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Cottage Garden Favourites
This is a sample of some of the varieties Florabunda Seeds offers. For a complete listing of all of our products click here. Our full catalog is also available online in Adobe Acrobat format. Click here to view the Catalog.To order any of these products, please use our handy order form which is available here. |
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LAVATERA Named after the 16th century Swiss botanist, Dr. Lavater, this native of the Mediterranean region is also know as Mallow. The flowers are large and resemble those of the hibiscus. Growing to a height of between 2' to 4', they are a sturdy and compact plant. Plant them in masses and they will reward you with a profusion of blossoms. You will wonder why you've never grown them before! |
LAVATERA 'Tanagra'Lavatera trimestris (3 months of bloom) The hard to find variety Tanagra bears multitudes of silky, cup shaped flowers in carmine pink. Annual $2.25 |
 LOVE-IN-A-MISTNigella damascena Nigella has been grown in gardens for some four centuries, acquiring such folk names as "Love-entangle", "Hair-of-Venus", and "Jack-in-prison". These names all describe how the masses of fine lacy foliage provide soft net-like baskets for the flowers. Intriguing striped seed pods balloon out and dry well. Very easy to grow. They will re-seed and do well in poor soil. $2.25 |
POPPIESLike the skirts of flamenco dancers or ballerinas, the satiny petals of crushed silk dazzle the sense. In 1932, Canadian garden writer wrote "They occur in colours which baffle description, comprising such delicate shades as apricot and salmon, and among pinks such as rose, blush and flesh and through to the most brilliant of crimsons." Used for centuries for beauty, magic and medicine, these easy to grow annuals are loved by young and old. Poppies are tap-rooted and do not take well to transplanting, so sow the seeds in flowering position in early spring or fall, thin and deadhead to keep flowers coming. Dried seed pods are excellent in bouquets. Though the ripe seeds of the somniferum (incl. Paeoniflorum) are edible for poppy seed cakes and breads, please note that the plant's sap is toxic. |
POPPY HeirloomPapaver somniferum Brought to Britain from the opium fields of the Orient in the late 1500's this large showy species became the "brazen hussy" of the garden with its 5" blooms and fleshy, grey-green smooth leaves. Flowers are scarlet with large outer petals and smaller frilly petals inside. Grows to 3 or 4 feet Annual. $2.25 |
NASTURTIUMSOriginally from South America, nasturtiums have been cultivated in European gardens for over 300 years and still remain a favourite today. Louise Bebee Wilder writes in The Fragrant Path ".....the name Nasturtium, an old Latin word used by Pliny, was derived by him from narsus, the nose, and tortus, twisted, in reference to the supposed contortions of the nose caused by the hot pungent odour and taste of these flowers." Although there are scores of modern cultivars being marketed today, we offer six heirloom varieties whose merits alone attest to their continued existence. Excellent for container & basket culture with conscientious watering and a balanced fertilizer. Ample moisture is the key to staving off aphids, which are only attracted to the sick and the weak. Easy to grow. |
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NASTURTIUM 'King Theodore' Tropaeolum nanum Rich velvet crimson flowers and very dark green foliage. Annual. $2.25 |
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NASTURTIUM 'Trailing' Tropaeolum lobbianum Used as a massed groundcover or basket/window box plant since the late 1600's. Trails 6' to 8' with large round leaves and long-stemmed, long-spurred flowers in orange and red shades. Annual. $2.25 |
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FOXGLOVE Many mystical, magical legends have evolved around the foxglove, often involving fairies, and it is one of the first flowers that come to mind at the mention of the words "Cottage Garden". Seed in June for blooms next summer. |
FOXGLOVE 'Rusty'Digitalis ferrunginea A rare heirloom species of foxglove with tall spires of pendulous, brown-red, orchid-like flowers with speckled throats. Height to 4 feet, Zone 4-8 $2.25 |
MALVA, Musk MallowMalva moschata alba White, almost transparent, 2" blooms cluster along the bushy stems of this excellent container plant. Continuously flowering until frost, this variety was listed in a nursery catalogue from 1909. A first year flowering perennial. Height 2' to 4', Zone 3-10 $2.25 |
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