Full sun. 12 to 14 inches tall, 9 to 11 inches wide. Ellagance has long, upright fragrant flower spikes in deep purple. The high density of the flower spikes yields a stunning sea of blue when done in a mass planting. Lavender requires well drained soils.
Full sun. 12 inches. Zone 4 perennial. A highly fragrant selection. Lovely lavender-blue flowers begin blooming early and just keep on sending up new flower buds over a long season on compact plants.
Full sun. 12″. The flowers of Lavance hold their deep purple color from begining to end. The blossoms do not fade as they age. This variety has a compact bushy habit and the plants fill in and flower the first season. Plant lavender in well drained soils.
Full sun. Well drained soil. Leaf fennel is a non-bulbing form of fennel and is classified as an annual herb. Cut and use this mildly sweet and flavorful fennel leaf as you would dill leaf.
Sun. Height 18 to 26″. Lemon balm has sweet, lemon-mint scent and flavor. Use its fresh leaves in herbal teas and to flavor seafood and salad dishes. Lemon balm also has medicinal uses.
Full sun. 24 inches. This variety is the type preferred for culinary use. It does best in moist, fertile, well drained soils. One plant can produce 100 stems by season’s end. Lemon grass can be overwintered in a cold dark room.
We’ve added romaine lettuce to our lettuce mix offering. The red is a variety we selected for its eye popping solid red color. The green is a variety we have grown in our market garden and have been consistently impressed by its hefty size, its crunchy sweet heart and its ability to hold up to summer heat stress.
Sun to partial shade. Allow 1 square foot per plant. Boston lettuce, aka butterhead, whether red or green has a silky leaved, buttery, blanched interior head. Our selections include a red-tinged variety that is better able to withstand heat than a dark red variety, and a quiet large green variety. The heads are fully sized for picking when the head feels dense and firm when squeezed.
Full sun to partial shade. For full size heads allow 1 square foot per plant. We include the varieties Red Sails leaf lettuce (seen here) and Buttercrunch bibb, both favorite home garden lettuce varieties.
Sun. We grow Sparx romaine lettuce as a crop in our market garden. Sparx reliably produces sweet, crisp and heavy heads with crisp hearts. We recommend being spare with nitrogen fertilizers with this lettuce to avoid tip burn on later plantings of Sparx.