(Common Stock)

The sweetly fragrant flowers of the short, cool season bedding plants in the Midget Series are as beautiful as they are aromatic. Though often grown as annuals, stocks are actually semi-woody short-lived perennials. They are coastal natives, distributed from Spain to Egypt, so they are adapted to high winds and salt exposure.

From late spring to summer in cool summer regions, Midget Series stock produces short branches lined with spicy flowers that may be pink, rose, purple, lavender, dark...

(Annual Chrysanthemum, Annual Paludosum Daisy)

Dainty daises top the mounded lacy foliage of this low, bushy, easy to grow annual. Native to Portugal, Spain and the Balearic Islands, it is sometimes called mini-Marguerite or mini-Shasta daisy.

Germinating 2 to 3 weeks after a shallow sowing, this cool-season annual puts forth a dense low-growing clump of green or gray-green, toothed, spoon-shaped leaves. In early summer, upright leafy stems are crowned with small white daisies with deep yellow centers. Each stem bears a single daisy.

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(Annual Chrysanthemum, Mini Marguerite, Snowland Annual Chrysanthemum)

Native to Portugal, Spain and the Balearic Islands, paludosum daisy is a low, bushy, easy to grow annual that also goes by the names mini-Marguerite or mini-Shasta daisy. Atypically large snow-white daisies top the mounded lacy foliage of the cultivar 'Snowland.'

Germinating 2 to 3 weeks after a shallow sowing, this cool-season annual puts forth a dense low-growing clump of green jaggedly toothed leaves. In early summer, upright leafy stems are crowned with small white daisies with deep yellow...

(Creeping Mazus, Purple Mazus)

This diminutive creeping perennial hails from the Himalayas. Creeping mazus is a semi-evergreen hardy plant with small toothed or smooth leaves of green that appear along long stems that hug the ground and root as they go. Beginning in late spring, many lipped violet-blue, purple or white flowers appear. Where winters are mild, plants are fully evergreen.

Mazus needs full sun to partial shade and cool fertile soil with average to good drainage. It does not appreciate scorching hot weather,...

(Creeping Mazus, White Creeping Mazus)

This diminutive, creeping perennial hails from the Himalayas. Creeping mazus is a semi-evergreen hardy plant with small toothed or smooth green leaves that appear along stems that hug the ground and root as they go. Beginning in late spring, this selection, ‘Alba,’ produces a profusion of lipped, small white flowers. Where winters are mild, plants are fully evergreen.

Grow ‘Alba’ in full sun to partial shade and cool, fertile soil with average-to-good drainage. It does not appreciate scorching...

(Ruby Grass, Zizka)

Ruby grass is loved for the rosy-beige seedheads that elegantly dance above the thin, weeping blue-green leaves. It is a tufted, tender perennial grass native to Madagascar and the grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa. In summer it produces shiny, mauve-purple inflorescences (clusters of flowers along the stem tip) that slowly fade to pink and then finally to white as they mature. Foliage is blade-like, bluish gray-green and gracefully curled. Small songbirds will eat the seeds.

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(Pink Crystals Ruby Grass, Ruby Grass, Zizka)

The rose-hued grassy plumes of ‘Pink Crystals’ make this tough ruby grass extra pretty in summer. Ruby grass is a cold-tender evergreen perennial is native to Madagascar and the grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa. It is quite tolerant of heat and drought and well-suited to western and southwestern landscapes.

In summer ‘Pink Crystals’ produces shiny, deep dusty rose plumes that slowly fade to pink and then finally to white as they age. The attractive seedheads gently weep above neat tufted...

(Ruby Grass, Zizka)

Savannah ruby grass is loved for the mauve-pink seed heads that weep above the thin, curling, pale blue-green leaves. It is a tufted, cold-tender perennial grass native to Madagascar and the grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa. In summer it produces shiny, wine-colored inflorescences (clusters of flowers along the stem tip) that fade slowly to pink and then finally to ivory as they mature. The leaves are blade-like, bluish gray-green, and gracefully curled. Small birds will eat the seeds.

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(Corsican Mint)

A tiny, ground-hugging perennial, Corsican mint compensates for its small leaves with incredible vigor. Hailing from the island of Corsica, the species is also found in southern France and Italy. In the wild it prefers damp shady locations, seeps and natural springs where it forms a ground hugging mat of dark-green foliage. The rounded leaves may be slightly hairy and when crushed emit a potent, minty fragrance. Corsican mint blooms in summer with small lilac-blue flowers that stand out above the...

(Dwarf Pohutukawa, Kermadec Pohutukawa, Tahiti Kermadec Pohutukawa)

The exceptionally small 'Tahiti' is a very compact form of this typically large tree. It blooms continuously, but most heavily from late winter to spring, producing clusters of pretty, puffy orange-red blooms.

A rare broadleaf evergreen tree from New Zealand, the Kermadec pohutukawa bears pompon-like scarlet flowers that look very much like those of the New Zealand Christmas tee (Metrosideros excelsa). Kermadec pohutukawa is native only to Raoul Island (in the Kermadec Islands group),...