A. Poppy `Feathered Mix'
P. laciniatum
2-3' h x 10" w | HA | Self sows
A staple of early seed catalogs,
and once called Carnation
Poppy, it is harder and harder
to find today. This Laciniatum
poppy mix has a pouf of deeply
cut petals that create frilly pom-
pons of bloom in early summer
from spring sowing. Steel blue
foliage sets off the rich colors
of purple, red, white, pink, and
lavender.
S1305 Seed packet...500
seeds...$2.99
C. Poppy `Swansdown'
P. laciniatum
2-3' h x 10" w | HA | Self sows
Long necked `Swans-
down's sturdy stems
hold up huge fully double pure white
blooms with cut petal tips--so frilly.
It's a real `tah dah!' moment when
they burst out of the confining buds
and unfurl. Lovely in the spring to
early summer garden, where they
shine in combination with dark
flowers such as snapdragon `Night &
Day' or Bowles' Black' viola.
S544 Seed packet...761 seeds
...$2.99
CIRCA 1760
B. Poppy 'Feathered Scarlet'
P. laciniatum
2-3' h x 10" w | HA | Self sows
Once called carnation flowers
for the extravagantly full blooms
of fringed petals, this selection
absolutely glows, set off by its blue
green "lettuce leaf" foliage. Sown in
earliest spring in the North, fall in
warm winter areas into fertile, well-
drained soils.
S1336 Seed packet...500 seeds
...$2.99
E. Poppy--Peony Mix
P. paeoniflorum
2-3' h x 10" w | HA | Self sows
Full ruffled blooms in shades of deep purple, pale pink, violet, dark pink,
scarlet, white and yellow. The 4" wide blooms are impressive in size; and
watching the once tightly bound crinkled petals burst from the encasing
buds and fluff out is fun for all.
S260 Seed packet...750 seeds...$2.99
CIRCA 1806
D. Poppy--Peony
`Frosted Salmon'
P. paeoniflorum
2-3" h x 10" w | HA | Self sows
Visitors to the Rijksmuseum in
Amsterdam might be surprised to
find these ruffled poppies' likeness
on canvas, their likeness preserved
in oil since the late 17th century
when still life paintings of lush
flowers were favored.
S811 Seed packet...690 seeds
...$2.99
F. Poppy--Mexican Tulip `Sunlite'
Hunnemania fumariifolia (hun-nem-MAN-ee-uh)
2' h x 10" w | HA
If you love poppies and just hate to see them go by as summer takes
hold, you will love these silky, lemony cups of bloom. Long flowering
into fall, its fabulous ferny grey-green foliage completes the show.
Provide excellent drainage.
S812 Seed packet..69 seeds..$2.99
PRE 1827
H. Poppy--Spanish Organic
P. ruprifragum
1.5' h x 8" w | Perennial, zones 6-9 | Self sows
This rare hardy poppy with single crinkled blooms was extolled by
garden writer Louise Beebe Wilder in the 1920s as "sending up a
veritable fountain of bloom on stems of a seemly length." It self sows
freely and is great for covering difficult dry banks with flowers, the
apricot blooms combining beautifully with blue German catchfly. It does
well in poor to well-drained soils.
S1212OG Organic packet...1,200 seeds...$3.99
G. Poppy--Shirley `Falling in Love'
P. rhoeas
2-3' h x 8" w | HA | Self sows
A romantic mix of red, rose, white and coral single to double flowers,
many banded with contrasting colors. The silky sheen of these cup-
shaped flowers, glowing in the early summer sunshine, makes this
selection irresistible. Plant when the weather is still cool.
S684 Seed packet...920 seeds...$2.99
RARE
I. Quinoa `Brightest
Brilliant Rainbow' Organic
Chenopodium quinoa
(kee-nop-OD-ee-um)
2-3' h x 1' w | TA
This selection of an ancient
grain has dazzling colors of hot
pink, burgundy, red, orange, yel-
low, white and green on showy
tall spikes. Harvest young leaves
to eat raw or cooked. The high
protein, nutty-tasting seeds are
ready in 90 days.
S1032OG Organic
packet...60 seeds...$2.99
J. Ridolfia 'Goldspray'
Ridolfia segetum
(rih-DOLL-fee-uh)
3-3.5' h x 1.5-2' w | HHA
Seldom seen in cultivation,
'Goldspray' is one of the very
best fillers for bouquets.
Glowing seemingly from within
in vaseline glass green, its 5"
wide umbels of lacy flowers
bloom throughout summer and
are long lasting in the garden
and vase.
S464 Seed packet...
305 seeds...$2.99
K. Salvia--Texas Sage
HummingbirdTM 'Forest Fire'
Salvia coccinea (SAL-vee-uh)
1.5-2' h x 1.5-2' w | HHA
A handsome
bushy plant
with head-turning red flowers and
smoldering dark calyxes blooming on
tall spikes summer to fall. Tolerates
humid heat.
S526 Seed packet...51 seeds
...$3.99
P5900
Plant
1/$6.99, 3/$20.25,
6/$39.00
SPECIES CIRCA 1778
M. Salvia `Amistad'
S. hyb.
3.5-4' h x 3.5' w | Tender perennial,
zones 8-10 | TA
PPAF. This new Friendship Sage has traveled
from its home in Argentina to England and then
to the USA, loved by all for its early and free
flowering nature and its compact bushy habit.
Decorative shiny black calyces hold radiant pur-
ple trusses of bloom. Hummingbirds just won't
leave it alone!
P8029
Plant
1/$7.99, 3/$23.25, 6/$45.00
N. Salvia `Black & Blue'
S. guaranitica
3-4' h x 2.5' w | Tender perennial, zones 8-10 |
TA
Hummers will spar to be the first to sip from
these nectar-rich flowers of gentian blue,
cupped with purple-black calyces. An early and
long-blooming salvia, a workhorse selection for
northern gardens, adaptable and floriferous
everywhere.
P3710
Plant
1/$6.99, 3/$20.25, 6/$39.00
Customer Favorite!
Hummingbird Paradise
Salvias deliver!
O. Salvia--Gentian Sage
`Cambridge Blue'
S. patens
2' h x 1-1.5' w | Tender perennial, zones 8-9 |
HHA
A rarity with summery sky blue flowers in pairs
that bloom midsummer until frost. Moist, well-
drained soil.
P5230
Plant
1/$6.99, 3/$20.25, 6/$39.00
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L. Salvia--Texas Sage
HummingbirdTM 'Snow Nymph'
S. coccinea
1.5-2' h x 1.5-2' w | HHA
Arching tube-shaped florets of pure white
are arrayed gracefully along the upright
branching flower spikes, lending a light,
airy note to your garden or pots. A low
maintenance flower with all-season bloom.
Add sparkle to your summer borders and
attract native pollinators with this top
performing annual.
S1380 Seed packet...70 seeds...$3.99
P8233
Plant
1/$6.99, 3/$20.25,
6/$39.00
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