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2016Agastache ‘Apache Sunset’ Agastache ‘Apricot Sprite’

Spikes of tubular flowers in rich shades of peach, orange, and rose provide striking contrast to the cool, silvery green, finely textured foliage. The leaves are profoundly aromatic, with scents akin to anise, mint or even root beer, depending on your olfactory inclination. A heavy bloomer from June to October, superb for cutting and attracting bees, hummingbirds and butterflies.

Apricot Sprite' is a splendid, long-blooming perennial filled with fragrance, soft color, and interesting texture. Its bicolor blooms of peachy apricot flute outwards on long, slender stems, attracting butterflies and hummingbirds. The fresh anise scent of the grayish-green lacy foliage intensifies in the summer heat. A pest- and disease-resistant and fuss-free North American native that deserves a place in every sunny border.

Agastache ‘Arizona Sun’ Agastache ‘Arizona Sunset’In the sensational new Arizona series, Arizona Sun is a compact and uniform, 10-inch plant, with bright sunny yellow, mint-scented tubular flowers. Blooms in abundance throughout summer and into the fall. Hummingbirds and other pollinators love this carefree and drought tolerant plant.

In the sensational new Arizona series, Arizona Sunset is a compact and uniform, 10-inch plant with licorice-scented, gray-green foliage. Peachy pink buds open to lavender pink tubular blooms on this very floriferous cultivar. Like other Agastache, Hummingbirds and other pollinators love this carefree and drought tolerant plant.

Agastache ‘Astello Indigo’ Agastache ‘Bolero’This European award-winner is an exciting breakthrough. Finally an Agastache than lends itself equally well to containers as to your mixed borders. The beautiful deep blue spikes stand 20 inches high and are held over dark green foliage and exude a minty fragrance. The spikes persist from midsummer through fall and are irresistible to butterflies and bees. A carefree joy, Indigo is stunning when planted ‘en masse’ in borders or landscape plantings.

Bring the easy care and pest resistance of traditional Agastache into your garden with this new longer-blooming, boldly colored form. ‘Bolero’ provides an endless show of color and scent. Licorice scented, deep bronze, lush foliage by mid-summer is topped with rosy-purple tubular flowers enclosed in a purple calyx that persists through the fall. This aromatic is truly magnificent. Craving only sunshine and well-drained soil this plant will attract every honeybee, butterfly and hummingbird in the neighborhood.

Agastache ‘Fragrant Delight’ Agastache ‘Globetrotter’ A kaleidoscope of brilliant colors garnish this lovely delight. Tubular raspberry, lilac and orange flowers in summer and fall sit a top lacy, fragrant leaves on bushy 2 foot tall plants. Like other Agastache, the highly aromatic foliage is irresistible to butterflies, bees and hummingbirds.

This new Agastache has unusual lilac-pink flower spikes with carmine-red bracts, on upright stems flush with aromatic soft green leaves. Like other Agastache, it will reward you all summer and into the fall. Hummingbirds and other pollinators love this carefree and drought tolerant plant.

Agastache ‘Sangria’ Agastache ‘Tango’This garden-worthy Hyssop is topped with a flourish by upright spires of pink-crimson flowers from July to October. As a bonus, the unique and refreshing lemon-scented foliage can be brewed for a one-of-a kind tea! Excellent plant for attracting birds, bees, and beneficial insects to your garden.

Oodles of sizzling hot and brilliant orange-red trumpets embellish the 12 to 16 inch tall dark stalks of Tango from late spring into fall. Like all Agastaches, Tango is a good nectar producer that attracts hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. A compact habit with good branching when compared to other cultivars. A great choice for containers, and one may not be enough. It takes two to tango!

Hopi Red Dye Amaranth Joseph’s Coat AmaranthWell known as dye plant to the southwestern Hopi Nation, this is a stunning and versatile ornamental. You will be delighted by its tender baby leaves that add a bright fuschia-pink accent to fresh salads and micro-green mixes. The plant matures to a stunning 4- to 6-foot eye-catcher with dark, purplish-red leaves and burgundy-red flowers. The flower bracts can be used as a natural red dye and also yield nutritious black seeds that can be cooked for cereal or ground into a gluten-free flower.

