Sweet Pea, Spencer Ripple Mix Lathyrus odorata (85 days) Ruffled and soft, this delightful mix of sweet peas is a treat for the eyes and the nose.  Petals are colored with crimson, burgundy, plum, lavender, or pink flecks.  Stems are medium length and great for bunching.  This sweet pea will always be on my list of things to grow!  An annual that grows up to 96”, space 6” apart, trellis, and grow in full sun or partial shade.  FLA.   2 g (~20 seeds) ...

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Sweet Pea, Sweet Cream Berry Mix Lathyrus odoratus  (85 days)            The irresistible aroma of these flowers can be detected hundreds of feet away from the patch, especially when they become most pungent in the early evening.  Colors range from white to burgundy, rose pink, lavender, and plum, some on lusciously long stems.  Sweet peas must be trellised vertically to perform best, and we start them in early January in deep pots to get them off to a strong start before temperatures get hot.  Also, in our zone 7 gardens sweet peas can be started in the fall, overwintered outside under row cover, and likewise perform well.  An annual that grows up to 10’.  Space 4-6”. SSF.  2 g (~20 seeds)...

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Tithonia, Torch Tithonia rotundifolia (80-100 days)    - Also known as ‘Mexican Sunflower’, this beauty produces many brilliant orange 3” blooms on a multi-branched 6-8’ tall plant.  Unique, velvety soft leaves and stems help make this a great border plant.  Blooms late into the fall for late-season color and nectar production for insects.  SSF. Packet (1.5 g ≈ 135 seeds) ...

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Xeranthemum annuum  Here’s seed for a long-lost favorite that’s a great dried flower known as “Immortelle”.  Plants produce either white or mauve (pale purple)- colored 1” flowers atop silvery green foliage.  Like strawflower or ammobium, they are dry and papery when fresh, but can be used both fresh and dried as a cut flower.  Or, xeranthemum serves as a great bedding plant in the front border as it grows to about 2’ and flowers for a long period—typically midsummer through autumn.  Space 12” apart.  Hardy annual.  SSF.  Packet (.3grams~80 seeds)...

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Zinnia, Cactus Mix Zinnia elegans   This was a true standout in our gardens!  Grows to 30-48” tall with unique involute petals (that roll into themselves), revolute petals (rolled under) and fimbricated petals (frayed ends).  Large (3-4”) blooms appear in shades of pale pink, deep yellow, orange, pink, red, peach, and white.  Flowers are all double-petaled (like a dahlia).  Bumblebees love them! - 0.3 g (~30 seeds) ...

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Zinnia, Queeny Lime Orange  Zinnia elegans (90 days)  These new zinnia introductions from the Queeny Lime Series (formerly known as the "Queen" series) are the two zinnias that I can’t live without in my garden.  Queeny Lime Orange produces 3” double, semi-double (and occasionally single-petaled) blooms that have a peach color with lime undertones.  Ray petals fade to cream approaching the center where a set of brighter, orange disc petals accentuate form a bullseye.  Long lasting in the vase and an excellent dried flower as well.  An annual that reaches up to 3’; space 12’ apart.   0.8g ...

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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, SALMON ROSE Zinnia elegans Cut flower growers know zinnias as one of the best “cut-and-come again” flowers; the more you cut them, the more they keep on flowering.  Salmon Rose is a large, double-petaled type of zinnia similar to our Purple Dahlia Zinnia and gives buckets-full of blooms in this “on-trend” color.  It’s bold but not loud like many of the classic zinnia colors, so it pairs well with other softer tones but still garners attention from home gardeners, market growers and floral designers alike. Packet-0.8 g (~75 seeds) 10 Grams (~930 seeds) ...

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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 .8 g (~150 seeds)...

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