SUNFLOWERS: Some people see the Sunflower as a flower and others see it as a vegetable. It is of course both a beautiful flower and a great vegetable! Healthy nutritious and attractive Sunflowers have it all! Sunflowers have delicious seeds are high in protein attract birds and make a popular cooking oil too.
Sunflowers are also great for kids. The seeds are big and easy to handle and they require minimal attention. Kids like to grow big things so a sunflower fits the bill. The end product is not only eye appealing but makes a great snack. We put Sunflowers along with pumpkins as the top two plants for kids to grow!
Teddy Bear Sunflower:
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Sunflower Teddy Bear
Soft fluffy cushion-like flowers on shorter bushy plants.
Golden yellow fully double 6in. blooms well-suited for mild borders containers and bouquets. Uniform bush-like plants flower mid-summer on. Annual. Ht.2ft. GARDEN HINTS: Ripe heads are attractive to birds. Cultivate or mulch to control weeds.
Light: Sun
Days to Germination: 7-14
Blooms: Summer
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Our OASIS Cabana offers stylish Moroccan design that makes elegant outdoor living a reality. Heavy duty 1” powder coated alum tubing provides a collapsible foundation that sets up in minutes and easily breaks down to store in the off season. Heavy duty 220/gm heavy duty polyester body with high SPF rating color fact protection and water resistant coating. Design to withstand daily use and activity that a lengthy summer of activities can produce. Spacious but smart 8.5’ design features 70 sq ft of covered area. Gracious interior space but fits nicely in smaller yards and spaces. A 6'6" side height guarantees that all but the tallest guests can enter the cabana without bending or ducking. Zipped up the screened sides keep mosquitoes and other flying pests at bay and fold for draped look. Tied back they permit unobstructed interior or exterior access. Quick and easy set-up. Carry case is included.
- Color: Beige/Teak
- Size: 96"H x 101"W x 101"D
- Stylish Moroccan design in beige / teak colored finish
- Heavy duty 1" powder coated alum tubing
- Heavy duty polyester body with high SPF rating color protection and water resistant coating
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In frost-free areas castor bean is an evergreen herbaceous or semi-woody large shrub or small tree that gets up to 40' tall and 15' wide. In the tropics it can have a trunk that is woody near the base and up to a foot in diameter. Elsewhere castor bean plant grows as an annual that can get 4-15' tall in a single growing season. This is a fast growing suckering colony forming plant with decidedly tropical looking foliage. They tend to grow straight up at first developing branches only later in the season (and in subsequent years for plants that live that long). The huge leaves are palmate with 5-11 deeply incised lobes. They are glossy purplish or reddish-green and 12-30" across with long petioles (leaf stems). The stems are watery juicy and reddish or purplish too. The flowers are followed by reddish brown egg-shaped capsules about an inch long thickly covered with soft flexible spines.
Ricunus communis sanguineus (Sanguineus Castor Bean)
Notable features:
The large luxuriant red-tinged leaves of this Castor Bean are effective as a focal point or backdrop and instantly add tropical flare to any garden. Best treated as an annual.
Height: 400 cm (160")
Spacing: 90 cm (36")
Location: full sun
Flowering Time: July-August
Hardy zone: 9-10
- In frost-free areas castor bean is an evergreen herbaceous or semi-woody large shrub
- Up tpo 40' Tall
- Hardy zone: 9-10
- Flowering Time: July-August
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Zinfandel's ruffled blossoms are a rich shade of claret/burgundy that will remind you of fine vintage wine.
This beautiful variety begins to bloom very early in the season to cloak a fence or arbor and provides striking bouquets of beautiful flowers with unrivaled depth of color. As a the dark satiny blossoms unfold along their stems they release sweet peas' seductive perfume of orange blossoms and honey a fragrance no other flower can offer.
Plant In: Cold Winters: Mar. - Apr / Mild Winters: Sept. - March | Sun/Shade: Sun to Part Shade | Days to Germinate: 12 - 28 Days | Mature Height: 6-8 feet
- Heavy scented early blooming deep purple flower.
- The perfume is a mixture of oranges and honey.
- Climbs to 8 feet with heavy blossoms.
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