This edible known as ‘Chinese Spinach’ is more commonly grown for its stunning beauty. A featured plant of Monticello's floral gardens, this exceptional ornamental will add an explosion of color to your garden! It is a sturdy, large-leaved, heat-loving annual, of uniform habit with beautiful foliage in vivid combinations of yellow, orange-red and green. This plant will grow from 3 to 6 feet, but is usually cut back to encourage branching and delay flowering. It is utterly breathtaking in mass plantings and equally eye-catching in containers.

Asclepias Incarnata - Milkweed Asclepias Tuberosa - Butterfly WeedThese locally sourced Milkweed seeds will provide native breeding habitat for monarchs and a valuable nectar source for butterflies, bees, and other beneficial insects. Plant these no-maintenance treasures in your garden, sit back, enjoy the pink blossoms, the frenzy of activity and know you’ve payed a role in habitat restoration!

Commonly known as Butterfly Weed, Asclepias is a drought tolerant, native perennial with magnificent bright orange flowers concentrated in compact clusters atop branching stems. A non-stop bloomer from midsummer to autumn, the brightly colored flower clusters are followed by fruit and showy seed. The perfect choice for attracting butterflies and beneficial insects to your garden.

Asclepias Verticillata - Whorled Milkweed Bells of IrelandAlso known as Whorled Milkweed, this plant like other members of the family is a widely adaptable and tough native that is a deer- and rabbit-resistant food for larval butterflies. The fine-textured foliage provides a dark green backdrop for 3-inch clusters of white flowers that bloom anytime from June to September. Grey-green foliage turns yellow-orange in the fall for added interest. The mature plant reaches a height of around 2 feet. Help support the Monarch Habitat and add this to your garden landscape!

This showy 2- to 3-foot tall plant produces blossom spikes of papery, apple green, bell-shaped calyxes enveloping small white flowers. An extremely long-lasting and striking addition to both cut and dried arrangements. In the vase, it’s a perfect foil for more brightly colored annuals whilst adding form, structure, and interest in its own right. A self-sower that can usually be relied upon for years of successive blooms.

Blackberry Lily Calendula ‘Bronzed Beauty’This uncommon, easy-care perennial, too seldom seen in American gardens, features the foliage of an Iris, the blooms of a Lily, and unusual glossy black berries that form in clusters when its seedpods split open in fall. Long-blooming and very easy to grow, it is a fine addition to any planting. The jazzy, unusual blooms arriving mid-summer are borne at the end of long, wiry stems, reach 2 inches wide and have a rich orange base and liberal scarlet speckles. Fascinating to behold in the garden and often brought indoors for arrangements.

These 18- to 24-inch tall plants are covered with beautiful bicolor flowers boasting peachy-cream petals that fade to the palest yellow, ruby-coppery undersides and a delicious dark eye. This is a remarkable flower to watch unfurl. Both a great bedding plant and cutting flower.

Calendula ‘Kablouna Mix’ Calendula ‘Pacific Beauty Mix’This cottage garden delight features striking, crested , 2- to 3-inch, pincushion type blooms in brilliant citrus hues with unique contrasting fringe. The beautiful combination is not only great for attracting pollinators, the edible flowers and petals are lovely strewn across a summer salad. The blooms of this 1- to 2-foot tall plant are also ideal cut flowers.

This HEIRLOOM cottage garden plant known as “Pot Marigold” features lovely blooms up to 4 inches in hues of orange, yellow, apricot, peach and cream. The beautiful combination is not only great for attracting pollinators, the edible flowers and petals are lovely strewn across a summer salad. The blooms of this 1-2 foot tall plant are also ideal cut flowers.

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Calendula ‘Solar Flashback’ Castor Bean ‘Carmencita Red’A charming new release from renowned breeder Frank Morton that highlights the contrast between bright and light yellows, pinks, red and maroon. All the festive petals of these 2- to 3-inch blooms sport contrasting red backs giving the flowers a unique, flashy appearance. Expect a high percentage of double and semidouble flowers on long, strong stems.

