Aromatic Flowering Plant Seeds For Sale In Iowa

* In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition were introduced to a plant whose smoke was called tobacco by the natives of Hispaniola. Temperatures of 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) are best for adequate growth; an...

Conservation Plant Characteristics Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir. * Flowering in May, with seeds ripe form September to October * They often form forests of considerable extent at elevations of 1200 - 1800 metres.

The California varieties Styrax officinalis subsp. Redidivus (Torrey) H. Some believe it to have been the stacte used together with frankincense , galbanum , and onycha to make Ketoret , the Tabernacle incense of the Old Testament.

Flowers are 1 1/2" across. This bushy phlox - a sea of enticing color in light pink, white, wine, burgundy and diffused blue - flowers profusely all summer long and is ideal as a low border and picture-perfect in a container.

Pawpaw Mango requires another Pawpaw variety to pollinate it so that it may bare fruit. Rest assured friends, weird nomenclature aside, this native tree is a real treat! It produces oblong 3 to 6 inch greenish-yellow fruits have a burst of sweet and complex...

A dwarf annual sage with super-abundant ½-inch blooms, it offers flowers that bounce right back from wind and rain (unlike older varieties of Hummingbird Sage, let us tell you!). Expect it to start blooming just 50 days after sowing the seed, and to...

In the summer heat, the leaves turn solid green. A fine addition to the border, it also makes a splendid specimen, accent, or foundation planting. Limited supply. Please order early!

And the plants will thrive even in poor dry soils, making them ideal for blazing-hot trouble spots as well as beds, borders, and walkways. And the habit of this low-growing Cosmos is just right for garden or container growth! Complementing every color...

A far cry from the humble Black-Eyed Susan, this Rudbeckia features star shapes, water lily types, pompons -- just about anything fancy, frilly, and colorful! No wonder Cherokee Sunset won a 2002 All America Selection award! Easy to grow, this native...

If you have had a Flowering Quince melt out or stop blooming too quickly in the past, give this exciting variety a try. Double Take Peach is a Proven Winner, guaranteed to delight you from the very first season in your sunny garden! This Flowering Quince...

This All-America Selections winner makes a good ground cover in beds and does well on trellises or fences. GARDEN HINTS: Prefers poor dry soil; rich moist soils produce mostly foliage and few blooms.

It is left alone by deer and never needs pruning. Every leaf sports bands of green, pink, and yellow, making My Monet Sunset stand out magnificently in the sunny garden or container.

Give it well-drained soil and keep it watered. Fiery! Just about 20 inches high and a foot wide, this naturally bushy, well-branched little shrub looks as though you carefully pruned and shaped it, but in truth it needs no shearing at all to maintain...

There's nothing like it for sheer flower power! And of course, hardy iceplant is much more than jewel-toned blooms. The succulent leaves hold water, making this perennial very drought tolerant.

In early spring, fragrant royal-red clusters bloom along the branches. Matures to be 12-15' tall and wide.The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates.

More heat tolerant than most calendulas. Large flowers on straight stems. Calendula Flower Seeds - Pacific Beauty Mixture - 4 Oz - Calendula officinalis -- Non-GMO - Open Pollinated - High Germination Rate -- Seeds For: Flower Gardening -- Days to Full...

Marigold is one of the easiest of all seeds to start, and Moonstruck makes a fine choice for beginning gardeners and children as well as experienced green thumbs. Very well-branched, it flowers to heavily that the blooms actually jostle for position,...

They do best in full sun to light shade. Release the bloom and the jaws "snap" closed! Seeds may be direct-sown or started indoors for earlier blooms. The blooms open from the bottom up on these long spikes, so the lower blooms are in full flower when...

Pinching out the center (apical) bud is recommended for optimum branching. To dry, hang nontrailing varieties upside down. Harden off by growing at 62-65°F (17-18°C) and transplant outside after last frost.After last frost, sow thinly, barely covering...

And if you look very closely under the stems, you may see semi-transparent chrysalises containing beautiful folded-up butterflies, just waiting to break open and fly! It's an amazing sight, and one that every gardener should experience! Common Milkweed...

Plants are superb for the border or bed, and indispensible for the cutting garden! To dry, simply cut the stem at desired height (or cut the entire plant at the base), remove the foliage, and hang the branch upside-down in a well-ventilated, dry location.

Red Creeping Thyme offers brilliant crimson-lavender flowers to carpet the early-summer garden floor. A low, mat-forming plant with fragrant foliage as well as beautiful blooms, it is easy and irresistible in any sunny setting! Just a few inches high,...

See our Stock Production Guide #8227 for more information on selection.Varies. After germination, while the seedlings are still in the cotyledon stage, expose the seedlings to temperatures of 40-45°F/4-7°C for 3-4 days.

Very adaptable to heat, humidity, and drought, this ground cover vigorously spreads its succulent foliage and bright two-tone blooms far and wide to beautify the garden floor. But the amazing thing is their bloomtime -- they begin in late spring in most...

The first blooms usually appear in late spring and continue in generous waves into autumn! 'Social Climber' is destined to be popular wherever it's grown. Reaching a mature size of 6 feet high and 4 feet wide, it's ideal for any size garden, adding delightful...

Of course, it also looks terrific scrambling around in the sunny annual bed, filling the bare space between plants beautifully. But unlike upright Petunias, it has long, trailing stems, so you can let it dangle from hanging baskets, windowboxes, and flowerpots...

Dense and well-branched, the shrub looks good even when it isn't dotted with big white blossoms! Give White Simplicity plenty of sunshine, organically enriched soil, and excellent soil drainage.