(Pole Bean, Roma Bean)

Broad, black-seeded Roma-type pods are borne on the vines of pole bean ‘Super Marconi’. This vigorous bean produces long, flattened, green pods that are surprisingly tender and stringless for their size. Beans are ready for harvest 73 to 77 days after sowing. Like many modern cultivars, ‘Super Marconi’ is self-fertile.

After the danger of frost has passed, plant beans in full sun and fertile, evenly moist, well-drained garden loam. Seeds should be sown directly in the soil at a depth of...

(Bush Bean)

This is an improved form of the early American stringless heirloom ‘Tendergreen’, which was first introduced in 1925. This disease resistant bush bean produces loads of long, straight, green beans that are almost entirely stringless. The beans are ready for harvest around 50 days after sowing. Like most modern bean cultivars this selection is self-fertile.

Bean leaves are trifoliate (three-leaved), arranged in an alternate fashion on the stem and have somewhat diamond-shaped leaflets. The flowers...

(Bush Bean, Tendergreen Bush Bean)

An early American stringless heirloom bred by the inventor of the stringless bean, Calvin Keeney, ‘Tendergreen’ was first introduced in 1925. This disease resistant bush bean produces lots of plump, meaty, green beans with few strings, which are ready for harvest around 50 days after sowing. Like many modern bean cultivars this selection is self-fertile.

Bean leaves are trifoliate (three-leaved), arranged in an alternate fashion on the stem and have somewhat diamond-shaped leaflets. The flowers...

(Bush Bean, Green Bean, Tricolor Mix Green Bean)

This pretty mix produces snap beans of green, yellow and burgundy-purple. This collection varies from one seed supplier to another, but each creates a seed blend of one green, yellow and burgundy-purple bush bean variety. The long, tubular crispy beans are produced on productive, vigorous plants, yielding harvest-size pods 52 to 60 days after sowing seeds. A good harvest size is 5 to 6 inches (12 to 15 centimeters) long.

Bean leaves are trifoliate (three-leaved), arranged in an alternate fashion...

(Pole Bean, Tricolor Pole Bean)

What a colorful and tasty mix of pole snap beans; green, purple and yellow beans dangle from the long vines of the green 'Blue Lake', purple 'Purple Peacock' and yellow wax pole beans in this mix. The long, crispy beans are produced on productive, vigorous plants, yielding fresh beans about 60 days after sowing seeds. A good harvest size is 5 to 6 inches (12 to 15 centimeters) long.

Bean leaves are trifoliate (three-leaved), arranged in an alternate fashion on the stem and have somewhat diamond-shaped...

(Pole Bean, Purple Pole Bean, Trionfo Violetto Pole Bean)

An Italian heirloom pole bean, ‘Trionfo Violetto’ is both beautiful and delicious. It produces large quantities of flat, deep purple pods, which are complemented by striking, purple-veined foliage. The beans have an outstanding, sweet flavor, and are best when picked very young and tender. They begin ripening approximately 75 days from sowing.

Plant beans in full sun and fertile, evenly moist, well-drained garden loam after the soil has warmed and all danger of frost has passed. Seeds should...

(Mockorange, Sweet Mockorange)

The ivory-white flowers of mockorange have a delicate orange-blossom scent that perfumes the air in late spring to summer. This large deciduous shrub, native to southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, covers its arching branches with white four-petaled flowers so profusely that it turns more white than green. The leaves are toothed, oval, and green, and they alternate on the branches, which are red-brown. Fall color is an unimpressive yellow-green.

Grow sweet mockorange in full sun for best form and...

(Golden Mockorange, Mockorange)

The ivory-white flowers of ‘Aureus,’ or golden mockorange, have a delicate orange-blossom scent that perfumes the air in late spring to summer. This large deciduous shrub, is descended from a native of southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. It covers its arching branches with white four-petalled flowers so profusely that it turns more white than green. The leaves are toothed and oval and they alternate on the branches, which are red-brown. The leaves emerge golden yellow in spring, turn bright yellow-green...

(Hybrid Phlox, Intensia® Neon Pink Phlox)

Large, intense pink flowers with darker rose-pink eyes bedeck Intensia® Neon Pink. Phlox in the Intensia® Series produce a profusion of extra large, brightly colored blooms throughout the growing season. These heat tolerant annuals are hybrids of Drummond's phlox, a native of the southwestern United States. They have upright, spreading habits and are ideal for bright flower gardens and containers. The compact plants are humidity, heat and frost tolerant and the flowers fragrant.

Small, narrow,...

(Hybrid Phlox, Intensia® Star Bright Phlox)

Large, bright pink and white striped flowers adorn the award-winning Intensia® Star Brite. Phlox in the Intensia® Series produce a profusion of extra large, brightly colored blooms throughout the growing season. These heat tolerant annuals are hybrids of Drummond's phlox, a native of the southwestern United States. They have upright, spreading habits and are ideal for bright flower gardens and containers. The compact plants are humidity, heat and frost tolerant and the flowers fragrant.

Small,...