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Oh dear, two cold summers in
a row! Hardly anyone wanted the later maturing plants last
year, so this year we are growing more of the earlier ones
and adding a few relatively fast bush variety beefsteaks,
plus some earlier heirlooms. Some of the later heirlooms
will be in very short supply or sadly missing.
Click
here
for a look at Susi’s article, “How to Grow Tomatoes Even in
North Idaho”
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| RED SLICERS &
SALAD TOMATOES |
| 4th OF
JULY |
49 days |
Rich flavor,
medium plants |
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BETTER BUSH |
68
days |
Tangy 4' slicers
on 4 foot plants |
| BIG BEEF |
73 days |
Earliest big red beefsteak |
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BOBCAT |
68
days |
Similar to Big Beef-large fruit, large plant |
| BURPEE BIG BOY |
78 days |
Very large red
slicers, rich flavor, meaty |
| BUSH EARLY GIRL
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54 days |
Med.-sized fruit, smallish plants |
| CELEBRITY |
70 days |
Mid-season slicer, good flavor & disease resistant |
| CHAMPION
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62 days |
Meaty, flavorful lg. fruit |
| EARLY GIRL
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57 days |
Early, 4 oz. fruit |
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GOLIATH |
65 DAYS |
By request, huge
fruit with sweet taste |
| KOOTENAI
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65 days |
Small plants, reliable production, rich flavor |
| NEW GIRL |
62 days |
Earlier and better than Early Girl |
| NORTHERN EXPOSURE |
67 days |
Big tomatoes on short plants, reliable, good |
| PARK'S WHOPPER |
65 days |
Good sized fruit, very productive and reliable here |
| SILETZ |
60 days |
4-5” fruit on smaller plants. Productive & early |
| SUPER FANTASTIC
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70 days |
Large 10oz slicers, beefsteak flavor |
| VIVA ITALIA (ROMA) |
76 days |
Excellent roma with good flavor, high production |
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YELLOW & ORANGE TOMATOES |
| IDA GOLD |
59 days |
Sprawling small plant, oval, smallish sweet
fruit |
| LEMON BOY |
72 days |
Large plant with large, mild yellow fruit |
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TAXI |
70
days |
Sweet round medium fruit on determinate 2' plants |
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CHERRY TOMATOES |
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BROWN BERRY |
75
days |
Brown fruit with rich complex flavor |
| CHOCOLATE CHERRY |
70 days |
Purplish brown fruit with nice flavor |
| GOLD NUGGET |
55 days |
Smallish plants, loads of sweet yellow cherries |
| JULIET |
60 days |
Mini romas on large, sprawling plants |
| RED
GRAPE |
62 days |
Sweet small
grapes, large plant |
| SUNSUGAR |
62 days |
Everyone’s favorite. Sweet, flavorful orange cherries |
| SUPERSWEET 100 |
65 days |
Extra sweet cherries, large vines |
| SWEET MILLION |
65 days |
Improved Supersweet 100, full sized, crack resistant |
| SWEET OLIVE |
57 days |
Earliest & best grape on medium plant, prolific |
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TOMATOBERRY |
60
days |
Grape flavor shaped like a berry or a heart |
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ODDBALLS
These don't fit in the other categories or we
have just a few to try this year. |
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INDIGO ROSE |
75 days |
Plumy, very dark purple/red |
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PATIO PRINCESS |
65 days |
Burpee's version of a container tomato, nice?! |
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TUMBLER |
60 days |
Small fruited hanging plants for baskets |
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WINDOW BOX ROMA |
70 days |
Compact Roma for containers or small spaces |
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HEIRLOOMS
Bloody Butcher is
very similar to 4th of July. Most of these are quite late so
we recommend that you don’t limit yourselves just to
heirlooms. Try some cherries and hybrids that bear earlier
to extend your production. |
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AZOYCHKA |
70
days |
Large yellow/orange fruit with complex taste |
| BLOODY BUTCHER |
55 days |
Early, smallish plant, 2” fruit, good acidy
taste |
| BLACK KRIM |
80 days |
Rich, slightly salty black flavor, good producer |
| BRANDYWINE |
90 days |
Late, large beefsteaks. Best in greenhouses |
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CHEROKEE PURPLE |
85
days |
Large deep dusky purple/pink fruit, great flavor |
| COSMONAUT VOLKOV |
72 days |
1-2 lb. fruit with
excellent balanced flavor |
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EARLIANA |
68
days |
Medium sized pink fruit with tart/sweet flavor |
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GOLDEN JUBILEE |
70
days |
Sweet, low acid, determinate Heirloom |
| GREEN ZEBRA |
78 days |
Unique smallish green fruit with yellow stripes, zingy |
| PAUL ROBESON |
74 days |
Black 4” beefsteak; luscious, earthy exotic flavors |
| ROSE |
75-80 days |
Like Brandywine,
maybe earlier-Amish heirloom |
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SILVERY FIR TREE |
60 days |
2'
plant with interesting leaves, nice in containers |
| YELLOW PEAR |
70 days |
Pear shaped yellow cherry with very mild flavor |
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A word about peppers:
A word about peppers: green peppers are immature
versions of red, yellow or orange peppers. Colored
peppers start out shades of green then turn color
when they are mature. Maturity takes a few weeks
longer so if you want to grow colored peppers, leave
some plants un-harvested. Purple peppers such as
Islander are purple when immature, turning orange or
red. Peppers, and especially chilies, love heat so
they are always slow here, and sometimes don’t
mature very well. If frost threatens you can always
harvest them green and freeze them for soups later.
