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Duchesse de Nemours Peony
★★★★★
Prices start at : 24.98 USD / Bag of 1

True garden royalty, the pure white blossoms of ‘Duchesse de Nemours' Peony float like cumulus clouds making you want to plant more, more! The cut flowers are stunning - fragrant and elegant, cut them when the buds are not yet open for maximum enjoyment.
  • Foliage Color: Green
  • Light Requirements: Full Sun
  • Ideal Region: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, West, Pacific Northwest
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Advantages: Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Easy to Grow, Fragrant, Cut Flowers, Great for Mass Plantings
  • Soil Moisture: Average, Well Draining
Vermont
Shelburne
Benjamin Franklin Peony
Prices start at : 21.98 USD / Bag of 1

Very cold hardy and deer resistant, plant in well-drained, compost enriched soil in a sunny location. (Paeonia lactiflora) They will send up new shoots in the spring. Don't crowd peonies, good air circulation keeps them healthy and happy.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Mature Height: 24-36" tall
  • Flower Color: Red
  • Poisonous or Toxic to Animals: Some parts poisonous if ingested. Toxic to dogs, cats and horses.
  • Planting Depth: Plant the roots 1" to 2" below soil level with the eyes (buds) pointing up.
  • Mature Plant Size: 24-36" tall, 24-36" wide
Vermont
Shelburne
Primevere Peony
Prices start at : 14.99 USD / each

Set your yard apart with one of the most unique color combinations available in peonies! Primevere Peony is a double peony featuring white petals surrounding a lemon-yellow center.
  • Genus: Paeonia lactiflora
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Zones: 2-9
  • Spread: 36"
Illinois
Bloomington
Yellow Tree Peony
Prices start at : 49.99 USD / each

Excellent green compound leaves provide summer-long interest and turn a good reddish color in fall. Mature plants are 4-5' tall and 3-5' wide. The Yellow Tree Peony has regal crepe-textured flowers often as much as 8-10'' across.
  • Max Height (feet): 6
  • Colors: Yellow
  • Spread: 3-4'
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
Illinois
Bloomington
Charles Burgess Peony
Prices start at : 14.99 USD / each

Charles Burgess is an absolute winner with its maroon red color and very special stamen that make the bloom look as though it is on fire. No staking is needed! Grow 30-36'' tall and prefer full sun.
  • Spread: 3'
  • Zones: 3-8
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
Illinois
Bloomington
Hops (Humulus lupulus) - Brewing and Beyond
Prices start at : 16.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Known as “the beer herb,” hops quenches thirst and encourages merriment, yet it calms and encourages sleep too. Get this book, take a sip, and learn more about this amazing bitter, aromatic herb.
  • Botanical Name: Gert Coleman, Ed.
Ontario
Goodwood
The Medicine Wheel Garden
Prices start at : 20.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

The medicine wheel garden is a sacred place that we set apart and imbue with reverent feelings. Starting with a central circle or spiral it is a sanctuary of healing for humans, animals, birds, butterflies, and plants, and draws forth energies of nature.
  • Botanical Name: E. Barrie Kavasch
Ontario
Goodwood
Growing & Using the Top 10 Most Popular Herbs
Prices start at : 7.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

The 21 easy recipes are worth the price of the book, such as Candied Mint Leaves, Lavender Whipped Cream, and Cilantro Dip. For each of these 10 herbs Long describes his favourites among the varieties that are available, such as Genovese basil, Spicy...
  • Botanical Name: Jim Long
Ontario
Goodwood
Getting Started: Important Considerations for the Herb Farmer
Prices start at : 24.00 USD / Ebook pdf / ea

Includes sections on farm farms, crop selection, crop yields, and a sample seven year plan that projects production, revenue and profits. This report is a must for the beginning herb farmer.
  • Botanical Name: Richard Alan Miller
Ontario
Goodwood
The Hop Grower\'s Handbook
Prices start at : 35.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

This is a hands-on guide to growing hops by two experienced growers. If you buy one hops book, this is the one to get. It covers the equipment and techniques needed, the diseases, pests and weeds you may encounter and how to control them, and the many...
  • Botanical Name: Laura Ten Eyck and Dietrich Gehring
Ontario
Goodwood
The Herbalist\'s Way
Prices start at : 36.00 USD / Book hardcover / ea

If you are thinking of starting your own business growing and making herbal medicines, and using them to heal people, this book is for you. Throughout are inspiring profiles of many of America´s best known herbalists including Michael Tierra, Michael...
  • Botanical Name: Nancy and Michael Phillips
Ontario
Goodwood
Richters Second Commercial Herb Growing Conference
Prices start at : 20.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Individual herbs covered: stevia, caraway, evening primrose, gotu kola, echinacea, St. Johnswort, goldenseal. Topics include medicinal herb product development, value-added food & bodycare products, shiitake and medicinal mushrooms, Chinese medicinal...
  • Botanical Name: Helen Snell, Conrad Richter, Rita Berzins, eds.
Ontario
Goodwood
Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh
Prices start at : 25.00 USD / Book hardcover / ea

You'll be surprised to learn that Eve did not give Adam an apple in the Garden of Eden - it was another fruit, and you'll have to read the book to find out which! Each plant is discussed in separate chapters, starting with the original scriptural references...
  • Botanical Name: Lytton John Musselman
Ontario
Goodwood
The Good Living Guide to Medicinal Tea
Prices start at : 15.00 USD / Book hardcover / ea

