Scientific Name (if available): Cornus Alba ‘Siberica’

The Coral Red Dogwood, Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’, has stunning bright red bark which adds color to the winter garden. It has been given an Award of Garden Merit (AM), which is for plants of outstanding excellence. Tolerant of a wide range of soils, it produces the brightest winter bark when planted in full sun. To keep the size of the plant in check and to encourage the most colorful bark, remove a third of the stems back to ground level each spring.

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Scientific Name (if available): Solanum melongena

The Eggplant Black Beauty, ‘Solanum melongena’, is a very attractive plant with 1 to 3 pound, purple/black fruit that keeps well and has an excellent flavor. Eggplant is a very international vegetable. The unique and tasty dishes cooked in Japan, China

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Scientific Name (if available): Brussica rapa (ruvo group)

The Broccoli Italian Sprouting Di Cicco, ‘Brussica rapa (ruvo group)’, ia European Heirloom. This very tasty broccoli produces a lot of small to medium heads with a long harvest period. If you have eaten Broccoli in Italy, you know what we say when we say you should try Di Cocco. The plants are tasty and productive. It produces copious amounts of small to medium sized well into summer. We recommend you harvest the main head when it is 3 inches in diameter. Di Cocco also freezes well.Plant as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring, 4 to 6 weeks before the average last frost. In mild climates, plant in the late fall for winter harvest. Sow successive plantings every 2 weeks throughout the cool early growing season for continuous harvest. Broccoli prefers light, loamy, well drained soils.

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Scientific Name (if available): Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald n Gold’

The Euonymus ‘Emerald ‘n Gold’, Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald n Gold’, is an excellent dwarf evergreen plant. It displays bright variegated green and gold foliage. It is also tolerant of dense shade. Emerald ‘n Gold Euonymus is a low-growing, tight branching, mounding, woody, evergreen shrub. The leaves will turn a pink-red color in cold weather.This fast growing shrub looks good planted in mass or in groupings. It is tolerant of most soils except swampy, extremely wet conditions. If used as a hedge, trim in May and August. For hedges plant 1ft apart

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Scientific Name (if available): Spinacia oleracea

The Spinach Bloomsdale, ‘Spinacia oleracea’, is an old favorite amongst gardeners. The Bloomsdale has excellent flavor and produces large quantities of tasty leaves. If you are new to gardening, try fresh spinach in the garden, the buttery flavor will win you over. Spinach is also very nutritious with lots of Vitamin A, C, and iron and is low in calories. Bloomsdale is an old, dependable, open pollinated variety and it is also good in containers.Plant in early spring, 4 to 6 weeks before the last frost date or when soil temperatures are above 35 degrees. Successive palnting can be made every 3 weeks for continuous harvest. Spinach prefers light, fertile, moist, and well drained soil. Harvest individual leaves from outer edges as they become big enough to use or cut the whole plant 1 inch above the base and new leaves will grow.

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Scientific Name (if available): Lactuca sativa

The Muskmelon Fastbreak Cantaloupe), ‘Cucumis melo (Hybrid)’, is a breeding first! The Fastbreak has great taste and super early maturity, which makes the Fastbreak the best early muskmelon ever. Long or short growing season, this melon should be in every garden and even may be called a “blessing for home gardeners” The 3 to 4 pound melons are very sweet and they resist several common diseases. The Fastbreak Muskmelon is an annual and is very sensitive to frost. Fastbreak vines spread to about 10 feet in diameter, about the same as most muskmelons. The flesh is a salmon-orange color. Plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks after the last frost when soil temperatures are warm. Muskmelons prefer light and well drained soil. Muskmelons use a lot of water but they should not ever be soggy wet.

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Scientific Name (if available): Forsythia x intermedia ‘Spectabilis’

The Spectabilis Forsythis, Forsythia x intermedia, is a showy border Forsythia that transplants readily. It grows at a rapid rate and is long-lived. Tolerates a wide range of soil and light conditions, but prefers full sun. Allow plenty of room for plant to spread. Withstands city conditions. Profuse, yellow, spring flowers are followed by medium green summer foliage. `Spectabilis’ (Showy Border Forsythia) is the most common forsythia. The profuse, yellow flowers of forsythia are considered by many to be the first sure sign of spring. Flowers will last for two or three weeks unless killed by cold. Often used to control erosion on steep slopes because tips of branches root naturally and plants spread easily. Suggested uses for this plant include border, specimen plant, and screen. Prune in spring after flowering so that buds for the next year can develop in the fall.

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Scientific Name (if available): Cucumis melo-Reticulatus Group

The Muskmelon Hale’s Best Jumbo, ‘Cucumis melo-Reticulatus Group’, is an old time favorite with a fabulous flavor. Hale’s Best has very thick, sweet salmon-pink flesh with a small seed cavity. Talk to old timers and they still swear by Hale’s Best. Hale’s Best grow and stays sweet in a wide variety of conditions, particularly drought. The muskmelon is about 6 inches in diameter and weighs about 3.5 pounds each. The Hale’s Best Muskmelon is an annual and is very sensitive to frost. The vines spread to about 10 feet in diameter, about the same as most muskmelons. Plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks after the last frost when soil temperatures are warm. Muskmelons prefer light and well drained soil. Muskmelons use a lot of water but they should not ever be soggy wet.

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Scientific Name (if available): Spiraea japonica ‘Mertyann’

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Scientific Name (if available): Spiraea japonica ‘Little Princess’

The Spiraea ‘Little Princess’, Spiraea japonica, is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It tolerates a wide range of soils. Prune in late winter to early spring. ‘