Our selections are the best varieties we know for
this area. |
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BELL PEPPERS |
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CHOCOLATE |
Long, sweet flavored brown peppers |
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EARLY SUNSATION |
Yellow bells |
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FAT N SASSY (a.k.a. King Arthur) |
Big blocky green/red bells |
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GOURMET |
Orange bells |
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ISLANDER |
Lavender bells, ripens to orange |
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NEW ACE |
Earliest, smaller green/red bell |
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NORTH STAR |
Early green/red bell |
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PURPLE BEAUTY (may be crop
failure) |
Purple bell, ripens to orang |
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CHILES & OTHERS |
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ANCHO SAN MARTIN |
Poblanos for the north, mild |
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BIGGIE CHILE |
Anaheim, improved Big Chile
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CARRIBEAN RED |
Red
habaneros |
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CARMEN
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Sweet Corno di Toro for frying or salads |
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JALAPENO, MUCHO NACHO |
The best jalapeno |
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LIPSTICK (Pimento) |
Smallish, wedge shaped, very sweet red peppers |
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PAPRIKA, BOLDOG HUNGARIAN |
Long mild chilies used fresh red or
dry and ground |
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RING OF FIRE |
Red cayenne peppers, 3”, very hot |
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EGGPLANTS
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DUSKY |
Early purple bell shaped fruit,
sturdy plants |
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ORIENT EXPRESS
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Long oriental type, very productive |
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OTHER VEGGIE STARTS
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Broccoli |
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Cabbage |
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Cauliflower |
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Leek Plants |
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Onion Plants - Walla Walla, Candy,
Prince, Superstar, Red Bull |
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Salad Mix (Mesclun) |
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Shallot Plants |
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Spinach |
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Lettuce - leaf, head, etc. |
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Tomatillos |
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EDIBLE FLOWERS
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Nasturtiums, both clumping and
trailing |
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Pansies, lots of pansies and violas |
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More!! |
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| HERBS |
MISC. EDIBLES |
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Chives |
Tribute Everbearing Strawberries |
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Dill |
Alpine Strawberries |
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Garlic Chives |
Seed Potatoes - Yukon Gold, Red
Norland, Sierra Russet |
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Lavender-Grosso & Hidcote |
Asparagus Crowns - Jersey Giant |
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Mints-spearmint, chocolate, orange, ginger |
Horseradish (a few) |
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Oregano - Greek and Hot and Spicy |
Blackberry - Triple Crown Thornless |
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Parsley-Italian and Curly |
Raspberry starts - red and Fall Gold,
also Black Raspberry Logan |
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Rosemary-Arp,Prostratus, Tuscan Blue |
Blueberries (see separate section for
Blueberries) |
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Sweet
Basil (in June) |
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Sweet Marjoram |
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| Tarragon - French |
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Thyme - English, French, Variegated Lemon, Red Creeping,
Wooly |
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HARDY GRAPES
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Grapes can be added to the
landscape on trellises or arbors, providing
shade in summer and allowing the light in during
the winter months. They require some pruning
every year to increase production. You can make
your own wreaths by twisting the cut off canes!