If you yearn for a book with simple, easy-to-make medicinal teas that you and your family can take for common ailments, this is your book. Using common but scientifically proven medicinal herbs, spices, fruits and barks this book offers effective tea...
  • Botanical Name: Jennifer Browne
Ontario
Goodwood
Herbs in Bloom
Prices start at : 25.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Beauty and function -- strange bedfellows oftentimes, but in the flowering herb garden they are natural companions. Nothing is more beautiful than the purple coned flowers of echinacea, or the bright red Raggedy-Ann flowers of bergamot, or the majestic...
  • Botanical Name: Jo Ann Gardner
Ontario
Goodwood
How to Eat A Rose
Prices start at : 6.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

But it is more than just something to stick in a vase; the scented flowers can be used in jams, jellies, wine, ice cream, salad dressings, lotion, rinses and body products. The rose is the most recognized flower in the world.
  • Botanical Name: Jim Long
Ontario
Goodwood
The Essential Guide to Home Herbal Remedies
Prices start at : 25.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

The colour coded sections help you easily navigate through the world of herbs and treat more than 125 conditions from pulled muscles and bruises to hangovers and motion sickness! Melanie includes photographs and simple explanations of how and why to use...
  • Botanical Name: Melanie Wenzel
Ontario
Goodwood
Cilantro & Coriander
Prices start at : 15.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Cilantro is the fresh leaf chopped and added to salsas, guacamole, Asian soups and salads. Ever wonder why some people just can not stand cilantro while others die for it? Like a two-for-one deal, you get two useful but very different herbs from a single...
  • Botanical Name: Gert Coleman, Ed.
Ontario
Goodwood
Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation
Prices start at : 40.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Some 24 commercially important mushroom genera are covered in detail. There is also a chapter on how to make unique products such as mushroom-infused beer, wine and spirits. There are chapters on marketing mushrooms, on setting up a laboratory to start...
  • Botanical Name: Tradd Cotter
Ontario
Goodwood
Stevia Rebaudiana
Prices start at : 8.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Stevia is a super-sweet powder or liquid extracted from the leaves of a Paraguayan plant known as . This book includes the plant's history, botany, pharmacology, usage and safety -- with over twenty stevia recipes and extensive home-growing information.
  • Botanical Name: David Richard
Ontario
Goodwood
Making Aromatherapy Creams & Lotions
Prices start at : 17.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

Beauty starts with the skin and this book shows you how homemade all-natural aromatherapy creams and lotions can help bring back your youthful radiant self. In simple steps you can create personalized body creams, moisturizers, lip balms and more that...
  • Botanical Name: Donna Maria
Ontario
Goodwood
Peony, Sarah Bernhardt
★★★★★
Prices start at : 18.99 USD / 1 Bare Root Plant

Tops die back in the fall. Once planted, peonies resent root disturbance. Of added interest are the light speckling with carmine overtones. Sarah Bernhardt has superb globe-shaped, double flowers that turn pale pink to blush.

Spring

    30-36 inches

      • Bloom Season: Spring
      • Planting Time: Spring
      • Spread: 30-36 inches
      • Sun: Full Sun
      • Height: 30-36 inches
      Pennsylvania
      Warminster
      Paeonia, Sorbet
      ★★★★★
      Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Bare Root

      Welcome new hybrid variety is admired for striking pink and white, 5-7" double blooms. Peonies are standout stars of late spring. Fragrant flowers enchant with large, colorful blooms and attractive green foliage that morphs into red when fall rolls around.
      • Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
      • Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Cut Flowers
      • Genus: Paeonia
      • Spread: 24-36 inches
      • Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun
      • Resistant To: Deer, Rabbit
      Pennsylvania
      Warminster
      Peony, Itoh Bartzella
      Prices start at : 49.99 USD / 1 Bare Root Plant

      Despite their regal, delicate looks, they are easy to grow and very long-lived, providing delights in the garden for years and years. An Itoh peony is a cross between a tree peony and an herbaceous garden peony, combining the best qualities of both.
      • Life Cycle: Perennial
      • Zone: 3-8
      • Planting Time: Fall, Spring
      • Genus: Paeonia
      • Height: 30-36 inches
      Pennsylvania
      Warminster
      Kinkaku Tree Peony
      Prices start at : 54.99 USD / each

      Unlike ordinary peony varieties, these woody bushes do not die back to the ground in winter but instead grow larger and more beautiful each year! The bush seldom grows higher than 4 feet; but spreads gracefully each succeeding year until it reaches as...
      • Spread: 3-5'
      • Colors: Orange, Red, Yellow
      • Season Color: Spring
      • Max Height (feet): 5
      Illinois
      Bloomington
      Organic Crops in Pots
      Prices start at : 25.00 USD / Book hardcover / ea

      Container-grown tomatoes or lettuces? Step-by-step instructions are illustrated with photographs to make each project simple and fun. Beginning with herbs like basil and chervil, Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell takes the reader beyond traditional idea of container...
      • Botanical Name: Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell
      Ontario
      Goodwood
      Easy Dips Using Herbs
      Prices start at : 11.00 USD / Book softcover / ea

      Try one of Jim Long's 112 party dip recipes featuring fresh or dried herbs and spices, or one of 43 ethnic recipes from around the world. Need a new dip for your next party? Try Butter Bean Dip (England), Manga Peanut Dip (India), Persian Cucumber Dip...
      • Botanical Name: Jim Long
      Ontario
      Goodwood
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