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The Zinnia Profusion Fire, ‘Zinnia hybrida’, is one of the easiest annuals to grow, and attract butterflies to the garden! These bushy plants are simply smothered nonstop all season with cheerful, 2-inch daisy-formed blooms. They are ideal for mass plantings or containers! It’s no wonder Profusion Fire (and its sister, Cherry!) won the AAS Gold Medal Flower Award–the first flowers to receive this prestigious award in a decade! The most highly-decorated landscaping Zinnia ever grown, Profusion remains the ONLY choice for an extra-early, extra-long, extra-colorful summer season of bloom!

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Montaigne Lilac, Syringa vulgaris ‘Montaigne’, is an upright growing, French Hybrid Lilac with double, soft lilac-pink flowers in May. It displays an excellent, clean, dark green summer foliage. This strong, long lived, early flowering shrub prefers full sun, good drainage and air circulation. If one removes flowers as they fade, as well as older wood and suckers, it will improve the plants appearance and flower production. Montaigne can be used in many situations, including shrub borders, informal hedges and perennial borders. It is a good bloomer and grows 10-12 feet tall and 8-10 feet wide. Being very showy and extremely fragrant, it makes a wonderful screen or border specimen.

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Red Heart Hibiscus, Hibiscus syriacus ‘Red Heart’, is an upright growing shrub with large, single, saucer shaped flowers of pure white with a scarlet center. Flowers bloom from July until frost. This xeriscape plant is a vigorous, upright, vase-shaped, deciduous shrub that may be massed, planted in groups, used as a specimen, a foundation plant, or shrub borders. Red Heart Hibiscus can also be used as a hedge or screen. It has no serious insect or disease problems. Annual pruning back will result in increased shoot vigor and larger flowers. It is adaptable to a wide range of soil conditions and tolerant of full sun to partial shade. These small, erect trees have numerous upright branches, which should be pruned back heavily in the early spring. Mature height of 8-12′ with a mature spread of 6-8′.

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Illustrated Pruning & Planting Guide is the resource for complete, research-based pruning and planting information. This comprehensive CD-ROM by Dr. Edward F. Gilman includes more than 400 illustrations and photographs accompanied by 250 pages of text covering pruning and planting of trees, shrubs, conifers and palms. Includes the latest arboriculture innovations in practice, planting details for trees, shrubs and palms, as well as pruning guidelines for thousands of plant.

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The Oak, Live, Quercus virginiana, is a large, spreading, broad-leafed evergreen tree that grows near the Coast but also occurs in moist rich woods and along stream banks. On the Gulf Coast, live oaks often support many types of epiphytic plants, including Spanish moss which hangs in weeping garlands, giving the trees a striking appearance. Since Live Oak is a large, fast growing tree, it should be restricted to large yards or parks where the spreading form can be accommodated. Sweet edible acorns are usually produced in great abundance and are of value to many birds and mammals. The name live oak comes from the fact that evergreen oaks remain green and “live” throughout winter, when other oaks are dormant, leafless and “dead”-looking.

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The Coleus Red Ruffles, ‘Coleus hybrid’, has intense red leaves with black penciling. These new, bigger, sun loving varieties have revolutionized contanier gardening. The brilliant colors explode in sunny locations. Coleus plants are durable and easy t

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Primrose Lilac, Syringa vulgaris ‘Primrose’, is a French Hybrid Lilac with cream colored, single blooms produced abundantly in May. The attractive dark green foliage fills this strong and long lived shrub, giving the homeowner a lifetime of satisfaction. The yellow color gets richer with age and more intense in cooler climates. This Primose Lilac is truly outstanding and you will stun your neighbors with its beautiful, rare yellow flowers! Primose Lilac prefers full sun, good drainage and air circulation. If one removes flowers as they fade, as well as older wood and suckers, it will improve the plants appearance and flower production. Primose Lilac can be used in many situations, including shrub borders, informal hedges and perennial borders. It has a rounded shape that grows 10-12 feet in height and width. Being very showy and extremely fragrant, it makes a wonderful screen or border specimen.

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Montaigne Lilac, Syringa vulgaris ‘Montaigne’, is an upright growing, French Hybrid Lilac with double, soft lilac-pink flowers in May. It displays an excellent, clean, dark green summer foliage. This strong, long lived, early flowering shrub prefers full sun, good drainage and air circulation. If one removes flowers as they fade, as well as older wood and suckers, it will improve the plants appearance and flower production. Montaigne can be used in many situations, including shrub borders, informal hedges and perennial borders. It is a good bloomer and grows 10-12 feet tall and 8-10 feet wide. Being very showy and extremely fragrant, it makes a wonderful screen or border specimen.

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Citrullus Sugar Baby (USDA Organic) Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus ‘Sugar Baby’, is a very sweet melon that does not require the space of larger varieties. Watermelon ‘Sugar Baby’ is a 10 to 20 lbs. melon that is firm, sweet, and has red/orange flesh with small, dark brown seeds. The thick rind turns from dark green to almost black when mature. This early maturing variety provides abundant melons.

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The Nierembergia Purple Robe (Dwarf Cupflower), ‘Nierembergia hippomanica’, is a wonderful plant either as a perennial in Zones 7 or warmer, or as an annual everywhere else. The Purple Robe is smothered with hundreds of dainty saucer-shaped flowers during the summer. The flowers are a very deep blue/violet and are saucer shaped with a 1 inch radius. This Nierembergia blooms late spring to early fall. The Purple Robe is very easy to grow.Place the Purple Robe in sun to light shade. In very hot summer locations, light shade is preferred. These plants like light, moist, well drained soils. Shear into mound shape for continuous bloom. Plant in early spring, 2 to 4 weeks before last average frost date. or in early fall if grown as a perennial. Purple Robes are used as an edging plant, in rock gardens, or in containers/window boxes.

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