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Bring Home the Butterflies
The Bring Home the Butterflies, flower mixture, will entice native butterflies to come to your garden. Butterflies are a delightful decoration for your garden, providing color and motion on a sunny day. These plants provide a variety of nectar plants to attract the adults and host plants for the caterpillars, as well as a wide range of flower colors, heights, and bloom times. The Bring Home the Butterflies seed pack contains 26 varieties to provide plants during each stage of the of the butterfly life cycle. These plants will bloom spring through fall and plant heights will range from 12 inches to 48 inches in height. In cool climates plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks before the last average frost date. In mild climates, sow seed during cooler months, generally October through March. Soil must be kept moist while the seeds are germinating and beginning to grow. Be sure to keep the weeds pulled so they do not compete with the flowers for water and sun. This packet covers approximately 45 square feet. ... additional info
Mizuna The Mustard Mizuna Siu Cai, Xiu Cai, 'Brassica rapa', is the perfect mustard green with its mild, sweet, earthy, mustard flavor that tolerates cold and heat. It is so attractive that it is used as an ornamental. Commonly used as a graceful bedding plant that "floats" in the flower beds and as a sweet, mild mustard green that is ready to harvest in 3 weeks. Mizuna looks are deceptive; it is a beautiful graceful prolific branching plant that will also germinate under cold and wet spring conditions. It is a common mixture in Mesclun salads and it is also steamed and stir-fried. Plant as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring. Successive plantings every 3 weeks will provide for continuous harvest. In mild climates, plant in the late fall for winter harvest. |
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