They have deep roots and should be planted in a
good hole with compost, bone meal and organic
fertilizer. Water them deeply and infrequently
to encourage deep roots.
These are
one year old plants. Our short season makes
growing grapes tricky because they don’t always
have time to ripen properly. These varieties
should work for us. One gallon size is $10 and
two gallon size is $12. Quantities limited!! |
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SEEDLESS CONCORD-Same rich grapey
taste as the old seedless variety but this one is
seedless, and earlier too. Vigorous, productive vines.
Ripens in September |
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HIMROD-White seedless
table grape, also good for making wine. Loose clusters
of honey-like flavored grapes with a melting, juicy
texture. Ripens in September
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RELIANCE-Glossy red or pink seedless fruit with tender
skin. Juicy flesh, exceptional flavor. Ripens in
August.
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RASPBERRIES AND
BLACKBERRIES
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All our berries are hardy in
this climate. Sometimes the conditions in
early winter (such as a really hard freeze
after a warm fall) can damage the new canes,
resulting in low or no production the
following year, but generally only
blackberries are affected this way |
What we offer:
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Red
Raspberries,
Canby and Thornless |
Dug from our own
patch. Very Hardy |
 Black Raspberry Logan |
Uniquely flavored
smallish, semi tart |
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 Fall Gold everbearing
yellow |
Two crops a year of
sweet fruit |
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Triple Crown
Blackberry |
Thornless arching
canes, big sweet berries
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How
to plant raspberries:
Cane berries prefer a deep, well-drained, fertile soil
and typically bear fruit on 2-year old wood with
everbearers producing on first-year wood.
Space
plants 2'-3' in a row with 8'-10' between rows. Dig a hole large enough to
encompass the roots without bending or circling.
Incorporate soil amendments such as bone meal and
manure and/or compost, or a balanced fertilizer,
preferably organic. Set the plant in place so the crown
(part of the plant where the roots meet the stem) is
about 1-2" below the soil surface. Cover with soil to
the original soil surface and water deeply to encourage
deep roots. Keep watered as needed during the summer.
Raspberries spread rapidly so allow space in the bed or
prepare to maintain rows by digging out starts. Train
them on wires. After the first year, thin the canes to
about five stems per crown, or cut out any stems smaller
than a pencil or larger, just leaving the best canes.
Tip prune the fruiting canes in spring to encourage
lateral branching.
Triple Crown Blackberries can be planted about
4-6’ apart in the row. Train the canes between wires
about 2-3’ apart. They bear on year old wood. Cut spent
stems out after fruiting or in early spring. They will
eventually spread wider by underground runners.
Blueberry bushes
not only provide fresh fruit but also can be
used as a source of fall color in a landscape
planting. Even their winter wood is attractive.
They do quite nicely with other shrubs that like
acid soil or as a hedge or specimen. Their
shallow roots need soils that hold moisture well
but are also well drained. Since they require
acid soil, use plenty of peat moss in the hole
when planting and feed with azaleas and
rhododendron food, blood meal or ammonium
sulfate. Blueberry roots are close to the soil
surface and need to be protected against
competing weeds. Mulching is the recommended
method of weed control around plants; pine
needles work fine.
Blueberries will self-pollinate, but yield and
size is improved with cross-pollination by two
varieties that bloom at the same time. Ours are
either early midseason or mid season. Our
blueberries are one year old plants offered in
one gallon pots for $10.
We offer the following high bush types:
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BLUEGOLD - Midseason. Compact plant,
about 4’x4’. Very high production of sweet,
flavorful, fruit over a long season. Golden fall
foliage and winter branches.
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BLUEJAY - Early Midseason - This
extremely vigorous variety will grow almost
twice as fast as most other blueberries. Ample
crops of medium size, mild flavored fruits
growing in open, loose, easy to pick clusters
that stay on the stem without loss. Bluejay is a
large shrub, growing 6-7 feet tall with light
green summer foliage, yellow-orange leaves in
fall, and bright yellow winter wood color. |
DUKE
- Midseason-Blooms late but bears in
July. Heavy producer of medium sized, firm,
light blue fruit good for pies or eating. 4’
tall x 6’ wide. Orange/burnt yellow fall
foliage. |
REKA - Early Midseason. Developed in
New Zealand. Fast growing, with excellent flavor
on 4-6‘ plants. Burgundy red fall foliage.