Fast-growing with iridescent wine-colored foliage, red stems, bright red pods. Can be grown in large containers. Brilliantly colored seed pods make an exotic cut flower. Perennial in zones 8-10.

Castor Bean ‘New Zealand Purple’ White Queen CleomeA unique and uncommon variety, the New Zealand castor bean plant has enormous, deeply lobed, rich metallic bronze-purple leaves that seems to shimmer in the sun. One of the more showy specimens, its foliage, stems, and even seed pods are a deep purple. This variety will grow to 6- to 8-feet tall and produce red blooms in late summer and early fall. Grown as a big leafy specimen or as background plants, this lovely castor bean variety will add a fabulous tropical dimension to your garden. Seeds are highly poisonous.

An old fashioned favorite, also known as Spider Flower, cleome's large airy flowers bloom atop sturdy 4 foot stalks. A very stately centerpiece in the garden or as a cut flower for large arrangements. If pinched when about 6 inches tall, each plant will branch out to produce a half dozen or more blooms. A bright clean white.

Violet Queen Cleome Carpet Mix CosmosAn old fashioned favorite, also known as Spider Flower, cleome's large airy flowers bloom atop sturdy 4 foot stalks. A very stately centerpiece in the garden or as a cut flower for large arrangements. If pinched when about 6 inches tall, each plant will branch out to produce a half dozen or more blooms. A very pretty lavender.

Only a foot tall, these new cosmos with semi double 1 1/2 inch blooms in vibrant single shades of lemon, orange and red will add a splash of color to the veggie garden or make an eye-catching addition in front of your favorite flower bed or container garden.

Sonata Mix Cosmos Sonata White CosmosThis award winning variety in the Sonata series is prized for its floriferousness. Three-inch blooms float atop compact and bushy, 2-foot tall plants with fine, lacy foliage. In white, red and two shades of lavender pink, these plants will reward you with summer-long blooms! Strong stems and a long vase life make for an ideal cutting flower. Thrives in the sunny garden, attracts butterflies and compliments by the dozen.

This Fleuroselect Quality winner presents a mass of pristine white 3-inch blooms to complement every color in your garden all summer long! Not only a beautiful border flower, its compact habit lets this 2-foot tall plant make a statement all on its own. This charming and graceful addition to your landscape will reward you in spades with beauty and beneficials.

Xanthos Cosmos Four O’clock Lemon SwirlThis glorious new variety and Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner is an early and long flowering cosmos in a unique, soft, stunning yellow color. Expect this dwarf 20-inch plant to yield a profusion of 2½-inch blooms with petals that shade from primrose at the tips to golden at the base, surrounding a dark yellow center. Ideal for cut flowers and irresistible in your garden and containers.

This lovely four o'clock has lemon-yellow, white, and bicolor, funnel-shaped blooms with a sweet, citrus fragrance. While the flowers close up in the heat of day, they open in the early evening, stay open all night and will be there to great you each and every summer morning.

Gazania ‘Big Kiss White Flame’ Gomphrena ‘Las Vegas Mix’The huge 4-½ inch creamy blooms with bold rose stripes held high above full, bushy plants are simply stunning. This long blooming annual makes an eye-catching addition to your containers and the landscape.

The bushy globe amaranths in the Las Vegas Series offer continuous summer color and are ideal for container culture. Vibrant, beautiful and round, clover-like 1-inch blooms in pink, purple and white grace the tops of 2-foot stems. This carefree, heavy-bloomer thrives in hot conditions and has long-lasting flowers that are superb for cutting and dried arrangements.

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Gomphrena ‘Qis Red’ Gomphrena ‘Strawberry Fields’Behold and welcome the profusion of vibrant strawberry-red blooms of this variety. The neat, everlasting, clover-like, flowers sit atop 2-foot straight stems with narrow, gray-green leaves from summer to early fall. Like other Gomphrena, ‘Qis Red’ is heat tolerant, great for bedding, borders, cutting and drying.

Strawberry Fields is a little-known treasure that sports unusually deep, clear red flowers that resemble bright red strawberries with tiny yellow "seeds." The neat, everlasting, clover-like, flowers sit atop 2-foot straight stems with narrow, gray-green leaves from summer to early fall. Like other Gomphrena, Strawberry Fields is heat tolerant, great for bedding, borders, cutting and drying.

