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Don Quichotte Triumph Tulip

The Tulip \’Don Quichotte\’, \’Tulipa triumph\’, a fall planted bulb, produce striking pink flowers. Don Quichotte has one of the best vibrant pink flowers and they are great when used in mass palntings. Triumph Tulips are the largest and one of the most important class of Tulips. They come in every possible shade of color possible for tulips, including some wonderful pastels. They are particularly esteemed for their beautiful, traditional \”tulip\” flower shape. Triumph tulips respond well to a cooling period of six weeks in the fridge prior to planting.

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Catnip

The Catnip, \’Nepeta cataria\’, is a plant that will allow you to enjoy a cup of catnip tea while watching your cats frolic in a patch of this fragrant, attractive plant. The tea is very pleasant and has a lemon-mint flavor and fragrance. Along with fresh catnip planted in pots indoors, fresh catnip toys will provide your cats with hours of fun. The tubular flowers are 1/4 to 1/2 inches wide and are massed on spikes. Catnip is used for very informal perennial beds, dried for cat toys, or tea.

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Blue Spike Grape Hyacinth

The Grape Hyacinth \’Blue Spike\’, \’Muscari armeniacum\’, a fall planted bulb, produce unassuming flowers that add a sweet, fragrant touch to the spring garden. The lush clusters of double-plump lavender blue flowers form a compact cluster that looks like an upside-down bunch of grapes. The flowers remain beautiful for a long time, and they are very attractive to bees. They are excellent as cut flowers, for rock gardens, beds, borders, and under trees and bushes. Try planting a large drift of Muscari armeniacum in your garden for a flowing effect.

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Florence-Finocchio Fennel

The Fennel Florence Finocchio, \’Foenicucum vulgare var. azoricum\’, is grown as a vegetable for the succulent, sweet, licorice-flavored bulbs or as a herb for the delicately flavored feathery foliage. If you have never had fennel bulb, you are missing a treat. It can be eaten raw or used very effectively in soups, deep fried, in pasta or sauteed. Fennel does best in well drained, sandy soils with lots of organic matter. They need to be kept moist.

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Rocky Mountain Blue Penstemon

The Penstemon Rocky Mountain Blue, \’Penstemon strictus\’, has elegant bluish purple spikes of tubular flowers that lend a touch of formality to the dry flower garden. Rocky Mountain Penstemon enhances the garden twelve months of the year. The exquisite blue flower spikes are followed by graceful seed pods. In winter, evergreen basal rosettes turn from green to reddish purple, shrugging temperatures well below zero. The Rocky Mountain Blue are used for wildflower plantings, borders and as cut flowers. They also attract butterflies.

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Jetfire Cyclamineus Daffodil

The Daffodil \’Jetfire\’, \’ Narcissi cyclamineus\’, a fall planted bulb, is a unique free-blooming variety with lovely orange-red cups surrounded by backwards curved petals. This strong performer is excellent for naturalizing and it will come back more lush and beautiful each year. The blossoms last up to 4 weeks and appear in very early spring. If necessary, very large clumps of bulbs can be lifted as soon as the leaves wither, and then they can be divided and replanted as soon as possible. The plants are deer, rabbit, and squirrel resistant.

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Big Chief Darwin Hybrid Tulip

The Tulip \’Big Chief\’, \’Tulipa darwin hybrid\’, a fall planted bulb, displays an unusual flower that is rosy salmon with a silvery glow and yellow base. The huge, perfectly shaped, long-lasting bloom is borne atop a thick, sturdy stem and will multiply year after year. Plant tulips in beds of 25 to 50 for a spectacular spring show. Combine with taller perennials for continuous color. If possible, plant in a somewhat sheltered location. These tulips are excellent for warmer climatic zones. Tulips are excellent for mass planting, cut flowers, and borders.

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