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TORO - Midseason. Heavy crops of very
large fruit, sets well in bad spring weather.
Pink flowers and bronze spring foliage, red in
fall and winter. Plant is 4-6‘ tall. 2-gallon
size only. |
How dull life would be without
flowers! We grow a unique selection of fun
plants for your pots and baskets that you may
not find anywhere else. We love trailing
petunias and offer many shapes and sizes
including the new Petchoas which are a cross
between Million Bells and petunias. There are
three colors of Bacopa, new Ivy Geraniums, new
Nemesia colors, and Scaevola, or Fan Flower. The
dwarf dahlias have been so popular in past years
that we have five colors this year. Tuberous
Begonias are easy in cool sun or shade and we’ve
added Boliviensis, which mounds then trails. The
following is just a partial list. We grow some
things from seed that are not listed, including
a large selection of pansies that you will not
find anywhere else, a few petunias, lobelia and
both trailing and mounding nasturtiums.
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Bacopa Great Pink Ring |
Bacopa Gulliver Blue |
Bacopa Gulliver White |
Begonia Bonfire Scarlet |
Begonia Tuberous
Non Stop Mix |
Bidens Mexican Gold Compact |
Cuphea Mello
Yellow |
Dahlia Goldahlia
Orange |
Dahlia Goldalia
Rose Bicolor |
Dahlia Goldahlia
Scarlet |
Dahlia Hypnotica
Rose Bicolor
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Dahlia Maxi Colima |
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Diascia Darla Appleblossom
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Diascia Darla Orange |
Diascia Darla
Red |
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Euphorbia Euphoric
White |
Ivy Geranium
Contessa Burgundy
Bicolor |
Geranium Ivy Contessa Purple
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Geranium Ivy Freestyle Arctic Red
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Geranium Ivy Freestyle Pink
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Lobelia Techno Heat
Dark Blue
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Lobelia Techno Heat
Upright Blue
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Nemesia Angelart
Pineapple
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Nemesia Angelart Raspberry
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Osteospermum
Margarita Lemon
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Osteospermum
Margarita
Pink Flare
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Osteospermum
Zion Copper Amethyst |
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Petchoa Supercal
Neon Rose
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Petchoa Supercal
Terra Cotta
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Petchoa Supercal
Velvet
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Petunia Cascadias
Violet Skirt
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Petunia Double
Wave Blue
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Petunia Easy Wave Burgundy
Star
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Petunia Easy Wave-
many colors
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Petunia Trailing
Sanguna
Burgundy
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Petunia, trailing
Wave Purple |
Petunia, trailing
Whispers White |
Scaevola Diamond
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Scaevola Suntastic
Yellow
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Thunbergia Sunny Susy
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Verbena Lanai Peach |
Verbena Upright Lanai Purple Mosiac
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NEW AND
FEATURED PERENNIALS
FOR 2012
Lots of newer cultivars to please the
perennial lover! Great twists on old favorites
such as the fabulous New Millenium Delphiniums
from New Zealand and the hottest new thread leaf
coreopsis Big Bang series. If you want Oriental
Poppies, this is the place-we have a huge
selection! All our perennials are selected for
their hardiness and many are deer resistant. You
can be assured that our plants are “grown tough”
and will thrive in your garden. We harden off
our plants, getting them outside as early as
possible. They are not babied at any stage. They
usually bloom at their normal time so as the
season goes by you can see what’s in bloom in
our perennial circle and what blooms with what.
Our one gallon size is still $6.50 at market but
if you come to the farm before June 15 and buy
out of bloom, we charge $5.00, with a few
exceptions. Two gallon plants are still $9.00
and perfect to pop right in that hole before
company comes or you expect the garden club next
week!
CLICK ON ANY OF THE
PICTURES TO SEE A LARGER PICTURE.