Hyacinth Bean Ruby Moon Lobelia Vulcan RedAward-winner with color all season. Green and wine-colored foliage, purple stems, lilac-rose blossoms and shiny, magenta pods (2-3"). While all parts of the plant are edible, it is recommended that the mature seeds be boiled before eating; used in Asian, Thai and Indian cooking. Useful as cut flowers; pods may also be dried.

The deep bronze foliage of this perennial forms a columnar, upright clump, topped with spikes of striking rich, fiery, cardinal red flowers from midsummer into early fall. This tall, showy, native cultivar is particularly effective when massed and the tubular flowers are a favorite of hummingbirds and butterflies.

African Marigold ‘Vanilla’ Kilimanjaro White MarigoldTaller and more upright than French Marigolds, African Marigolds are easy to grow and thrive under hot, dry conditions right up ’til frost. This aromatic plant yields fully double 3-inch creamy white blooms that stand in lovely contrast to the dark green foliage on robust, yet compact, well-branched plants. Excellent for beds, borders and large mixed containers.

Dwarf bushy marigold with lovely 2-inch double, creamy-white blooms atop 18” plants.

Lemon Gem Marigold Tangerine Gem MarigoldHundreds of petite, edible, golden flowers cover neat, low mounds of lacy foliage with a citrusy scent. When planted in trios, these long bloomers give the thick, rounded appearance of a small flowering shrub. Not only great for beds, borders and containers, the fragrant edible excels as a companion in the vegetable garden to repel unwanted guests.

Hundreds of bite-size, petite flowers cover neat, low mounds of lacy foliage with a citrusy scent. The long-blooming edible flowers are well-suited for beds, borders, containers and salads. Also an excellent companion plant for your veggie garden.

Moon Vine Morning Glory ‘Caprice’This fast-growing and breathtakingly fragrant climber will transform your evening garden! At twilight, the tightly-furled, long greenish-white buds unfurl to glowing, wide-open, 6-inch pure white blooms right before your eyes! This 6-foot vine is particularly effective on the patio, twining up porch railings, or set under windows, where the fragrance can be appreciated indoors and out.

This morning glory produces a wealth of trumpet-shaped, 2-inch, sky blue blooms embossed with a beautiful violet star. The blooms of this exceptionally long vine remain open well into the afternoon. Perfect for covering unsightly buildings, tumbling over fences, or decorating any vertical garden structure from the mailbox to the lamppost. Grows best in full sun.

Morning Glory ‘Flying Saucers’ Morning Glory ‘Heavenly Blue’If you are a morning glory lover, the huge 6-inch blooms of this spectacular HEIRLOOM will delight you. Each flower is different, but generally pure white offset by irregular blue pinwheel stripes, and sometimes blue flecks. Truly spectacular, these blooms flanked by heart-shaped leaves create a tropical effect. On cloudy days, the flowers stay open all day. A fast-growing, showy, care-free climber that performs best in full sun.

HEIRLOOM. 'Heavenly Blue' is the classic Morning Glory. Abundant and magnificent five inch cheerful bright blue blooms with creamy white throats arise from the attractive foliage of this fast-growing, dense, care-free climber. Perfect for covering unsightly buildings, tumbling over fences, or decorating any vertical garden structure from the mailbox to the lamppost. Grows best in full sun.

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Alaska Mix Nasturtium Caribbean Cocktail NasturtiumGreen and white variegated foliage. Improved strain of brilliant, single, 2-inch flowers in yellow, crimson, orange, salmon and cherry. Compact, mound-shaped plants. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.

The blending of pastels and bicolors in delicious shades of strawberry, raspberry, apricot, and cream. Result is an astonishingly soothing carpet of color. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.

Gleam Mix Nasturtium Jewel Mix NasturtiumThis All-American winner is a trailer, ideal for hanging baskets and moderate spreading, with vines that are substantially longer than Jewel Mix. Large double and semi-double blooms in creams, yellows, orange and reds will brighten up your pots and borders from midsummer until frost. The flowers and young leaves are edible with a spicy, peppery flavor akin to watercress. Great as a garnish or for adding zip to your salads!

