Dianthus Venti Parfait Crimson

by Maureen Sullivan on February 2, 2023

Full sun. Mounding form, 8 to 10 inches height and spread.  Indulge your self with this eye-popping color.  This is an annual dianthus that will keep on providing color all season long. 

Dichondra Silver Falls

by Maureen Sullivan on April 17, 2014

Dichondra Silver FallsFull Sun. Very low growing. Trailing plant often used in containers but that can also be used as an annual ground cover. Silver foliage positively shimmers in the sun.  Prefers well drained soil.

Dill Bouquet

by Maureen Sullivan on April 17, 2014

Dill-BouquetFull sun. 12 inches for fresh leaves, 3 feet for seed heads.  Dill is a quick crop and the plants will bolt with summer’s heat. Allow plants to flower and develop seed heads for use in pickling and letting mature seeds drop for self seeding.

Echinacea Artisan Orange

by Maureen Sullivan on January 20, 2023

Full sun.  Height 18 to 28″.  We have been waiting for a great seed grown variety of echinacea to become available and it is the Artisan series.  These plants took off like a shot and flowered in the first season.  Not only did they flower abundantly but they grew into large plants over the course of their first year.  

Echinacea Artisan Red Ombre

by Maureen Sullivan on January 20, 2023

Sun.  Height 16 to 24 inches.  We have been waiting for a great seed grown variety of echinacea to become available and it is the Artisan series.  These plants took off like a shot and flowered in the first season.  Not only did they flower abundantly but they grew into large plants over the course of their first year.  

Echinacea Artisan Yellow Ombre

by Maureen Sullivan on January 20, 2023

Full sun. Height 18-24″.  We have been waiting for a great seed grown variety of echinacea to become available and it is the Artisan series.  These plants took off like a shot and flowered in the first season.  Not only did they flower abundantly but they grew into large plants over the course of their first year.  Artisan Yellow Ombre flower color ranges from soft orange to soft yellow.

Echinacea Mellow Yellow

by Maureen Sullivan on January 20, 2023

Full sun.  Height 32″.  Although we were truly impressed with the Artisan series of echinacea, for those of you looking for a taller plant than the Artisans, we are growing Mellow Yellow.  2023 will be the first year that we grow Mellow Yellow so we will see if it competes with Artisan as to vigor and earliness to bloom.  Mellow Yellow opens a deep mango and ages through yellow to a buttery ivory.   

Eggplant Beatrice

by Maureen Sullivan on January 28, 2017

Sun. This Italian eggplant variety is 5 days earlier than Nadia. Beatrice has a similar shape, flavor and texture as the late maturing heirloom Rosa Bianca. When picked at the optimum size, its skin is very thin. Beatrice has become our kitchen’s favorite eggplant. Pick fruits when fruits are 4 to 5″ long and 4 to 5″ across.

 

 

Eggplant Nadia

by Maureen Sullivan on April 17, 2014

Sun. Allow 1 square foot per plant. Nadia is a classic large Italian eggplant. Plants set glossy purple fruit, even under cool conditions.

Eggplant Nigral

by Maureen Sullivan on February 6, 2023

Our go-to variety of Italian eggplant, Nadia, has been supplanted by Nigral. Touted as a spineless variety setting fruit under more variable weather/climate conditions.