CELOSIA, Century Mix (80 days) Celosia argenta, var. plumosa   These brilliantly colored blooms grow to 24” tall with a spectrum of colors including pale lemon, orange, red, pink and yellow. Stems are long enough for fresh flower bouquets and early pinching will trigger robust multi-branching.  Blossoms dry well, holding their color in wreaths, everlasting bouquets, and garlic braids.  Easy from seed, Century Mix Celosia also makes for a great border plant.  SSF. Packet (~150 seeds)...

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Celosia, Cockscomb, Fuchsia Celosia cristata (75 days)  A stunning velvety, maroon-crested comb-like flower. Looks like a neon pink brain-- truly nothing like it. Selected for its abundant profusion of long-stemmed blossoms which make an excellent addition to bouquets. Holds color well as an everlasting dried flower. SSF Packet (0.5g ~150 seeds) ...

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Celosia, Cockscomb, Salmon Mix Celosia cristata (75 days)  A beautiful everlasting flower related to amaranth.  This variety produces a large central head that is a yellow/salmon orange color and has wonderful curves and folds, much like a brain.  Grows to about 18” and produces abundant side shoots that really spruce up any bouquet.  Pinch early to encourage more moderate sized blooms.  Dries well, preserving its shape and color for months.  Native to Africa. SSF. Packet (0.5g ~ 50 seeds) ...

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Celosia, Flamingo Feather Celosia spicata (75 days)  Flamingo Feather Celosia is a wheat-type celosia that creates long white to pale-pink spikes which provide interesting texture in the fresh or dry cut flower bouquet.  Like wheat, when the wind rustles through the papery florets, you can hear a soft rustling as the stems brush up against one another.   Also a great bedding plant in the mid-border, Flamingo Feather has strong branches that reach up to four feet and bear approximately 30-40 stems per plant.  FLA.   Packet- (0.5g ~150 seeds) ...

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Echinops, Globe Thistle Echinops ritro (240 days) A beautiful perennial thistle that produces gorgeous pale purple / blue metallic looking globe shaped 2-3” blooms.  Works really well in fresh and everlasting bouquets.  Being a thistle, the leaves are pokey.  FLA.  1/2 g (~30 seeds)...

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Globe Amaranth, Strawberry Fields   This show-stopping plant explodes with dozens of 1-1 ½” crimson red orbs atop sturdy 12-24” stems.  They hold their color really well as a dried flower. Grows to 24” Tall.  Excellent in a border planting.  SSF. Packet: (1/4g~25 seeds)...

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Lunaria, Money Plant  Lunaria annua (90 days)   Money Plant is a biennial that is grown for the silvery green, flattened, disc-like seed pods. Planted in Spring, Lunaria blooms with clusters of lavender flowers and make pods in the second year after seeds are sown. Or, as with most other biennial flowers, sow in late summer for flowers and seed pods the following year.   It is these coin-shaped pods that make it attractive in dried arrangements.       Packet: (1g~75 seeds)...

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Millet, Indian Pearl (90 days)   This is the most widely grown type of Millet, having been grown for millennia in northern Africa.  This is a fast growing grass that can reach over 4 feet in height and its seeds are a high protein (15-20%) ingredient in forage mixes.  For human consumption it must be hulled.  Another use is as an ornamental, in that its seed heads are a beautiful mix of white and violet on large upright stems.  SSF. MT2 - 2 g (~350 seeds) = $3.95...

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Strawflower, Showy Mix Helichrysum bracteatum (90 days)  This is a wonderful showy everlasting flower that is easy to grow and brings beauty to your garden and home for many months.  Plants are started indoors and planted out in May, at 12” spacing and will grow to a height of 4+ feet.  They produce a flourish of dozens of 1 ½-2” flowers that have a consistency of dried straw in a wide variety of colors from yellow, white, rose, fuchsia, orange and hues in-between.  Flowers make supreme everlasting arrangements for wreaths, garlic braids and bouquets.  SSF.  Packet :(1/4g ~100 seeds)...

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Strawflower, White/Pink Mix Bracteantha bracteata (90 days)  This is a variety like our other strawflower mix, however, it has been selected for flowers in white to pale pink shades. An excellent everlasting flower for bouquets and wreaths and a dependable, long-lasting flower in fresh bouquets. SSF Packet: (~100 seeds)...

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