A nice compact 15 to 18-inch plant with bright, colorful double blooms in yellow, orange and deep red held above light green foliage. Will reward you with blooms until frost. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.

Nasturtium Variegated Queen Nicotiana ‘Baby Bella Antique Red’Noteworthy for their attractive, white variegated foliage and beautiful flowers in a full range of color. Both leaves and flowers are edible with a peppery zing.

This Tinkerbell-type Nicotiana has a more compact, branching habit and larger flowers. Vigorous 2-foot plants, produce hundreds of 2½-inch deep plum-red flowers from July to October. The deliciously fragrant flowers of this landscape show-stopper are as attractive to the hummingbirds as they are to garden onlookers.

Nicotiana Perfume ‘Antique Lime' Nicotiana ‘Marshmallow’Eye-catching and upward facing, 2-inch star-shaped flowers, boast lime green flowers with sandy brown undersides. This heavy blooming 20-inch tall plant of the perfume series will fill your summer evenings with an intoxicating fragrance. Ideal for borders or containers.

This visually stunning cultivar of flowering tobacco will add stature, grace and fragrance to your summer borders. Large basal leaves give rise to masses of 24-inch stems topped with sweetly scented tubular flowers. The flowers fade through red, pink, and white to give the effect of a beautiful pastel tri-color plant. Pollinators, including hummingbirds, love it.

Nicotiana ‘Only the Lonely’ Pink Feather Pampas GrassWinner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, this beloved cultivar, also known as Woodland Tobacco, is a stunning accent plant. The largest of all the Nicotianas, the stately plant grows up to 5-feet tall. Bold, basal foliage is topped with clusters of pendulous pristine white intensely fragrant blooms. Only the Lonely deserves a place near a door, a kitchen window, or under your bedroom window where you can best enjoy the rich Jasmine-like perfume during the night.

This showy ornamental grass will create a spectacular, dramatic statement when planted in your garden. The fresh green foliage is topped by long, thick, elegant dusty-pink plumes late summer through fall. The plumes are often cut and dried for indoor use, or they can be left on the plant for wonderful winter interest. A truly elegant specimen for your landscape.

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White Feather Pampas Grass Petunia ‘Dolcissima Flambe’The ultimate architectural plant to add texture, autumn color, and winter form to your landscape. The graceful blades grow thickly to an average height of 3-feet, from which arise dozens of large stalks topped by creamy, silky plumes that dance in the breeze. Reaching an overall height of 6 to 8 feet, this is outstanding as a background or as an accent plant and will make a truly elegant addition to your garden. The feather-duster plumes are also a beautiful addition to cut and dried arrangements.

This Fleuroselect Quality Mark Winner is an Italian grandiflora cultivar. Brilliant, 3-inch, ruffled blooms suffused with shades of rose, lemon, and cream are held profusely over compact 10-inch plants. Expect masses of blooms in which no two petals are identical. The ideal choice for window boxes, hanging baskets, containers, or the front of a mixed border.

Petunia ‘Sparklers Mix’ California Poppy ‘Jelly Beans’This Petunia garnering the Fleuroselect Novelty

Award is entirely unique. Both the flowers and the greens are pointed, yielding perfectly star-shaped petunias amidst graceful, tapered foliage. This dynamic blend combines pinks, violets and purples, from pastel to deep jewel tones, and bicolors. These mounding 12-inch plants put on a magnificent display whether cascading out of hanging baskets or planted in borders and beds.

Fully double blooms in vibrant, irresistible colors of bubblegum pink, creamy yellow, tangerine, and raspberry red glisten above a mass of feathery blue-green foliage. While dainty in appearance, these annuals are tough, hardy, and thrive on neglect in poor, dry soils. The brilliant papery flowers are equally enticing to onlookers and pollinators.

California Poppy ‘Mission Bells’ Purple Love GrassGraceful, semi-double, bi-color flowers in gold, white, red and orange dance above finely cut grey-green foliage in this self-sowing and drought-tolerant annual. This 12-inch tall beauty is best utilized as a border plant en masse for a breathtaking display!

