Amaranth Hot Biscuits

by Maureen Sullivan on April 17, 2014

Amaranth-Hot-BiscuitsFull Sun. 48 inches. Yellow-green stems, green leaves and bronze flower head. Like all amaranths, it is useful in bouquets. Hot Biscuits offers a nice autumnal color.  Amaranth leaves and seeds are edible.

Amaranth Lotus Purple

by Maureen Sullivan on January 25, 2015

Amaranth Lotus PurpleFull Sun. 60+ inches. Impressively large purplish red flower spikes held above green foliage. Lotus Purple will provide cuttable stems for bouquets as well as edible young leaves and seeds.

Amaranth Love Lies Bleeding

by Maureen Sullivan on April 17, 2014

Amaranth Love Lies Bleeding wsFull Sun. 48 inches tall. Long, red tassels cascade from this green leafed variety. Useful in fresh and dried bouquets as well as a in the border.

Amaranth Pony Tails

by Maureen Sullivan on April 17, 2014

Amaranth-Pony-TailsFull Sun. 48 inches. Very similar to Love Lies Bleeding, but the flower tassel has an almost plait-like structure.  A big plant for the border and a nice cut flower too. Leaves and seeds of amaranth are edible.

Amaranth Prince’s Feather

by Maureen Sullivan on April 17, 2014

Full Sun. 48 inches. Another deeply colored foliage amaranth offering.  Providing a bronze-red foliage along with burgundy red tassels, Prince’s Feather is quite stunning in the border and provides cut stems for bouquets. Amaranth leaves and seeds are edible.

Amaranth Red Spike

by Maureen Sullivan on January 31, 2018

Full sun, 48 to 60 inches tall. Red Spike has very dark, rich red foliage and graceful, arched, feathery plumes. Use as as a cut flower as well as a stunning addition to the border.

Angelonia Serena Mix

by Maureen Sullivan on January 25, 2021

Full sun. Height 12 to 18 inches.  Summer-long spikes covered with blue, lavender, white and rose open-faced blooms.  Excellent for reliable container and border color.

Arugula Astro

by Maureen Sullivan on April 17, 2014

ARUGULA wsSun.  Add spice to your salads with this cut and come again green. Our pots are multi seeded for planting out in a larger container or your garden bed.  Arugula will bolt with summer heat.  When that happens allow some seeds to mature and fall for a future crop.

Asarina Vine / Climbing Snapdragon Joan Loraine Blue

by Maureen Sullivan on January 15, 2024

Full sun to partial shade. Vining to 10 feet. Emerald green, arrow-shaped foliage is covered with tubular, trumpet-shaped deep violet flowers. Blossoms cover the vine from summer until frost. Climbing snapdragons can be grown as a cascading plant in hangers or can be trellised. Climbing snaps prefer a fertile well drained soil.

Aster, Blue

by Maureen Sullivan on February 2, 2023

Sun.  Height 36″.  Grown from wild collected seed we spied growing, year after year along a roadside.  Light lavender blue flowers bloom fall.  Considering what the mother plant endures (road salt, sand and gravel, etc) in it roadside existence we think its offspring will thrive given better conditions.