight up from compact plants; those grass heads age from white/green to cream and are excellent to cut for fresh or dried use.  Grows to 2’ and each plant produces a moderate quantity of flowers. Plant en masse at 9-12” spacing for higher impact in the landscape and greater stem quantity.  Packet (0.1g) ...

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LAMB’S EAR Stachys byzantina  A hardy, drought-tolerant member of the mint family.  Lamb’s ear is known for its tongue-shaped, silver, downy leaves.  When harvested before blooming, the immature florescence of this plant is also attractive fresh or dried.  Silvery floral spikes form in early summer on this perennial plant and regular harvest leads to 6-8 weeks of blooms.  Divide every few years to refresh clumps of this perennial plant.  Grows to 18”.  FLA.  Packet: (0.1g~80 seeds)...

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Larkspur, Galilee Mix Consolida ajacis (80-90 days)  Fully double flowers climb long spikes in a palette ranging from white to soft pink, carmine, lavender, and violet.  Because of its double-petaled quality, this larkspur has a rounder, more romantic feel which softens the upright geometry of these spikes, and it is a superb dried flower.  An annual that grows up to 60” tall (we seed in fall to overwinter for tallest, best crop):  space 6-12” apart.  The closer that they’re planted, the more upright spikes can be achieved. FLA Packet: (0.8g)...

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Poppy, Amazing Grey Shirley Papaver rhoeas  (120 days) The unique smoky lavender color of this poppy makes it a must-have in the garden.  Its tissue paper-y folds, layers of petals, watercolor softness, and occasional bi-color individuals are like a sultry love poem and a Monet painting on a Sunday afternoon.  Get it.  It’s good.  An annual that reaches 36”; space 9” apart. (0.1g) more than 100 seeds Packet: 0.1g...

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Poppy, Jimi's Purple Haze Papaver somnifera (90 days)  Bred by Frank Morton and the Wild Garden Seeds crew in Philomath, Oregon.  When I learned that this variety had PURPLE seed pods – I was hooked!  It produces super tall (4-5’) blooms that are mostly deep purple and ruffled and fringed.  Edible Seeds.  Bees are fond of its abundant pollen too.  SSF Packet: (0.2g ~100 seeds) ...

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Zinnia, Firestarter  Zinnia elegans (75-85 days) This is a selection from the Peppermint stick Zinnia that is been selected for a few seasons for having only deep gold flowers that are splashed with bright red stripes.  Selected for predominately fully doubled blooms that are about 2” across.  We like to harvest this flower before the center cone extrudes.  An annual that grows up to 36” and can be spaced 12” apart.  Bred by Don Tipping. OSSI, SS  Packet -0.8 g (~75 seeds) ...

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Zinnia, Mega Diversity Mix  Zinnia elegans (70 days) A mixture of all the classic shades and shapes you know and love about zinnias plus some new twists like orange with purple edges and red with purple margins. Superb cut flower and has a long vase life.  Original mix obtained from Peace Seedlings.  SSF. Packet -0.8 g (~75 seeds)  ...

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ZINNIA, Queeny Lime Red Zinnia elegans  (75-85 days)  Queeny Lime (QL) Red began my QL addiction.  (formerly known as the "Queen" series). It produces 3” double & semi-double (and occasionally single-petaled) blooms that have a pink color with lime undertones.  Ray petals fade to cream approaching the center where a small set of brighter, fuchsia disc petals form a bullseye.  The quintessential cut-and-come again flower that lasts up to two weeks in the vase.  An annual that reaches up to 3’; space 12’ apart.  WWA  ~0.8g - ...

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Zinnia, Scarlet (75-90 days)  A wonderful show of deep scarlet red single and fully double petaled blooms makes a striking visual statement in gardens or as border plantings.  Tiger swallowtail butterflies are very fond of this strain.  Produces blooms over a very long season and even into the first light frosts of fall.  Grows to 4 feet.  Feral Farm 1 1/2 g (~150 seeds)...

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