A perennial, warm season, native bunchgrass ideal for providing year-round interest to the landscape. Flat, coarse, green blades form a disorganized clump of foliage that typically rises to 10-inches tall. During the August bloom, florets form a fluffy and airy, reddish-purple cloud, lending a soothing purple haze and irresistible texture to the landscape. The light green summer foliage then transitions to a bronzy-red in the fall. Like other ornamental grasses, if allowed to persist, this Love Grass will continue to provide visual interest through the winter.

Rudbeckia ‘Cherry Brandy’ Runner Bean ‘Golden Sunshine’After growing Cherry Brandy, you'll never look at Rudbeckia the same way again! This powerhouse of a plant stands two feet tall and sends up dozens of velvety, long-lasting blooms in rich shades of red and mahogany with the trademark big black eye. The butterflies, bees, songbirds and neighbors alike will pay their respects and savor this old-fashioned favorite. Superb for cut flowers and dramatic in arrangements and bouquets.

An ornamental and edible, runner bean with glowing chartreuse leaves accentuated by scarlet-red flowers. The 6 to 8 foot vines produce loads of flat, green, tasty pods. Harvest as “snaps” when 4 to 6 inches long with beans just beginning to form in the pods; or, allow the seed to mature further for shell or dried use. A truly vibrant climbing specimen that will tolerate some cool, partially shaded areas better than other types of beans. Choose your perfect spot and let the magic unfold.

Statice ‘Iceberg’ Statice ‘Midnight Blue’This renowned and everlasting mainstay of traditional floral arrangements offers crisp white bracts atop stiff angular stems on a 30-inch plant. Iceberg retains its color for years when dried, rewarding you long after you have harvested it from your sunny border or rock garden. Harvest when blossoms have fully opened, either for fresh bouquets or for drying. Harvest often to encourage blooming.

Like a star-studded sky, this renowned and everlasting mainstay of traditional floral arrangements offers predominantly deep blue bracts, punctuated by a few crisp white ones. The tiny, papery blooms sit atop stiff angular stems on this 30-inch plant. It will thrive in your sunny border or rock garden. Harvest when blossoms have fully opened, either for fresh bouquets or for drying. Harvest often to encourage blooming.

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Strawflower Apricot/Peach Strawflower Monstrosum Fire BallA Strawflower Mix of bold, colorful, profuse bloomers. The three foot tall, well-branched plants produce loads of vibrant, 2 to 3 inch papery, daisy-like flowers that are stiff and everlasting when dried. Easy to grow, they tolerate both heat and drought.

Beautiful, fully double, 2 ½-inch fiery red blossoms, with glowing orange and yellow centers that develop with time highlight this 30- to 40-inch tall branching annual. Ideal as a cut flower, either fresh or dried.

Italian White Sunflower Lemon Eclair SunflowerA.k.a. Italian Greenheart, this unique multi-branching sunflower has creamy white, daisy-like, pointed petals with contrasting green to black centers. Grows 4 to 6 feet tall.

This eye-catching cultivar reaches 4-feet tall, has branching habit, with 4-inch distinctively double, lemon-colored blooms, with chocolate brown centers. Lemon Eclair are pollen free, making for a mess-free cut flower.

Sole D Oro Sunflower Sweet Pea ‘Cupani’s Original’These branching, 4-foot tall plants are covered with large, golden yellow, fully double blooms from July through the season’s end.

A fragrant bicolor in rich colors of purple and deep blue.

Sweet Pea ‘King Edward VII’ Sweet Pea ‘Mollie Rilestone’Of the hundreds of sweet peas available at the turn of the century, 'King Edward VII' is one of the few survivors! This stunning crimson colored and fragrant sweet pea is a superb HEIRLOOM of the grandiflora type that provides a dramatic and intoxicating accent.

An award-winning fragrant variety from England with long stems and wavy petals of cream edged in deep pink.

Sweet Pea ‘Old Spice’ Tassel Flower ‘Irish Poet’Climbing vines and tendrils give way to long stemmed, multicolored fragrant blooms to dazzle your senses.

RARE - The rediscovered light orange form of tassel flower, almost lost in the last 20 years. Little tufted paintbrush blossoms dance on the tops of curvy stems.Great in masses, or weaving among other annuals. Self sows.

