Irish Moss is a hardy, low-growing, evergreen, perennial groundcover that is native to the northern Mediterranean region and Southern Europe, but can be found growing in gardens and lawns throughout the United States. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 1-2” and features deep green moss-like leaves and tiny white daisy-like flowers. This plant can be grown in a container, tolerates frost, and attracts bees.
Habanada Pepper is a heirloom, very tender, warm weather annual vegetable that was bred by Michael Mazourek at Cornell University in Ithaca, York. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 12-28” and features 2-2 1/2" heatless smooth, irregularly shaped peppers that ripen from white to green, gold, and bright orange when fully mature. This plant can be grown in a container, tolerates drought, is rabbit safe, and is edible!
Rose of Heaven is a clump-forming annual flower that is native to the Mediterranean region but can be commonly found growing in gardens as an ornamental across the United States. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 10” and features 2” bright pastel pink five petaled flowers that are starred with a magenta eye. This plant can be grown in a container, attracts bees and butterflies, is resistant to deer, and is great as a cut flower!
Oregon Stonecrop Sedum is a hardy, warm weather, sprawling perennial succulent groundcover that is native to the Western United States and can be commonly found growing on rock ledges, slopes, and gravelly ridges. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 1-6” and features green foliage that turns red with starry yellow flowers. This plant can be grown in a container, attracts bees, butterflies and other pollinators, is resistant to deer, tolerates drought and frost, and is also edible!
Dahlia Unwin Bedding is a warm weather tender annual wildflower that is native to Mexico and is commonly found growing on piedmonts and Mountains of coastal regions. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 16-24” and features blooms of single and semi double flowers in a mix of colors including bronze, salmon, apricot, orange, scarlet, crimson, yellow and lavender. This plant can be grown in a container, attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, is used to make an orange dye, can tolerate drought, is edible, and even great as a cut flower!
Pink Canterbury Bells is a biennial flower that is native to Italy and France that is commonly found growing in shady areas of moist woods and meadows, and along streams and ditches in the northwestern and northeastern United States. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 3' and features long, loose clusters of long lasting bell-shaped pink flowers. This plant is perfect for cut flowers, attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, is resistant to deer, makes dyes, and is also edible!
Coral Bells Firefly is a hardy cool weather perennial wildflower that is native to Arizona and New Mexico and is commonly found growing on cliffs, hills, and in alpine areas. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 12-19” and features thin, wiry stems, green heart-shaped foliage, and red bell-shaped nodding flowers. This plant can be grown in a container, attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, is resistant to deer and rabbits, and are great as a cut flower.
Moss Ross is a tender warm weather tender perennial/annual ground cover that is native to South America but can commonly be found growing throughout all but the northwestern United States. At maturity this plant reaches the height of 6” with an 18” spread and features small, bright green, semi succulent foliage and a profusion of 1” rose-like red double bloom flowers that don't stop until the first frost in fall. This plant can be grown in containers, attracts bees and butterflies, is drought and heat tolerant, is both edible and medicinal, and self sows!
Watercress is a semi-aquatic, cool weather, tender perennial herb that is native to Europe and Asia but can be commonly found growing along stream margins, river edges, ditches, and other shallow areas with cold, slow-flowing water throughout the United States. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 12-24” and features dark green hollow stems, green ovate to round pungent leaves that have scalloped edges, and fragrant white flowers and small pods of edible seeds. This plant can be grown in a container, tolerates light frost, and is both edible and medicinal!
Red Malabar spinach is a warm weather tender perennial ornamental leaf vegetable that is native to India and tropical Asia but is commonly found growing in gardens throughout the United States. At maturity, the vines of this plant reaches the length of 10' or longer, and features pink veined burgundy stems, thick glossy dark green heart-shaped leaves, white/pink elongated, jellybean shaped flowers, and
deep-purple to black berries. This plant can be grown in a container or hanging basket, is used to make dye, and is both edible and medicinal!
Appleblossom Snapdragon is a annual flower that is native to the western Mediterranean region, but can be commonly found growing in gardens throughout the United States. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 36” and features lance-shaped bright green leaves and large two lipped tubular soft pink flowers that resemble a closed mouth. This plant can be grown in a container, attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, is resistant to deer, tolerates drought and light frost, is used to make dyes, has aromatic properties, and is great as a cut flower!
