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EDIBLE
FLOWERS
Agastache
'Apricot Sprite' - Beautiful orange edible flowers atop long
spikes. Also a great bee and hummingbird flower. Perennial grows
to 2 ft.
Agastache 'Giant Yellow' - Wispy tall herb plant with edible
sweet yellow flowers. A great addition to the herb bed. Grows 5-6
ft. Perennial.
Amaranth "Love Lies Bleeding" - With beautiful
trailing red seed head this plant grows to about 3 ft tall. Mild
flavored leaves are rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and amino
acids. The grain has a very high protein content. Seed can be cooked
for cereal or ground into flour.
Please specify Green Leaf or Red Leaf.
Anise
Hyssop - Dried leaves used for seasoning and teas. Minty, rootbeer-like
flavor. Bees love it. Clusters of tiny violet flowers are sweet
and edible. Sprinkle over fruit desserts and salads. Perennial.
3-5 ft.
Bachelor Buttons - Also known as cornflower. These medium sized
carnation-like flowers come in a mix of blue, purple, fuschia, pink,
red & white. Height to 2 1/2 ft. Annual.
Bergamot - Also known as "bee balm" because bees love
it! When the bees aren't in it, the red-pink flower is a sweet edible.
Large flowers borne on tall stalks to 4 ft.
Borage - An old-time favorite in the vegetable garden, borage
is an excellent companion to tomatoes. Big blue-green fuzzy leaves
and small edible flowers which fade from blue to pink.
Calendula 'Flashback' organic seed
- A new variety of and old-fashioned garden favorite. This yellow
pot marigold has petals which are orange-yellow on the front and
maroon-red on the back. A great edible flower and traditional medicinal.
Dianthus 'China Pink' - small showy annual with dark green
foliage and bright single edible flowers of fuschia, pink or white.
This variety has no scent. A miniature relative of the carnation.
Dianthus 'Clove Pink' - Great groudcover and hardy annual
with small pink edible flowers.
Dianthus 'Double Gaiety' - Mixed red, pink, white and variegated
double carnation flowers which are both beautiful and edible.
Hibiscus 'Giant Red' - SW US native is an old-fashioned ornamental
tender perennial. In its second year 6-8 ft tall plants bear bright
scarlet blossoms like large hollyhocks. Needs a sunny and well protected
area. Petals are dried and used for flavoring in teas.
Hibiscus 'Palmate-Leaved' - An east India native this tender
perennial needs lots of sun and well-drained soil. 5 ft tall plants
bear pale yellow blossoms which can be harvested and dried for teas.
Marigold 'Signet Starfire' - Single old-fashioned marigolds
are a great vegetable garden addition. Anti-aphid properties, sweet
colorful faces, pleasant lemon verbena scent and they're edible.
Mixed colors - yellow, gold and cinnamon.
Marigold 'Tangerine Gem' - Uniform, small marigold plants
with single tangerine-colored blossoms. Cute orange blooms are great
in salads.
Copper Sunset Nasturtium - Luxuriant
semi-double blossoms in the coppery flame red of a summer sunset.
Mounding plants attract hummingbirds. People also love these edible
ornamentals.
Nasturtium 'Tom Thumb' - Dwarf single nasturtiums on small-sized
plants are a great option for container gardens. Half-ripe seeds
are used in mustard pickles or to make a "caper" alternative.
Nigella 'Love in a Mist' - Spiky blue flower on airy foliage
is very attractive in the garden. Dried seed pods are great in flower
arrangements.
Salsify Mammoth Sandwich Island - Winter shoots are a tasty
addition to salads. Roots taste like fried oysters when sliced and
fried. Edible Flowers. Perennial when mulched.
SUNFLOWERS
Autumn
Beauty Sunflower Mix - A beautiful mix of warm colors on multi-branching
plants. Some bicolored petals, all singles. Great sunflowers for
cutting. 4-6 ft.
Bright Bandolier Sunflower Mix - Sunny yellow and warm mahogany.
Medium-sized single flowers, one per stalk, 5-7 ft tall. Heat &
drought-tolerant.
Evening Sun Sunflower - Maroon flowers with exceptionally
dark center. Multi-branching plant grows to 6 ft.
Infrared Sunflower - Pollen-free dark red hybrid. 6 ft.
Italian White - White cream petals surround dark center. A smaller
sunflower at 4 ft tall.
Joker Sunflower - Multi-stemmed sunflower with bi-colored
heads of red with yellow tips. 5 ft tall.
Mammoth Grey Stripe Sunflower - Fast-growing, traditional big
yellow sunflower. Great for kids. Grows to 8-10 ft.
Mexican Sunflower - Not a true sunflower but a smaller bright
orange zinnia-type flower. A beautiful addition to the garden and
looks great mixed into your sunflower border.
Miriam Edible Sunflower - Golden yellow single petalled sunflower
with massive 9-14 inch heads. Grows to 6 ft.
Starburst Lemon Aura Sunflower - Small multi-branching sunflower
with lemony-yellow flowers. Grows to 4 ft.
Sun Samba Sunflower Mix- Big blooms on multi-stemmed plants
in lots of varieties including singles and doubles, yellow, gold,
red, burgundy, orange and cinnamon.
Sundak Sunflower - Standard, single, medium-sized head with
yellow petals. Grows to 5-6 ft. tall.
Sunzilla Sunflower - Very large single yellow head sunflower
produces a plethora of large seeds. Birds and kids love it! 10 to
14 ft!
Tarahumara Sunflower organic seed
- Large single flower has yellow petals and the tastiest
of seeds. A gourmet delight.
Tiger's Eye Sunflower Mix organic seed
- Multi-branched plants with large central eyes in a
variety of colors: yellow, bronze, gold, copper. Grows to 6-8 ft
tall.
SWEET
PEAS
April
in Paris Sweet Pea - This highly fragrant sweet pea is a lovely cream color with lilac tinted edges. Large ruffled blossoms. 6-8 ft vine.
Cupani's Original Sweet Pea - A fabulous bi-color sweet pea of dark maroon and light purple. Strongly scented. 6-8 ft vine.
Explorer Sweet Pea - Early blooming little bushy sweet peas
in a variety of playful colors - blue, red, pink, lavender, white.
Honey-scented. 2-3 ft vine.
North Shore Sweet Pea - This bi-colored sweet pea flower
has scalloped, ruffled edges. Deep purple and light violet. 6-8
ft vine.
Winter Elegance Sweet Pea - Early blooming bushy pea with
a variety of true colors. Each branch holds 5-6 large elegant flowers.
3-4 ft vine.
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