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Bachelor Buttons also known as Cornflowers bloom in 8-10 weeks and prefer cool temperatures. The flowers are fantastic pinks, whites, reds, and blues. A common wildflower species, they are drought and deer resistant and make wonderful cut and dried flowers. Attractive to butterflies. -
One of the best extra large flowers in a blend of deep rose, salmon, cream, pink, scarlet, white, mid blue, and crimson. Sow Mammoth Blend sweet pea seeds for the earliest sweet peas to bloom from late spring to early summer. Direct sow sweet pea seeds at three-week intervals for an extended bloom period. They have very large flowers on long stems, so they're a great cut flower. Their scent is more subdued than other sweet pea varieties. -
Use seeds, leaves, and flowers. Bright, sunny colors: yellow, pink, red, and orange. The edible flowers are popular for salads and as a garnish; the peppery leaves are also very flavorful. A colourful garden favorite. Flowers all summer long. Keep watered during dry weather, and do not fertilize. Excellent in window boxes, hanging baskets, or raised beds. Suitable for xeriscaping -
Nigella hispanica ‘Midnight’-African Bride Nigella seeds are also known as Love-in-a-Mist. Its delicate appearance belies its hardy, dependable nature. Each flower emerges from a tangle of lacy foliage. After blooming, curious-looking fruits ripen, dry, and eventually release seeds for the next season. These distinctive seed heads can be dried for flower arrangements. Everlasting flowers are grown especially for its spiky decorative seed pods. Germinates 10–14 days at 18° C. Grow on at 18-22 C. Set transplants 15-20 cm apart. For continuous bloom, direct seed weekly until June. Nigella grows 20–50cm tall.
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Specialty culinary herb. Young leaves taste like celery and are used in spring salads and with potato, rice, and poultry dishes. Roots and young stems are also edible. Young stems can be cut, peeled, and used in salads. Stems are smooth, hollow, and thick. Attracts Beneficial Insects: If allowed to flower, provides pollen and nectar for beneficial insects such as bees, hoverflies, lacewing larva, lady beetles, parasitic wasps, and tachinid flies.
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Perennial spicy flavoring plant. The leaves are thin, oblong, strongly serrated with walnut-mustard flavor. The period from germination to collect leaves is 20-25 days. Grown by sowing seeds in open ground. In the cooler months in full sun, and in the summer - in light shade. With regular watering the leaves become more tender and less taste bitter. Cutting is best done before flowering. Young, tender leaves are used in salads and as a garnish for sharp meat and fish dishes. Fresh leaves can be continuously harvested for various salads and yogurt dips.
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This delightful Japanese Catmint has many merits. Both the foliage and the flowers are fragrant. It blooms the first year from seed, unlike most perennials. It is upright and nicely branched, rather than sprawling. Make it a centerpiece of your containers and sunny-to-partly-shaded garden areas! Sister to Panther Dark Blue which walked off with the Bronze Medal at Holland's prestigious Plantarium competition in 2015. The attractive little plant is much more compact than other catmint species, standing just 20 cm high and 25 cm wide. The foliage is bright green, glossy, and toothed, releasing a strong, heavenly fragrance from spring through fall. Profuse bloomer! Medium to dark pink, these tubular flowers reach up to 5 cm long, held in nice clusters on the top of the plant. The blossoms are fragrant, and they begin in early summer and go right through into early fall. You'll be amazed by the flower power of this petite plant. -
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The attractive leaves of this tender perennial, which survives well in both an indoor and outdoor environment are delightfully sweet. They are slightly spicy tasting which is perfect for all meats, fish, and poultry. The pale pink flowers can be used in salads. -
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Anise is always grown in our gardens, they not only have attractive foliage but their seeds are harvested in our kitchens for soups, spreads, salad dressings, cakes, and cookies. Seeds and leaves carry a sweet, licorice-like flavor, make a comforting tea, or a tasty breath freshener. Many use Anise as a treatment for sore throats, indigestion, and flatulence. Anise essential oil is used to flavor licorice candy. Try the feathery leaves fresh in salads and soups. Umbrella-like clusters of tiny white flowers bloom in July, attract butterflies, bees, and beneficial insects. Seed heads attract birds. -
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Certified Organic. Sweet peas inside big, sweet pods combine for a delicious flavor treat. High yields of large, medium-green, flat pods follow white-flowered vines. High resistance to Fusarium wilt race 1, pea enation mosaic virus, and powdery mildew. Eat fresh, add to salads or use in a stir fry. -
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This early 1900’s introduction is the standard by which all the others are graded. Each large pod grows on 75 cm stems and has pods containing 7-9 peas. This main crop pea variety has been used by gardeners from coast to coast for more than 100 years. It has a distinct pea flavour which is superior and is excellent for freezing but like all peas are best straight out of the garden. -
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An improved version of the world-famous Sugar Snap pea, Super Snap typically matures 6 days earlier and boosts your yields with its double podding capability. Plumper pods are another improvement, and their crisp texture and sweet flavor are unmistakably Sugar Snap. Super Sugar snap pea seeds produce vigorous climbing vines that should be trellised. They will easily grow 2m or more in good soil. Peas love lots of sun and a trellis is essential to help prevent disease, breakage, and rust. Using a trellis aids in picking these sweet tender crunchy pods.