(Carrot, Paris Market Heirloom Carrot)

The sweet-flavored, golfball-size carrots of this French heirloom variety mature in about 55 days from seed, making it a good choice for areas with short or cool summers.

The cultivated carrot is a hardy herbaceous biennial of Eurasian and North African origin. It is grown for its crisp, sweet, tasty taproot. If its roots are not harvested, it produces lacy, white, umbrella-shaped flower-heads the following summer.

Carrots are easy to grow if given deep, rich, friable soil and full sun. In...

(Carrot, Purple Haze Carrot)

Purple-skinned with orange interiors, the long, plump, tapered roots of this All America Selection are colorful as well as tasty. Plants grow from seed to harvest in about 75 days, yielding sweet, succulent, classically proportioned carrots.

The cultivated carrot is a hardy herbaceous biennial of Eurasian and North African origin. It is grown for its crisp, sweet, tasty taproot. If its roots are not harvested, it produces lacy, white, umbrella-shaped flower-heads the following summer.

Carrots...

(Carrot, Red Cored Chantenay Carrot)

Don’t let the unusual red center of this colorful carrot throw you. The roots produced by ‘Red Cored Chantenay’ are particularly flavorful and can be harvested after 70-days.

The cultivated carrot is a hardy, herbaceous, biennial of European and Asian origin. It is grown for its crisp, sweet, tasty tap roots. Often called Daucus carota ssp. sativus, it is a biennial but rarely gets the chance to flower because its roots are harvested in the first season. If allowed to flower,...

(Carrot, Romeo Carrot)

The roots of ‘Romeo’ are miniature and bulbous. Though cute, they are not the sweetest carrots. Instead they tend to be starchy, especially if grown in hotter weather. They mature in 55 days, so they are fast-growing and early. Sometimes they are called 'Round Romeo.' Grow short-rooted cultivars like this were soils are shallow.

The cultivated carrot is a hardy, herbaceous, biennial of European and Asian origin. It is grown for its crisp, sweet, tasty tap roots. Often called Daucus carota...

(Carrot, Scarlet Nantes Carrot)

This French heirloom variety yields cylindrical, blunt-tipped, bright orange carrots that are renowned for their sweet, crisp, nearly coreless flesh. It is also known as 'Early Coreless'. Plants grow from seed to maturity in about 70 days, or they can be harvested earlier for "baby carrots."

The cultivated carrot is a hardy herbaceous biennial of Eurasian and North African origin. It is grown for its crisp, sweet, tasty taproot. If its roots are not harvested, it produces lacy, white, umbrella-shaped...

(Carrot, St. Valery Carrot)

This heirloom variety yields long, thick carrots that are renowned for their robust flavor. The bright, medium red-orange carrots are fine-grained, sweet, and small-cored. Plants grow from seed to maturity in 70 to 90 days, or they can be harvested earlier for "baby carrots." Sometimes going by the name 'James Scarlet', 'Saint Valery' orginated in France before 1885.

The cultivated carrot is a hardy herbaceous biennial of Eurasian and North African origin. It is grown for its crisp, sweet, tasty...

(Carrot, Thumbelina Carrot)

The roots of ‘Thumbelina’ are miniature and perfectly round. The cute carrots are sweet, crunchy and perfect for children to grow. They mature in 60 days, so they are fast-growing and early. Grow short-rooted cultivars like this were soils are shallow.

The cultivated carrot is a hardy, herbaceous, biennial of European and Asian origin. It is grown for its crisp, sweet, tasty tap roots. Often called Daucus carota ssp. sativus, it is a biennial but rarely gets the chance to flower...

(Davidia)

Davidia comprises one species, D. involucrata. This medium-sized deciduous tree is renowned for the showy white flower bracts that adorn its branches in spring. It is native to forests of central and western China.

The rather large, heart-shaped leaves of this hardy tree are bright green with fuzzy undersides. The leaves of variety vilmoriniana have little or no fuzz. Small, spherical, brush-like flower clusters nestle between pairs of drooping, porcelain-white,...

(Dovetree)

Large white flower bracts flutter from the branches of this medium-sized deciduous tree in spring, suggesting a flock of doves. Davidia involucrata is native to forests of central and western China.

The rather large, heart-shaped leaves of this hardy tree are bright green with fuzzy undersides. The leaves of variety vilmoriniana have little or no fuzz. Small, spherical, brush-like flower clusters nestle between pairs of drooping, porcelain-white, leaf-shaped bracts in mid to...

(African Ivy, Cape Ivy, Climbing Groundsel, German Ivy)

Lustrous, angular leaves that grow from sprawling and twining burgundy-violet stems makes the cape ivy alluring year round. However, the rampant growth rate, rooting stems and high production of seeds usually finds this perennial vine from South Africa considered a noxious environmental weed. Cape ivy has been naturalized across various continents, especially in Mediterranean climates throughout coastal forests.

The leaves are rounded with six large blunt lobes or massive teeth, always mimicking...