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• Edible Ornamental Loroco Fernaldia pandurata
  on May 21, 2013 in sustainable edible Pupusas edible vine Loroco Flor de Loroco Fernaldia pandurata Woodson edible flower
  Loroco is native to Central America, and was called Quilite, which in the indigenous language means “Edible herb”. It is a perennial plant that produces flowers from May to October in El Salvador, but with irrigation can produce year-round. Th...
• Red Angels Trumpet Floripondio
  on May 3, 2013 in Floripondio Brugmansia sanguinea Red Angels Trumpet
  Brugmansia sanguinea, the Red Angel's Trumpet is a small, 4 to 12 feet tall, perennial shrubby tree native to Peru and the Andes. Brugmansia is a fast grower. It is closely related to Datura, belonging to the same nightshade family, solanaceae. Brugm...
• Chilean Zabala Fruit Lardizabala funaria
  on May 3, 2013 in Cogüilera Voqui-cóguil Lardizabala funaria Chilean Zabala Fruit
  For its foliage, for its flowers and for its fruit, this plant from Chile is just full of interest. A very handsome and vigorous, twining climber, it has very ornamental, dark green, glossy, leathery leaves (some folk grow it just for this) and be...
• How to Test older Seeds for Germination
  on May 3, 2013 in testing germination germination test germination of seeds old seeds
  Common Vegetable Seeds: Nobody wants to plant dead seeds but just because it’s old doesn’t mean it won’t grow. Some seeds will germinate and grow for up to 5 years after the date they came from the field. And, at the price of quality food...
• How about them Apples...Berry Tomatoes
  on Mar 4, 2013 in Currant Tomato mini tomato gourmet vegetable gourmet tomato Sweet Pea Tomato Seeds Organic Mini vegetable Solanum pimpinellifolium novelty vegetable heirloom tomato
  Tiny weeny miniature tomatoes. How cute! I am going to grow a bunch in small hanging baskets and then gift them, They will be hit with kids!This vigorous rare tiny wild tomato Solanum pimpinellifolium is like no tomato you've ever seen before! Perfe...
• Free Shipping at Gardeners Supply Company
  on Feb 27, 2013 in free shipping supply garden
  We LOVE free shipping on garden supplies!  Gardeners Supply Company is currently offering Free Shipping till March 1st, 2013Code: ZNA7009D.
• The Amamzing Kaka Beak Plant
  on Feb 22, 2013 in clianthus puniceus ‘albus’ clianthus puniceus ‘rosea’ white lobster claw parrot's beak kaka beak
  Clianthus is an attractive semi-evergreen scrambling shrub with pinnate leaves and spectacular claw-like flowers in spring and summer.This exotic shrub puts on a magnificent show. Now extinct in the wild, it produces dense masses of bright pink and r...
• Starting Your Vegetable Seeds Early!
  on Feb 22, 2013 in vegetable start winter-sowing thrifty gardening vegetable seeds
  This time I’d like to plant a seed in your wallet. All green thumbs (and a few green fingers) know that sprouting seedlings instead of buying store-grown plants saves you nearly 90% on your gardening costs. But how do you sprout peas, squash,...
• Asian Water Chestnut Eleocharis dulcis
  on Feb 15, 2013 in Chinese Water Chestnut Eleocharis dulcis Asian Water Chestnut Fresh Water Chestnuts
  Off we go, starting our own water chestnuts again. In case you ever had them in stir fry, the fresh bulbs are 100 times better than the canned. Delicious. Plus, I know in what water they are growing  (clean water) ;)Eleocharis dulcis is tropical...
• Rare Bolivian Nasturtium
  on Feb 1, 2013
  Tropaeolum tricolor is a winter growing plant found in Chile and Bolivia, with very delicate lookingshoots appearing usually around October. The shoots twine around any support and grow to a height of around 3 Ft.As the leaves open they are a lovel...
