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January 31, 2011

Pink Verbena Tapestry

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Pink Verbena Tapestry

The Verbena Tapestry - (Pink), exhibits lacy leaves and a low-growing habit. The Pink Verbena has dainty flowers that bloom throughout the season. Season long blooms are just some of Tapestry\’s many virtures. These flowers are terrific as a ground cover or in baskets. They love the sun and will produce beautiful colorful flowers for your hanging baskets, pots, or window sills.

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Allstar June Bearing Strawberries

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Allstar June Bearing Strawberries

The Strawberry Allstar, Fragaria \’Allstar\’, a spring planted herbacious root, produces consistantly large, light colored strawberries year after year. The Strawberry Allstar is a June-bearing strawberry that is very disease resistant. It produces sweet, extra juicy berries and is very hardy.

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Paeonyflorus Rose of Sharon

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Paeonyflorus Rose of Sharon

The Paeonyflorus Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus Paeonyflorus, is an upright, deciduous shrub that is a vigorous, erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 8-12\’ tall. This shrub may also be trained as a single trunk tree or espalier. Leaves are diamond-shaped, dark green, slightly palmate and toothed. \’Paeonyflorus\’ bears double flowers in pink to wine color from late summer until mid-fall. Larger flowers may be obtained by pruning back hard to 2-3 buds in early spring. Otherwise, prune to shape.

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Butterhead- Kagraner Sommer Lettuce

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Butterhead- Kagraner Sommer Lettuce

The Lettuce Butterhead Kagraner Summer, \’Lactuca sativa\’, is a French butterhead also known as \’Butter Bow Head\’, and has tasty, well-formed medium sized heads that are slow to bolt in summer heat. The French butterhead was originally from Germany. It is excellent for window boxes, indoor pots, and is a cute border plant. The mild tasting leaves are soft and buttery. They will grow in light shade. Lettuce grows well near cabbage, beets, carrots, chives, garlic, and onion.

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Greek Mini Basil

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Greek Mini Basil

The Basil Greek Mini Yevani, \’Ocimum basilicum minimum\’, is a basil lover\’s treat. Yevani has a strong, spicy basil flavor that is a compliment to any tomato dish. The small mounding plant is excellent for containers. This small-leaved, 12 inch diameter, 6 inch tall mounded basil doesn\’t give anything to other basils in flavor. It has a very strong basil taste and fragrance that makes \”a little go a long way\”. Plant 1 to 2 weeks after the last average frost date. Place the Basil seeds in well drained soil with lots of organic matter.

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Shimmer Mixed Spiderwort

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Shimmer Mixed Spiderwort

The Spiderwort Shimmer Mixed, \’Tradescantia andersoniana\’, has compact and upright green foliage with large pink, lilac, blue, rose, mauve and occasional white flowers. The flowers open for one day but new blooms appear from June to October. With a plant height of 30\” and a spread of 24-36\”, it is one that should not be missed. `Shimmer Mixed\’ mixes beautifully with wild and naturalistic woodlands, in any perennial bed or as a border plant and attracts butterflies. Try `Shimmer Mixed\’ with Geranium `Johnson\’s Blue\’ or Alchemilla `Lady\’s Mantle\’. PPAF

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Bitternut Pecan

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Bitternut Pecan

The Bitternut Pecan tree, Carya brownii, is a large pecan hickory. It is also called , bitternut hickory, bitternut, bitter pecan tree, bitter pignut, butternut, butternut hickory, highland hickory, pig hickory, pignut, pignut hickory, pig walnut, redheart hickory,swamp hickory, white hickory, and yellow bud hickory.This deciduous species has wood that is dark brown close-grained. It also makes good fuel wood and is planted as an ornamental.

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