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Amaranthus hypochondriacus 'Purpurea'
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ca$ 3.85 |
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| This erect, bushy annual has lance-shaped purple-green leaves 6 inches long. In summer, the plant bears small crimson flowers in erect, plume-like terminal cymes. Height 3 feet; spread 18 inches. Good as a cut or dried flower. |
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Borago officinalis
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| Annual herb with a bushy and freely growing habit to 60-80cm. Has hairy leaves on hollow stems with pendant sprays of azure blue star-shaped flowers with five petals. It flowers freely all summer and early fall. Can be cut back to encourage more flowers and to control sprawl. |
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Calendula officinalis
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ca$ 3.45 |
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| An annual flower, occasionally surviving into a second year, blooming almost continuously. If that weren't enough, this plant has edible flowers that add colour to salads, and the petals may be used as an alternative for saffron, and are the traditional source for the colour in Cheddar cheese.... |
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Catananche caerulea
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| Short-lived, cornflower-like perennial with clumps of linear, grass-like hairy leaves up to 12 inches long. In mid-summer to autumn, bears blue to lilac-blue flowerheads 2 inches across, with darker centers. Combines well with echinacea, grasses and hemerocallis. This plant is now in the Compositae... |
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Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens'
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ca$ 3.85 |
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| This hardy annual has grey-green leaves and its bracts develop a distinct metallic blue tint near the small purple flowers. Height 12 inches; spread 24 inches. One of the best annual foliage plants, Cerinthe attracts bees and butterflies and gently self-sows to produce plants the following year. |
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Cleome houtteana 'alba'
Syn. Cleome hassleriana
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ca$ 3.85 |
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| This herbaceous to woody stemmed annual can grow to as much as 1.5m (5ft) in height, but most cultivated strains reach only 1m (3ft) in height. The compound leaves are composed of five to seven bright green leaflets, to 12x4cm (5x2in). Bears strongly-scented white flowers in terminal racemes in... |
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Cleome houtteana 'pink'
Syn. Cleome hassleriana
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ca$ 3.85 |
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| This herbaceous to woody stemmed annual can grow to as much as 1.5m (5ft) in height, but most cultivated strains reach only 1m (3ft) in height. The compound leaves are composed of five to seven bright green leaflets, to 12x4cm (5x2in). The flowers, produced in loose clusters at to top of the stems... |
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Cosmos bipinnatus
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| Growing up to a height of 1.5m (5ft) the plants are nonetheless delicate enough not to form a solid mass and therefore not overpower even very small gardens. Feathery foliage and large bright flowers in shades of pink white and red make this plant a favourite choice. Good for cut flowers (but who... |
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Cosmos sulphureus
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| Wispy plants produce a series of yellow to orange cosmos flowers throughout the summer and well into the autumn. These plants can grow to a meter (3 feet) in height, but usually less in most gardens. Although native to subtropical Mexico, these annual flowers will do well anywhere they get enough... |
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Eschscholzia californica
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ca$ 3.55 |
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| An almost continuous summer display of bright orange flowers above finely divided glaucous-green foliage on this mat-forming annual. 12 inches high. |
