Obedient Plant – Miss Manners
The Physostegia Miss Manners, Physostegia virginiana, also know as Obedient Plant, has bright white spiked flowers that are 18 tall and a plant spread of 18-24. Miss Manners blooms from June to September and the waxy, dark green foliage makes this plant a little different from other white blooming perennials. Miss Manners needs a full sun area but will tolerate some afternoon shade, in well-drained soil. ? Miss Manners is not as aggressive as most other Physostegia. Use Miss Manners in borders, mixed plantings, massed plantings (especially to separate other colors), in large containers or as cut flowers. Try with darker colors such Hemerocallis Little Business, Platycodon Balloon Flower or Veronica Royal Candles.
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SuperGro Flower and Plant Kits
These new Complete SuperGro Flower and Plant Kits, with your long-lasting imprint and logo, are easy-to-plant, both outdoors and indoors in every season. Just plant the SuperGro in soil, add water and sunlight. Our patented biodegradable glue will dissolve and the seeds will be planted in the soil and ready to grow. Several different seed varieties available.
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Iris – Butter and Sugar
The Iris Butter and Sugar, Iris siberica, has creamy white butter-yellow flowers with greenish yellow veins. Blooming from late spring into summer, it has a plant height of 28 and a spread of 18-24. Iris Butter and Sugar is one of the most easily grown Iris. Iris Butter and Sugar prefers moist, well-drained soil in full sun, but will tolerate some afternoon shade. This Iris needs plenty of water throughout the season to continue to looks its best. The Iris Butter and Sugar has many uses. Best used around pools, ponds and water gardens, and for mass plantings. It can also be used in difficult banks and preventing erosion. They also make magnificent cut flowers and are resistant to deer.
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Zinnia – Magellan Scarlet
The Zinnia Magellan Scarlet, ‘Zinnia Elegans introduces more abundant Zinna growth than ever before! These fully double, petal-packed beauties reach up to 5 inches wide and arise profusely all over neat, well-branched little plants scarcely more than a foot high. The flowers are packed with layer after layer of petals, with a frilly yellow center to cap them off. Expect them to range from 4-5 inches wide, and to radiate rich, rose-infused coral hues over a long, long summer season. Perfect for the front of the annual bed, containers, or as accents in the patio garden and perennial border, Zinnia Magellan holds up its big, heavy blooms beautifully, almost vanishing beneath their beautiful heads at the height of the season.
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Gladiolus – Jester
The Gladiolus Jester, ‘Gladiolus Jester spring planted corm, exhibits magnificent yellow flowers with orange centers on tall stalks. Gladiolas are also commonly called Sword Lily or Corn Flag. Plant in groups of six or more in the garden, or grow lots of them for cuttings in a bed. To extend the time of flower availability of your Glads, plant in two week intervals from early spring through June. They make striking accents in a mixed border. Glads are easy to grow and like to be in full sun and in well drained soil. Increase water and fertility when flowers begin to develop, then plant 4″ deep in clay soils, 6″ deep in others; the deeper the planting the less need for staking. In frost prone areas, dig them when the leaves turn yellow, dip them in a fungicide, and store in a dry frost free location over winter.
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