NPK: 2.5-6-3. Show your flowers you appreciate them by treating them to dinner now and then. This mix is formulated to feed both soil and plant to encourage healthy foliage and lush, colorful blooms.
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Malus spp. Fall. Medium-large red-fleshed apple. Use for sauce, pies. Very sharp and bitter in cider. Two-toned flowers, bronze-red foliage. Z3.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Fall. Medium-large red-fleshed apple. Use for sauce, pies. Very sharp and bitter in cider. Two-toned flowers, bronze-red foliage. Z3.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. Late summer. 20x30' White single flowers on large somewhat weeping tree. Red-blushed roundish 1½-2" fruit good for cooking and cider ripens late summer. Z4.
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Malus spp. Classic culinary crab. Still found in old Maine dooryards. Apricot-pink buds, large fragrant pure white single flowers. Great for canning, pickling, delicious sauce and flavorful ruby-red jelly. Z2.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. 25x30'. Classic culinary crab. Apricot-pink buds, large fragrant pure white single flowers. Beautiful fruit makes flavorful ruby-red jelly. Z2.
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Arnica chamissonis 8-12" tall. Low spreading groundcover with bright yellow daisy-like flowers used externally in oils and salves to treat bruises, sprains, inflammation. Z3.
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Ocimum basilicum minimum (70 days) Open pollinated. 8" and maintains a compact mound of light green leaves and white flowers. Its leaves are small, thin and strongly scented.
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Ocimum basilicum (60 days) Open pollinated. An attractive 12-18" fine-leaved plant with purple stems, seed heads and flowers. Lends its distinctly strong licorice-anise basil flavor to Thai food.
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Cicer arietinum (105 days dry) Open pollinated. A garbanzo developed to be tolerant of cold soils and light frosts. 2' plants with ornamental flowers bear abundant two-seeded pods with black medium-sized beans.
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Phaseolus lunatus (103 days) Open pollinated. 18" tall. 3 tender beans per pod, grey in the shell stage and drying to buff with purple and black mottling. White flowers.
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Vigna unguiculata (65 days shell, 90 days dry) Open pollinated. Cowpeas for the North! Small white bean matures quickly. Easy-to-pick yellow pods. Beautiful yellow flowers on bushy semi-erect plants.
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Phaseolus vulgaris (85 days) Open pollinated. Dense foliage produces medium runners, lavender flowers and good yields of thin delicate pods each containing 5-6 lustrous black seeds.
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Penstemon hirsutus 16-30" tall. Shorter than P. digitalis, with fuzzy stems topped by clusters of slender tubular nodding 1" lavender flowers with arching white lips. Z3.
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Nepeta × faassenii 24-36" tall. Aromatic grey-green foliage with long arching stems topped by lavender-blue flowers. Rugged. Attractive to pollinators. Z3.
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Allium schoenoprasum (80 days) Open pollinated. Hardy perennial. 1-2' dark blue-green leaves are medium-fine, long and slender. Lilac-colored flowers bloom in June and July.
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Symphytum officinale 24-48" tall. Clusters of pinkish purple flowers above bristled foliage. Known for skin-soothing properties. Recommended as an orchard companion. Z3.
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Hemerocallis 30-40" tall. Intensely fragrant trumpet-shaped lemon-yellow flowers with long bloom time. Widely planted on old farmsteads in Maine. Z2.
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Medicago sativa Perennial legume, up to 3' high. This fragrant plant has beautiful purple flowers and is great for hay and as a cover crop. Herbalists consider it a valuable nutritive tonic.
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Gladiolus murielae 12-18" tall. Sword-like foliage is topped by wonderfully scented star-shaped white flowers with mahogany-purple centers on arching stems. Beautiful in the garden or as a cutflower. Z7.
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Lupinus mutabilis (130 days, longer to seed) Open pollinated. “Lost” crop of the Incas. Wild-looking 3' lupine native to the high Andes. Attractive, many-colored flowers. Protein-rich seeds.
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Lonicera sempervirens 6–10' long. Scarlet-red and yellow flowers. Straight species. Selected for excellent blossom set and outstanding resistance to powdery mildew. Z3.
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Hosta Very large oval blue-green leaves, up to 16" long and 12" wide! Pale lavender flowers bloom midsummer. Foliage develops best blue color in light shade. Z3.
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Hosta 18" tall and 36" wide. Rounded heavily corrugated blue leaves with wide chartreuse margins. White flowers smoked with lavender. Holds its margin color well through the season. Z3.
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Iris versicolor 30-36" tall. Northeastern native species with gorgeous blue-violet flowers with bold purple veining and a white and lemon-yellow blaze. Early. Z2.
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Eutrochium fistulosum 4-6' tall. Dusky-rose flowers are held on beautiful wine-red stems dusted with a light purplish bloom. Adaptable to wet soils. Z4.
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Eutrochium purpureum 4-6' tall. Massive vanilla-scented pinkish-purple domed flowers in midsummer. Often found in average to dry woodland edges. Z3.
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Liatris spicata 30-36" tall. Dreamy white flower wands above fine grass-like foliage. Blooms from July to September. Great for cutflowers. Z3.
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Liatris spicata 20-30" tall. Magenta-purple flower spikes above fine grass-like foliage. Blooms from July to September. Great for cutflowers. Z3.
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Origanum heracleoticum Open pollinated. Perennial to Zone 4, but survives some winters in Zone 3. The true culinary herb for Greek and Italian cooking. Low-growing with fragrant dull green and purple leaves and white flowers.
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Galanthus elwesii Very early spring blooms. Even earlier, and a bit bigger, than the Common Snowdrop. Often the very first blossom of spring.
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Pimpinella anisum (130 days) Open pollinated. White umbel flowers in July have delicate ornamental value. Seed ripens in August and September—wait until the tips of the fruits turn grey, and collect seeds before they turn black.
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Agastache foeniculum Open pollinated. Perennial can grow 3' tall, 2' wide. Vigorous self-sower. Anise-scented foliage and purple flowers delightful as a tea or culinary seasoning, or filler in mixed bouquets.
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Agastache foeniculum Open pollinated. Perennial can grow 3' tall, 2' wide. Vigorous self-sower. Anise-scented foliage and purple flowers are delightful as a tea or culinary seasoning, or filler in mixed bouquets.
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Withania somnifera Open pollinated. Upright shrub 2' with green-to-yellow flowers ripening to red berries. Roots are dried at the end of the growing season and used internally powdered or tinctured.
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