• Chatter Flower Jovellana
  on Feb 1, 2013
  What a cutie !!!!!Jovellana does not have a common name. But it's been called Chatter Flower, Angels Goblet and Tea Cup Flower. It is a rare evergreen, perennial plant from Chile, that grows around 5 feet tall. Each flower spray has dozens of ½ i...
• Vigna Caracalla Highly Scented Cork Screw
  on Dec 18, 2012 in unusual vine ornamental vine Snail Vine Vigna caracalla shell vine rare flower vine Highly Scented Cork Screw vine unusual flower
  Corkscrew vine is a marvelously distinctive tropical beauty with a powerful, sweet fragrance that may remind you of Hyacinths. The most unusual and highly perfumed flowers resembling curly snail shells. All it asks is plenty of sunshine to bloom st...
• Stunning Dainty Anemonopsis
  on Dec 12, 2012 in Anemonopsis macrophylla Anemonopsis rare anemone rare seeds Anemonopsis seeds rare flower rare plant endangered species
  One of the Japanese aristocrats. Dainty and rare.Native to the Japanese island of Honshu, Anemonopsis is frost hardy to zones 5-9. This hard-to-find woodlander forms clumps of cimicifuga-like foliage topped with nodding, waxy lilac flowers in late...
• Ephedra Ma Huang Herb Ephedra Sinica
  on Nov 1, 2012 in Ephedra sinica seeds ephedra law ephedra plant Ma Huang seeds
  A new Challange.Ephedra sinica - Ma Huang, an evergreen perennial herb that grows in some parts of China, is valued for its healing and stimulating properties for at least 5000 years. Related to junipers, it produces small cones from March to Apri...
• Tropical Sea Grape
  on Oct 22, 2012 in Coccoloba uvifera seeds Tropical Sea Grape
  The Sea Grape (Coccoloba uvifera), native to the sandy seashores of tropical America, usually forms a low shrub or small tree. The stiff, roundish leaves may measure 8 by 7 inches (20 by 17.5 cm) and have prominent veins. The attractive appea...
• Gourmet Melon Pear Pepino Dulce
  on Oct 22, 2012 in miniature melon Melon Pear Poire-melon pepino seeds pepino melon gourmet melon
  If you can grow tomatoes, you can grow pepinos. The Pepino, also called the Melon Pear,is a rare and delicious fruit you're not likely to find in markets.It's neither a melon nor a pear, but is related to tomatoes and eggplant. Pepino is a leafy,...
• Orange Jewelweed Spooted Impatiens
  on Oct 22, 2012 in jewelweed insect bite relief Impatiens capensis poson ivy cure
  Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) is a hardy annual wildflower that grows in moist or wet area, often by lakes or streams. The tubular flowers are orange or yellow-orange speckled with red, the leaves are deep green. The long seed pods that...
• Say NO to GMO
  on Jul 18, 2012 in GMO Free GMO Labels Organic NO GMO why organic what is GMO say no to GMO
  Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are created when a gene from one species is transferred to another, creating something that would not be found in nature.A large percentage of domestic crops (up to 94% of soybean yields) have DNA that was t...
• Lollipop Vine
  on Jul 18, 2012 in Bryonopsis rare seeds Diplocyclos palmatus lollipop vine Diplocyclos Marble Vine Bryonia rare plant specimen vine rare vine
  It's been raining a lot and the plants are thriving. I've discovered a new gem.This rare ornamental collector Specimen vine has spectacular marble sized fruits. Also known as Marble Vine, Bryonia and Diplocyclos palmatusTropical, slender, much-bra...
• True Indigo Dye Plant
  on Jul 18, 2012 in Indigofera tinctoria true indigo plant natural dye indican dye plant indigotin indigo seeds indigo dye Indigofera sumatrana
  Indigofera tinctoria is the scientific name of true indigo, a plant best known as the source of the blue pigment used to dye denim. The 3- to 6-foot-tall spreading growth habit bears pale gray-green foliage and pink flowers, making it appropriate for...

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