Torch Tithonia Ursinia AnethoidesBest Tithonia for cutting. Flowers are 3 1/2 inches wide on strong branching plants with velvety dark green leaves. Blooms midsummer to frost. Loves hot dry sites. Once you have Tithonia in your garden, it’s hard to live without!

This South African native is a fast-growing, bushy 12- to 15-inch tall annual with feathery fern-like foliage and masses of long-lasting, Gazania-like 2- to 3-inch brilliant orange flowers that close at night and on cloudy days. This annual establishes quickly, blooms heavily for a long display in summer and fall, and will re-seed for another year of color. Great choice for the front of borders and patio containers.

Verbena Bonariensis Benary’s Giant Lime ZinniaThis well-loved beauty makes an architectural statement with rich lilac-purple flower clusters floating atop slender, willowy stems that stand un-staked up to 6 feet tall. Good see-through plant for a splash of color and in mass plantings.

Looking for an excellent cut flower? This recommendation by the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers yields masses of long, sturdy stems with 3- to 4-inch, fully double, dahlia-like chartreuse blooms. These are outstanding massed in the landscape, holding up well in summer heat and rain, and jaw-dropping in in mixed bouquets with an excellent vase life.

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Zinnia Cut & Come Again Zinnia IncaA gorgeous blend of double and single 2- to 3-inch blooms in a dazzling array of colors ranging from white to scarlet, yellow, salmon, pink, and more. These old-fashioned and long-lasting favorites will provide endless color for your flowerbeds, containers, and borders from midsummer until frost. The more you cut, the more they bloom. Heat-loving and very easy to grow.

This tall, strong-stemmed beauty is topped with arresting, vivid orange, 4-inch flowers and petals that twist and curl in the summer sun. The brilliant color coupled with the cactus flower form adds a stunning element to your summer landscape and bouquets.

Peggy’s Delight Zinnia Zinnia Profusion Double FireA more carefree and spirited version than a traditional zinnia, this unique variety displays edgy square petals in subtle tones of pink, orange, gold and apricot. Each flower, unlike the next, with a long-blooming display that is truly delightful!

This landscaping series is designed for large plantings or containers. Unlike the cutting Zinnias, Profusion is a dense, bushy, many-flowered little plant that covers ground and literally fills the garden with color. An All-America Selection Award winner, these plants have bushy habit, 14-inches high and a full 24-inches wide and are covered all season with cheerful, 2½- to 3-inch, rich, golden-orange, daisy-like, double blooms. An easy-to-grow show stopper!

Zinnia Profusion Double White Zinnia Queen Red LimeThis landscaping series is designed for large plantings or containers. Unlike the cutting Zinnias, Profusion is a dense, bushy, many-flowered little plant that covers ground and literally fills the garden with color. An All-America Selection Award winner, these plants have bushy habit, 14-inches high and a full 24-inches wide and are covered all season with clean white, 2½- to 3-inch, daisy-like, double blooms. An easy-to-grow show stopper!

These exotic and unusual bicolored Zinnias flaunt a stunning chromatic display of burgundy outer petals that gradually lighten to a creamy lime center, punctuated again by a central burgundy-pink eye. A mix of semi-double and fully double, 2- to 3-inch blooms are held atop sturdy stems on these 18-inch, well-branched plants. An eye-catching flower, ideal for long-lasting cut arrangements.

Zinnia ‘Senorita’ Super Cactus Lilac Emperor ZinniaWarm salmon-pink petals are curled at the tips and have an attractive tousled look. Welcome in the garden bed and also lovely for bouquets.

Takes magnificent to a whole new level! Impossibly tall stems hold up masses of huge, fully double 4- to 6-inch lilac blooms with unique needle-like petals. A superb and eye-catching cut flower.

Zinderella Peach ZinniaThis Fleuroselect Novelty Award winner is a scabiosa-flowered zinnia with exceptional and frilly, 2½-inch, peachy-salmon crested blooms with cream centers, and a striking dark eye. Long, strong stems and tufted blooms of this 24-inch plant make them a winning summer crop and wonderful bouquet addition.

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