Geranium – Stardom Natalie
The Geranium Stardom Natalie, ‘Pelargonium x hybrids exhibits beautiful deep lavender flowers. Stardom geraniums, also known as floribundas, have double flowers which emerge early, and they produce many more flowers than zonal geraniums on spreading branches. Stardom geraniums are self-branching, requiring no pinching or growth regulators. One of the best kept secrets about Stardom geraniums is their garden performance as a groundcover in the landscape setting. Geraniums are one of your best choices for use in hanging baskets. Plant in ordinary well-drained soil. Over fertilization results in excessive foliage and few flowers. Fertilize lightly every 2 weeks. Pinching of the shoots will promote bushiness Remove spent flowers to enhance flowering.
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Ranunculus – Buttered Popcorn
The Buttered Popcorn Ranunculus repens, is a great ground cover that vigorously spreads to 4 Its broad finley cut leaves are silvery-green with a variegated chartreuse edge. It has delicate yellow flowers in late spring but is mostly grown for its striking foliage color. ‘Buttered Popcorn’ needs to be planted in a full sun location with well-drained soil.
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Pea – Edible Pod – Oregon Sugar Pod
The Pea Snow Oregon Sugar Pod ll, ‘Pisum sativum is a flat podded type pea that has great disease resistance and is tasty and stringless. This is one of those vegetables that tastes much better garden grown than from a store. The Oregon Sugar Pod ll produces a huge number of 4 inch tasty pods which are harvested and eaten when the pods are flat, before the seed forms. The short 28 inch plants are easy to manage and they are excellent for the freezer. Plant in the early spring, as soon as the soil can be worked. In mild climates, plant in the fall for winter harvest. Peas prefer well drained soil. Keep the plants moist but do get them over watered and soggy. Snow peas should be harvested before the seeds start to form. Peas that are too mature will cause the plant to stop producing.
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