The Farm Store
 Van Dyke Zinnias’ NEW
OFFERS!
New for 2008 right
from the catalog, page 3!
Sharon's Favorites
SWEET WILLIAM, DIANTHUS BARBATUS (CARYOPHYLLACEAE)
Bright little flowers w/fringed petals of red, purple, pink, violet, white, and
variegated. Long vase life!
Price: $2.50—50 seeds
Item#:
Sweet-100
6 hours full sun / part shade-12-18”Perennial
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PORTULACA
(MOSS ROSE), P.grandiflora
Many double blooms, stunning colors!
Margarita Rosita is an AAS Winner in deep magenta. This flower is sweet & so
easy to grow and harvest the seed.
Price: $2.50—50 seeds
Item#:
Port-100 (mixed)
Item#:
Port-magenta
Full sun; loves heat/drought, 4” Annual
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COOL WEATHER OR SHADE-LOVING PANSIES!!!!
Pansies Swiss Giants Mixed
Extra wide blooms on a long stems with lots of color!
Ok for cuts. Sow inside in
January-April; outside July-Sept.
PRICE: $4.35 —
100 SEEDS
ITEM# PANSY-100 MIXED COLORS -HARDY
ANNUAL
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Purple Tansy/Lacy Phacelia
(Hydrophyllaceae)
Is actually blue/lavender. Stamens
radiate outward twice as long as the petals—unusually beautiful.
Deer like to make a bed in it! I
don’t know why.
Price: $2.50—50 seeds
Item#:
tansy-100
Full sun; 1-2’ tall. Seeds easy to gather. Annual
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TEXAS BLUEBONNET /Lupinus texensis (Fabaceae)
State Flower of Texas as seen mostly in uncultivated pastures and roadside.
Nice in raised flower beds or half barrels or bring Texas to your meadow!
Price: $2.50—50 seeds
Item#:
Texas-100
Full sun to part shade,; 1’-2’ tall. annual
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Dame’s Rocket /Hesperis matronalis
(Brassicaceae)
Bright purple flowers on long stalks. Genus name “Hesperis” is Greek meaning
“evening” for it’s sweet fragrance at nightfall.
Price: $2.50—50 seeds
Item#:
Dame-100
Full sun to part shade,; 2’-3’ tall. perennial
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TUBER-VERVAIN,
Verbena rigida (Verbenaceae)
Intense deep purple endless display of color!
Cares not what type of soil so long as sun is full!
Price: $2.50—50 seeds
Item#:
tuber-vervain
Full sun, 1’-2’ tall. Upright perennial
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CARNATIONS - CHABAUD MIX
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Widely used for cut flowers for their vase life—in a cool area, re-cutting stems
and changing the water, I’ve had them for a month!
PRICE: $3.00 — 100 SEEDS
IITEM#
CARN-100
LARGE SINGLE &
DOUBLES; 24” EACH PETAL DEEPLY LACINIATED—ANNUAL
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