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 | Bloomsdale Spinach
The Spinach Bloomsdale, 'Spinacia oleracea', is an old favorite amongst gardeners. The Bloomsdale has excellent flavor and produces large quantities of tasty leaves. If you are new to gardening, try fresh spinach in the garden, the buttery flavor will win you over. Spinach is also very nutritious with lots of Vitamin A, C, and iron and is low in calories. Harvest individual leaves from outer edges as they become big enough to use or cut the whole plant 1 inch above the base and new leaves will grow.
$1.79
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 | Blue Boy Bachelor Button
The Bachelor Button Blue Boy, 'Centaurea cyanus', displays sky blue flowers that are attractive as cut or dried flowers. The Bachelor Button Blue Boy, also known as Cornflower, has other admirable traits including drought tolerance. Bachelor Button will naturalize the seed the plant drops. It readily comes back the next year to produce another crop of blue flowers. In warm climates, plant in summer to early fall for winter bloom. Remove spent flowers to extend the bloom season and increase the flower size.
$1.59
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 | Blue Eyed Grass
The Grass Blue Eyed, 'Sisyrinchium bellum', is a delightful little Iris relative from the coast of California. The tufts of narrow, upright bluish-green leaves lend a casual air to the flower bed or rock garden. They resemble an ornamental grass until constellations of bluish-purple star shaped flowers appear for several weeks in the spring. The Blue Eyed Grass is used in flower beds, cottage gardens, meadows, or rock gardens where it's self sowing habit and wandering ways are assets.
$1.89
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 | Blue Lake 274 Snap Bean Bush
The Bean Bush Snap Blue Lake 274, 'Phaseolus vulgaris', is an old time favorite with exceptional Blue Lake flavor. It is noted for retaining excellent flavor and texture as a frozen bean. The snap bean or green bean is eaten pod and all like one of those vegetables, such as tomatoes, that tastes significantly better when grown at home rather than bought at the store. This bush bean prefers rich, organic, well drained, and warm soil. The soil must be kept evenly moist but not soggy.
$1.69
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 | Blue Lake Bean Pole
The Bean Pole Snap Blue Lake, 'Phaseolus vulgaris', is an old favorite. Blue Lake Pole beans have a beany, sweet flavor and they are fiberless and meaty. Some say pole beans have better flavor than bush beans. If this is so, Blue Lake would support that suggestion. The outstanding flavor combined with high yields make growing these vigorous 5 to 6 foot vines worth the time. Snap beans are ready to pick when the pod snaps or breaks in half cleanly. This is when the seeds have just begun to form.
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 | Blue Victoria Salvia
The Blue Victoria Salvia, 'Salvia farinacea, is native to Texas and New Mexico. Lovely spikes of deep purple-blue flowers cover this dwarf variety. The 1/2 inch long flowers are clustered densely along upright stems which rise above the foliage. Blue Victoria Salvias bloom summer through fall. Place this flower in full sun and in average well drained garden soil for best results. Plant 2 weeks after the last frost where the Blue Victoria is an annual.
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 | Bon Vivant Blend Lettuce
The Lettuce Mesclun Bon Vivant, 'Lactuca sativa', is a wonderful blend of non-bitter leaf lettuces. The Bon Vivant is a tasty mixture that will excite those of you who live the diverse taste, color, and texture of leaf lettuces. Mesclun Lettuce displays leaves that have unusual shapes, a mixture of colors, and has different colors. To experience an even more European flavor, add a pinch of Radicchio or Arugula seed to this blend before planting. Lettuce grows well near cabbage, beets, carrots, chives, garlic, and onion.
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 | Bon Vivant SPICY Blend Lettuce
The Letuce Mesclun Bon Vivant Spicy, 'Lactuca sativa', is a custom salad mixture with exciting flavors, colors, and textures that will excite your interest and taste for salads. We've added several unique and tasty greens to the Bon Vivant Mix to make a tasty and texture filled European salad blend. This variety contains Tango, Royal Oak Leaf, Red Salad Bowl, Black Seeded Simpson, Grand Rapids TBR, and Red Salis, Mizuna, Green Endive, and Arugula seeds. This lettuce can also be grown inside in containers.
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 | Borage
The Borage, 'Borage officinalis', is like a handful of little stars plucked from a deep blue sky and sprinkled on a summer salad that may drive away all melancholy and it is nutricious, tastefully useful herb! Borage is a large plant. The flowers are usually blue, but may be pink or lavender. The Borage is an excellent bee plant and the leaves contain copious amounts of vitamins and minerals, especially calcium, potassium, and vitamin C. Borage prefers well drained rich soil.
$1.39
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 | Bouquet Dill
The Dill Bouquet, 'Anethum graveolens', is the most widely grown dill. Bouquet Dill produces early, large seed heads that make this plant excellent for pickling. The Bouquet foliage is also superior sprinkled on new potatoes, tomatoes, grilled salmon, spinach, green beans, cucumbers, squash, and lamb chops. The 30 to 36 inch tall plant is very aromatic. Successive plantings every 2 to 3 weeks will assure a continual fresh supply of foliage. Dill prefers fertile well drained soil with lots of organic matter.
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 | Bouquet Mix Sweet Pea
The Sweet Pea Bouquet Blend, 'Lathyrus odoratus', was developed with longer, heavier stems and larger flowers to make an ideal sweet pea for cut flowers. The Bouquet Blend has 1.5 to 2.5 inch flowers in colors of purple, rose, white, pink, blue, scarlet, cream, and salmon. The sweet peas bloom in the spring and the duration of blooming depends on the weather. In warm climates, plant in October through January for spring bloom. They are used for cut flowers and covering for fences and walls if given proper support.
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 | Brandywine Tomato
The Tomato Pole Brandywine, 'Lycopersicon Lycopersicum', is considered by many to be the best tasting tomato in the world and it has won lots of taste tests. You simply cannot believe the flavor of this tomato. The Brandywine is an old Amish heirloom tomato dating back to 1885 and passed down from generation to generation. The Brandywine is a pink beefsteak type of tomato with thin skin and a rich flavor. They need at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. Prune the intermediate tomatoes in order to keep a single stem.
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 | Brazilian Vervian Verbena
The Verbena Brazilian Vervian, 'Verbena bonariensis', has stunning purple flower clusters on tall, see through foliage. They are hardy and easy to grow in beds and borders. The flowers are at the tips of tall, strong stems and they create a light, airy wave of color in the front and middle in a flower bed, or massed in a border. They are very attractive to butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. It is also called tall or purpletop vevrian, or South American or Brazilian Verbena. Plant in full sun or light shade.
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 | Bright Lights Blend Cosmos
The Cosmos Bright Lights Blend, 'Cosmos sulphureus', displays an absolutely magnificent blend of yellow, gold, and scarlet flowers. The Bright Lights Blend are landing lights for butterflies. Bright Lights has very vibrant, bright, bold colors compared to other Cosmos. The 2 to 3 inch flowers adorn the 3 foot semi-dwarf plant.They are excellent colorful bedding plants for low maintenance, dry areas and are great for cut flowers. They attract hummingbirds and butterflies.
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 | Bright Lights Mix Swiss Chard
The Swiss Chard Bright Lights, 'Beta vulgaris (Cicla group)', has spectacular stem colors that can include yellow, gold, orange, pink, purple, or intermediate shades of these colors. Some believe the leaves of Bright Lights are tastier than spinach. The stalks crunch like celery but have a slight hint of asparagus. Bright Lights has an improved, lighter flavor and is delicious raw in salads. In warm climates, plant in late summer for fall/winter crop. Chard grows best in in well drained soil with lots of organic matter.
$2.39
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