The Cactus Dahlia Purple Gem, \’Dahlia\’, a spring planted tuberous root, produces endless supplies of purple, 6 inch flowers all summer long. The Cactus Dahlia take their name from their unusual pointed, narrow petals. Dahlia\’s are ideal for cut flowers, borders, containers, and massings. They tend to bloom for long periods, and few plants offer as much variety and showy flowers as the Dahlia. They do best in well drained, humus rich soils.
The Grass \’Oriental Fountain Grass Tall Tales\’, Pennisetum orientale `Tall Tales\’, is upright and arching. Wonderful in the border plantings or in planters, this beautiful and elegant Pennisetum is prized for its showy pink flowers. One of the longest blooming and best clumping grasses. Prefers well-draining soil in full sun, but tolerates partial shade. Also tolerant of high temperatures, high humidity, high wind, drought, acidic to alkaline soils, and is pest free. Makes a dramatic statement anywhere in the landscape.
The Columbine Rocky Mountain Blue, \’Aquilegea caerulea\’, contains nectar in the tip of the petal\’s narrow spur that can only be reached by hummingbirds. It is the state flower of Colorado. This is a great addition to any perennial garden. The 2 inch or longer blue and white flowers appear atop wiry stems. Plant in early spring or as late as 2 months before the first fall frost. The Columbine Rocky Mountain Blue is used in rock gardens, border plants, and for cut flowers.
The Petunia Surfinia Magenta, \’Petunia hybrids\’, are brilliant in color and are very low maintenance. Surfinia Petunias are the most vigorous cascading petunias available. The densely branched foliage and masses of blooms can trail to 4 feet per season. The Surfinia Magenta Petunia has beautiful purple flowers. Surfinia Petunias are a vigorously trailing species of an everblooming long-living petunia from South America. They do not need to have their dead flower heads removed to continue flowering and they are not leggy. For zones 9-11, this plant can also be a perennial.
The Shogun Dahlia Osako, \’Dahlia\’, a spring planted tuberous root, has yellow flowers with white tips. This Japanese bred Dahlia produces masses of large blooms from July until frost. Dahlia\’s are ideal for cut flowers, borders, containers, and massings. They tend to bloom for long periods, and few plants offer as much variety and showy flowers as the Dahlia.
The Allium \’Mt. Everest\’, \’Allium Hybrid\’, a fall planted ornamental onion bulb, will produce creamy white flowers. This tall Allium hybrid produces large 6\” spheres of creamy white flowers - like giant snowballs. The plants are vigorous and the flowers are long-lasting. Plant in groups of ten or more for an eye catching focal point. Alliums prefer to be dry during their dormancy.The Allium Mt. Everest is ideal for mass plantings, borders, and cut flowers. Mt. Everest has a bloom period of about 3 weeks and they bloom in late spring to early summer.
Gardeners Delight Cherry Tomato
The Tomato Cherry Gardeners Delight, \’Lycopersicon lycopersicum\’, is quite possibly the best tasting little tomato in the world. Gardeners Delight is very sweet and is great on salads or eaten in the garden. Several reviews proclaim this the best flavored cherry tomato. Gardeners Delight has clusters of 6 to 12 tomatoes all summer. Every garden has to have a cherry tomato plant for popping a few of these sweet delights into your mouth while gardening. Prune the intermediate tomatoes in order to keep a single stem.