False Goats Beard is a tender warm weather perennial flower that is native to northeast China and Mongolia, but can be commonly found growing in open forests, meadows, and along riversides throughout the United States. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 24” and features upright slender stems, green fern-like foliage, and plume-like pink flowers. This plant can be grown in a container, attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and moths, is great a cut flower, and is edible!
Pink Nodding Onion is a clump forming cool weather perennial wildflower that is native to the United States and can be commonly found growing in dry to moist prairies, along stream banks, and in moist areas at high altitudes. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 18-24” and features light green grass-like leaves, a long stalk that nods at its end, and small umbels of pink and white flowers. This plant can be grown in a container, attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, provides bird forage, repels moles, rodents, moths and other insects, tolerates deer, tolerates drought and frost, self sows, and is both edible and medicinal!
Winged Everlasting is a cool weather tender perennial flower that is native to Australia but can be commonly found growing in woodlands, grasslands, and along roadsides throughout the Southeastern United States. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 28-36”, and features stiff winged stems and 1/2”-3/4” golden centered flowers with white paper like petals. This plant attracts bees, butterflies, and hoverflies, tolerates light frost, self sows, and is great as dried for cut flower.
White Sage is a native tender, aromatic, evergreen perennial shrub that is commonly found growing on dry slopes below 5,000 ft. throughout California and Northwest Mexico. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 3-4' and features a woody branching shrub that has silvery blue foliage and white/lavender flowers. This plant attracts bees, butterflies, and provides bird forage, is aromatic, tolerates drought and light frost, and is both edible and medicinal!
Globe Gilia is a native annual flower that is commonly found growing on dry, open plains, on slopes, chaparral banks, and long roadsides throughout the eastern United States. At maturity, this plant reaches a height of 12-24” and features lacy green foliage, and globe-shaped clusters of small lavender/blue flowers. This plant attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, is drought tolerant, self sows, and is great as a cut flower.
Carpet of Snow Sweet Alyssum is a cool weather mat-forming annual flower that is native to the Mediterranean region but can be commonly found growing on sandy beaches and dunes throughout the western, eastern, and southern United States. At maturity, this plant grows to the height of 6” features spreading mounds of well-branched stems full of tiny, white, 4 petaled flowers with yellow centers! This plant can be grown in a container or hanging basket, attracts bees, butterflies, tolerates drought, it is edible and even has medicinal, properties!
Flamingo Swiss Chard is a heirloom, semi hardy, cool weather biennial vegetable that is native to the Mediterranean region, but can be found growing in gardens throughout the United States since 1857. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 16” and features chard with bright pink stalks and crumpled dark green leaves. This plant can be grown in a container, is horse and rabbit safe, tolerates drought and light frost, and is both edible and medicinal!
Dwarf Pink Sweet Alyssum is a cool weather mat-forming annual flower that is native to the Mediterranean region but can be commonly found growing on sandy beaches and dunes throughout the western, eastern, and southern United States. At maturity, this plant features spreading mounds of well-branched stems full of tiny, pink, 4 petaled flowers with yellow centers! This plant can be grown in a container or hanging basket, attracts bees, butterflies, tolerates drought, it is edible and even has medicinal, properties!
Pepper Cress is an biennial herb that is native to Europe and the Middle East but can be commonly found growing throughout the northern United States. At maturity, this plant reaches the height of 12” and features slender fern-like leaves and tender lime green stems. This plant can be grown in a container, tolerates light frost, is both edible and medicinal, and self sows!
Bolivian Rainbow Pepper is a heirloom, very tender, warm weather annual vegetable that is native to Bolivia, but can be commonly found growing in gardens throughout the United States. At maturity, the plant reaches the height of 18-24” and features 1-2" Christmas bulb shaped hot peppers that begin a cream color and turn purple, golden, orange and finally red as they mature. This plant can be grown in a container, tolerates drought, is used to make an insect repellent, and is both edible and medicinal!
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