(Swiss Chard)

The mild, tender and delicious Swiss chard, 'Verte A Carde Blanche', is a large-leaved French heirloom with wide, flat leaf stems and huge dark green leaves. Harvest can begin 65 days after seeding and leaves gathered all season long, though they taste best in spring and fall when days are cool and nights chilly. This is a taller variety that produces huge leaves so only a few mature leaves will make a meal. Harvest healthy, mature leaves by cutting them cleanly at the base. These have a short shelf...

(Swiss Chard)

The mild and delicious Swiss chard, 'Witerbi Mangold', is a large-leaved heirloom with broad stems and large, savoyed, dark green leaves. Harvest can begin 60 to 70 days after seeding and leaves gathered all season long, though they taste best in spring and fall when days are cool and nights chilly. This is a short-stemmed variety that's not well-suited for bunching. Harvest healthy, mature leaves by cutting them cleanly at the base. These have a short shelf life, so eat them quickly!

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(Swiss Chard)

A 1998 All-American Selections Winner, 'Bright Lights' chards are as tasty as they are beautiful. This popular chard mix offers plants with colorful stems of yellow, red, orange, pink and apricot topped with enormous leaves of deep green or purple. The stems even hold their color after cooking.

Swiss chard is planted for its big crinkled leaves that can be eaten in salads, soups or simply steamed or sautéed. Usually grown as an annual, it is a true biennial. Unlike its cousin the beet, chard...

(Japanese White Birch)

A beautiful, upright, white-barked deciduous tree, this native of Japan is the most widely grown variety of Manchurian birch. The single or sometimes branched trunk is clad in chalky, milk-white bark, giving it year-round interest. Attractive elongated pores (lenticels) decorate the trunk and branches. The relatively large, triangular, toothed leaves alternate along dark brown twigs. The leaves turn yellow in autumn. The foliage emerges later in spring than that of typical Manchurian birch, making...

(Paper Birch)

Paper birch is a medium to large, deciduous tree that is native of the extreme northern United States, Alaska and much of Canada. It is most valued for its beautiful white papery bark that is accented with bands of black. In fall its medium green leaves turn a pretty yellow, and in winter its stark white bark contrasts nicely with evergreens.

This very hardy tree does best in cold climates and excels in moist, but well drained sandy loam soils. Paper birch does not tolerate difficult sites,...

(Apache Beggarticks)

A short-lived, spreading perennial, often grown as an annual, Apache beggarsticks has a low, spreading habit and airy, rich green foliage. This native of the southern United States and Mexico is heat-loving and showy in bloom, when it produce many open, broad petaled golden yellow flowers at the ends of slender stems from summer to fall. The flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies and require little deadheading.

A plant for sunny sites, Apache beggarsticks grows best in rich to average...

(Apache Beggarticks, Bidens, Gold Marie Bidens)

A short-lived perennial, often grown as an annual, ‘Gold Marie’ beggarsticks is a vigorous selection with a bushy, spreading habit and fine, rich green foliage. This native of the southern United States and Mexico is heat-loving and becomes adorned with a showy display of many clear golden yellow daisies from summer to fall. These are attractive to bees and butterflies and require little deadheading.

A tough plant for sunny sites, Apache beggarsticks grows best in rich to average soil with good...

(Apache Beggarticks, Bidens, Golden Star Bidens)

A short-lived perennial, often grown as an annual, ‘Golden Star’ beggarsticks is a vigorous selection distinguished by its compact, yet upright and bushy habit and early bloom time. It originates from the southern United States and Mexico, is heat-loving and has ferny, rich green foliage. From early summer to fall it becomes adorned with a showy display of many bright yellow daisies. These are attractive to bees and butterflies and require little deadheading.

A tough plant for sunny sites, Apache...

(Apache Beggarticks, Bidens, Smiley Bidens)

Apache beggarstick is a floriferous evergreen tender perennial with a short, spreading habit. It is native from Arizona to Guatemala and adapted to hot, arid climates.

The cultivar ‘Smiley’ bears clear golden yellow daisy-like flowers in great profusion from midsummer to early fall. These contrast nicely with its ferny rich green leaves.

Beggarsticks require full sun and average soil with perfect drainage. Once established, plants are surprisingly heat and drought tolerant. The flowers of...

(Apache Beggarticks, Bidens, Marietta™ Gold Spark Bidens)

By far one of the finest Bidens on the market for blooming performance and form, Marietta Gold Spark has a highly compact habit and flowers heavily and continuously all season. This cultivar originates from the southern United States and Mexico, is heat-loving and has dense, ferny, rich green foliage. From early summer to fall it becomes adorned with a colorful display of many golden yellow daisies. These are attractive to bees and butterflies and require little deadheading.

A tough plant for...