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Mixed Colors Guinea-hen flower

The Guinea-Hen Flower \’Mixed Colors\’, \’Fritillaria Meleagris\’, a fall planted bulb, produces dainty purple and white bell-shaped flowers that are extraordinary textured, like a checkerboard. This species is native to Europe, where its bulbs usually grow in very moist locations. They are exquisite when naturalized with ferns, or in tall grass where they quickly form large colonies. The best results are achieved when the plants are not disturbed. This plant is great for mass planting, containers, rock gardens, and borders. They are also deer, rabbit, and squirrel resistant.

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Purple Beauty Sweet Bell Peppers

The Sweet Bell Pepper Purple Beauty, \’Capsicum annuum\’, is a compact plant with very meaty, thick-fleshed, sweet, purple peppers. It is unlike most peppers which start out green, this one starts out purple and provides color early in the season. This is another exciting pepper to add to your collection of beautiful sweet bell peppers. Plant in average garden soil with sufficient organic matter. Peppers use quite a bit of water but prefer to be watered deeply and not too often. Blossom pruning will improve fruit size. Pinch off about 50% of the flowers.

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St. Brigid Anemone

The Anemone St. Brigid, \’Anemone Coronaria\’, a spring planted herbacious root, produces gorgeous mixed colored flowers with small petals. This flower is also known as Japanese Anemone and is one of the best fall flowers to plant. The foliage is glossy and brilliant. Anemone are easily grown and do best in slightly shaded locations. They should be placed in well drained soil with lots of organic matter. The Anemone is very late in breaking out of the ground in the spring, so be careful with early spring cultivation.

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Baby Lima White Dixie Bean

The Bean Bush Baby Lima White Dixie Butter, \’Phaseolus lunatus\’, has white, small \”baby\” lima beans that have a delicious flavor and mature earlier than most limas. Fresh lima beans taste so different than store bought beans that you won\’t recognize them. The White Dixie Butter is sweet, tender and nutty. This bush lima ends up loaded with pods. Lima beans prefer deep, sandy and well drained soils. Pick the pods when they are bulging but before they begin to turn yellow and dry out.

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Harmony Dwarf Iris

The Dwarf Iris \’Harmony\’, \’Iris reticulata\’, a fall planted bulb, is a dainty dwarf iris which originally came from such areas as Turkey and the Caucasus. These Irises are cultivated on a fairly large scale. The slightly fragrant flower is relatively large, and the flower color ranges from pale blue to violet-purple. Harmony blooms very early in the spring. They are easy grow and they will come back year after year. If planted in good location, they will even multiply.

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Kin Tsai Chinese Celery

The Celery Chinese Kin-Tsai (Qin cai, Kun choi), \’Apium graveolens\’, is one of the most widely grown vegetables in China. The leaves have a strong celery flavor that is essential for Chinese cuisine. In China, Chinese Celery is an ancient vegetable. In 1972, bamboo slips, used to record recipes, were excavated from the Han dynasty tombs. The soil should be well drained and very fertile with lots of organic matter. Cut individual stems or harvest the whole plant about 1 inch above the ground.

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Paw Paw

The Paw Paw tree, Asimina triloba, is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree with short trunk and rounded top that presents a semi-tropical appearance. PawPaw trees average about 15\’ in height at maturity. It prospers in moist soils and when placed at the edge of a wooded area as an understory tree. It is recognized by its `sleepy\’ summer foliage and nodding bright purple flowers in the spring. Two trees are necessary for pollination reasons. Fall color is a brilliant yellow.

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