Tomato ‘San Marzano’.
Cosmos ‘Candy Stripe’.
Pepper ‘Purple Beauty’.
Hosta ‘Cool as a Cucumber’.
Coleus ‘Under the Sea’ Molten Coral (top) and Bone Fish (below).
Hydrangea ‘Gatsby’s Star’.
leaves. Fast growing to three feet tall and wide. Best of all, it’s deer-resistant. Cosmos ‘Candy Stripe’. Who doesn’t love cosmos? You will
fall head over heels in love with this one: pink with burgundy or red highlighted edges. Gotta have one? T & T Seeds has them. Pepper ‘Purple Beauty’ (Capsicum annuum). Tender crisp
and mildly sweet, this beauty will stay purple on the vine for quite some time, gradually ripening to red about 75 days after transplant. Plant is about 1.5 feet tall.
www.ttseeds.com Tomato ‘San Marzano’. A plum tomato that is food for the
soul of an Italian chef. Slimmer and more pointed that Roma, it has a thick flesh with few seeds. Indeterminate varieity that will continue to produce until frost takes them. Four ounce fruit.
www.ttseeds.com Hosta ‘Cool as a Cucumber’. A tapered white leaf with
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pea green margins. Light lavender flowers in early summer. A large hosta that will dominate a shady spot: Height 28 in. Spread 48 in. Available from
www.ttseeds.com, this will be a winner this year. Coleus ‘Under the Sea’. Here is a must-have coleus that
will have visitors oohing and ahhing. This amazing plant has deeply lobed leaves that are outlined in colours that contrast with the base leaf colour (dark brown on green, bright green on red, burgundy on lime green, etc.) The leaves look like undersea creatures.
www.ttseeds.com Hydrangea ‘Gatsby’s Star’. Very unusual blossoms on a
zone 4 oakleaf hydrangea. Double blooms have pointed petals arranged in layers of stars. Bred from a North American native plant. Berberis ‘Sunjoy Tangelo’. A brilliant orange leafed barberry with a sunny edge, ‘Tangelo’ “Shines from spring
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