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The Petunia Easy Wave Blue, ‘Petunia x hybrida’, is a great choice for the consumer. Easy wave is excellent in the garden, ground cover, baskets or containers either on their own or mixed with wave petunias, or other basket or container plants for mixed hanging baskets. Easy Wave varieties offer easy-to-flower, high-impact plants with minimal maintenance requirements. Easy Wave Blue Petunias are more mounded than Wave Petuinas. The plants fill out well and stay full all season. They grow to 8 to 12 inches tall and will spread to about 3 feet. This Petunia has dark blue flowers with some light blue shading.

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The Lantana Patriot Hallelujah, ‘Lantana “Patriot” Hallelujah’, is an annual shrub like plant that will produce beautiful bright gold, orange and lavender flowers. Lantana is an excellent choice for beds or containers. The Hallelujah Lantana has attractive foliage and the foliage is topped with vividly colored flowers. The brightly colored flowers of Lantana are excellent for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies. Plant Lantanas in full sun and well drained soil in either beds or containers. Lantana prefers moist soil, but is drought tolerant. Pinch off spent flowers to promote new flower growth. All Lantana’s contain a toxin that if ingested may cause stomach discomfort. Some contact with foliage may irritate sensitive skin. The Lantana is also commonly called a Shrub Verbena. All Lantana’s are tough, resilient plants that thrive in hot weather and bloom profusely from spring until frost.

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The Calla Lily Lavender Gem, ‘Zantedeschia’, a spring planted tuber, produces wonderful lavender colored flowers. The flower is trumpet like in form and has a waxy texture. Calla Lilies are also know as pig lilies. The Calla Lily has sword-shaped leaves which are formed at the end of celery-like stalks. The leaves are heart-shaped and are a rich, dark green color that may be speckled. The Calla Lilly makes an excellent cut flower and are great container plants.

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The Coleus Velvet Lime, ‘Coleus hybrid’, has a velvety sheen on burgundy leaves with olive green margins. These new, bigger, sun loving varieties have revolutionized contanier gardening. The brilliant colors explode in sunny locations. Coleus plants ar

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The Calla Lily Solar Flare, ‘Zantedeschia’, a spring planted tuber, produces wonderful bright yellow colored flowers with lightly splotched foliage. The flower is trumpet like in form and has a waxy texture. Calla Lilies are also know as pig lilies. The Calla Lily has sword-shaped leaves which are formed at the end of celery-like stalks. The leaves are heart-shaped and are a rich, dark green color that may be speckled. The Calla Lilly makes an excellent cut flower and are great container plants.

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The Daffodil ‘Quail’, ‘Narcissi jonquilla’, a fall planted bulb, is a delicate beauty for the front of the border, in pots or in the rock garden. It is a free-flowering miniature with dark yellow almost orangish colored cups. The blossoms last up to 4 weeks and appear in very early spring. They are great for mass plantings, containers, and borders.Quail bulbs, once planted, can remain in the ground for many years. They will multiply and produce the most abundant flowering results in the 2nd and 3rd year. If necessary, very large clumps of bulbs can be lifted as soon as the leaves wither, and then they can be divided and replanted as soon as possible. After flowering, let the leaves yellow before cutting them back. The plants are deer, rabbit, and squirrel resistant.

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The Petunia Famous Red, ‘Petunia x hybrida’, with it’s beautiful red flowers, is a great choice for the gardener. Famous petunia’s are excellent in the garden, ground cover, baskets or containers either on their own or mixed with other petunias, or other basket or container plants for mixed hanging baskets. Famous varieties offer easy-to-flower, high-impact plants with minimal maintenance requirements and are THE choice for mixed baskets. The plants fill out well and stay full all season.

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