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Achillea ‘Paprika’
-Beautiful red yarrow, not invasive |
Astrantia major ‘Ruby
Cloud’-30”, likes damp shade |
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Bergenia cordifolia ‘Pink
Dragonfly’-charming 12-15” evergreen |
Buddleia 'Butterfly Heaven"Compact
variety, sweet lavender flowers
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Campanula
'Dickson's Gold'
Gold foliaged ground cover |
Coral Bells 'Firefly'
Loads of scarlet bell shaped flowers |
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Coreopsis Big Bang 'Redshift'
Long blooming, 24-30" |
Coreopsis Big Bang 'Star Cluster'
Long blooming,
18" mound |
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Daylilly 'Brave Heart'
Reblooming raspberry flowers |
Delphinium 'Double Innocence'
6', double pure white flowers |
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Delphinium Magic Fountains
Mix-
sturdy dwarf delphs in many colors |
Delphinium. Magic Fountains
Dk. Blue/white bee-beautiful blue dwarf |
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Delphinium 'Misty Mauves'
3' lovely lavenders and purples |
Delphinium 'New Millenium Stars'
3-5' strong stems, wonderful colors |
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Delphinium. Pacific Giants
Blue Bird-
tall bright blue, white bee |
Delphinium 'Pink Punch' Big, beautiful
mulberry flowers |
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Dianthus deltoids 'Confetti Cherry Red'
Bright color for rock garden, front of
border |
Dianthus Scent First 'Passion'
Fragrant, dark red mini carnation |
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Dicentra spectabilis-
Pink
Bleeding Hearts-
classic charm in the June garden |
Dicentra spectabilis
Alba-
white version, smaller |
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Digitalils 'Foxy'
Not new, but wonderful, long lived |
Digitalis 'Polka Dot Pippa'
Rose and apricot bells-lovely |
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Digitalis Grandiflora
Yellow bells, love shady woodlands |
Geranium himalayense
‘Birch’s Double’-
soft 1” mound with lilac
flowers |
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Geum 'Blazing Sunset'
Red double flowers, long blooming |
Geum Mrs. Bradshaw-Hot
color for early summer |
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Hollyhock 'Mars Magic'
True perennial hollyhock |
Iris ensata ‘Gusto’-
Tall
Japanese Iris |
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Iris siberica “Silver
Edge”-Medium blue with silvery edge |
Iris sberica
‘Temper
Tantrum’-
Lavender-purple flowers with distinct
blue markings |
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Iris siberica “Victorian
Secret”-Mauve purple and white |
Lily of the Valley
Fragrant little white bells in late Spring |
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Oriental Poppy 'Fruit Punch Mix'
Mix of many colors including plum and pink |
Oriental Poppy 'Haremstraum Mix'
Another mix, includes white, mahogany |
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Papaver orientale
‘Miss
Piggy’-
giant frilly pink/white flowers |
Penstemon Mexicali 'Sunburst Ruby'
Hardy and long blooming rose flowers |
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Polemonium reptans
‘Stairway to Heaven’-Variegated Polemonium, blue
flowers, shade |
Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm'
Golden blooms late summer onwards |
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Russian Sage
Tall, bushy, blue, drought and deer
resistant |
Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’-
Vibrant
purple flowers, dark stems |
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Salvia nemorosa
‘Sensation
Rose’-
Compact 12” plant nice for containers |
Salvia superba
‘Merleau
Blue’-
1” Gold Medal Winner |
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Shasta Daisy 'Aglaia'
Semi double, frilled flowers, 24" plant |
Shasta Daisy 'Brightside'
Improved 'Becky'-tall single daisies |
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Sidalcea oregana
‘Brilliant’-
25” mini Hollyhocks |
Trollius 'Golden Queen'
Golden orange flowers on 30" plant |
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Veronica spicata
‘Giles van
Hees’-
6” charm for front of border |
Veronica spicata
‘Goodness
Grows’-
long blooming, beautiful blue |
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Veronica spicata
‘Red
Fox’-
15” rose spikes |
Yarrow 'Strawberry Seduction'
Warm red flowers in early summer |
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This is just a partial list.
We have many other varieties!! |
Back from last year are
salvias, veronicas, sidalcea, dwarf bergenia and
many more. |
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Getting married and
love the country look? Having a
nice party? Consider us for garden
bouquets for your event. Depending
on the season, we offer mixed
bouquets and arrangements from our gardens at a much
lower price than a florist. We can
also order in whatever flowers you
desire and work closely with our
favorite designer, Julie Moore, who
is a professional floral designer.
Here’s a link to Julie’s site:
www.floralsbyjulie.com She is
very innovative in her use of
flowers and her big smile will make
you very comfortable. We know that
you will be thrilled with our
flowers and our prices.
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Can we
make up a special basket for you?
Just email us and we can send a
flyer or come see the whole selection at the farm nursery and pick out
plants for your own pots and containers. There’s signs and big
color tags to help you choose!
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