Full Sun. 10 to 12 inches. Champagne Bubbles is a dwarf variety featuring bright lively colors of yellow, red and orange with some white. Poppies prefer fertile, well drained soil. For use as a cut flower singe end of stem before placing in water. Plants do not withstand hot summer conditions, they will go dormant. Allow some seeds to ripen, fall and germinate for next year’s plants.
Full Sun. 12 inches. Prefers fertile, well drained soil. Papery blooms in shades of white, yellow, pink and orange. For use as a cut flower singe end of stem before placing in water. Plants do not withstand hot summer conditions, they will go dormant. Allow some seeds to ripen, fall and germinate for next year’s plants.
Full Sun. 24 to 30 inches. Prefers fertile, well drained soil. Papery blooms in soft pastel colors. For use as a cut flower singe end of stem before placing in water. Plants do not withstand hot summer conditions, they will go dormant. Allow some seeds to ripen, fall and germinate for next year’s plants.
Full sun. 12 inches. The warm rose shade of Pulcinella Rose will last until the heat of summer really kicks in. Pulcinella poppies are hardy to zone 2 so you should see them return next year. Let some of the seed heads ripen for self sowing to expand you plants. Prefers moist, well drained soil.
Full Sun. 12 inches. Prefers fertile, well drained soil. Papery blooms in shades of white, yellow, pink and orange. For use as a cut flower singe end of stem before placing in water. Plants do not withstand hot summer conditions, they will go dormant. Allow some seeds to ripen, fall and germinate for next year’s plants.
New England Pie pumpkin is an orange fleshed, starchy, dry and stringless. It is suitable for baking uses. The 4 to 6 pound fruits are useful as mini jack-o’-lanterns.
Full sun. Each pot contains multiple plants. Give them plenty of room in your garden. Expert is a nicely proportioned ornamental pumpkin with a pleasing round, broad shape, deep orange color and big, dark green handles. Fruit weights average 25 lb. or heavier. Expert averages 2 pumpkins per plant.
Full sun. Grow Godiva for both its ornamental green and orange striped 6 to 12 pound fruit and for its plump mildly nutty hulless seeds. Godiva has not been bred for edible flesh.
Sun. Well drained soil. Looking for a well shaped, mid-sized ornamental pumpkin? Racer fills the bill producing uniform 12–16 lb. fruits with a slightly flattened shape and a strong, dark green handle. This short-vined variety allows for the efficient use of garden space.
Full sun. 6 to 10 feet. Two inch lavender-pink, cupped star shaped blossoms with a maroon ‘clapper’ that give good cause for the common name, purple bell vine. Give it something to climb on for the best show.