SHS SPRING 2015 PLANT INFORMATION
VEGETABLES
Cucumbers
Burpless Tasty Green – 12 inch, crisp, juicy
Diva – 6-8 inch, long, sweet, burpless, crisp
Bush Pickle – 4 inch
Eggplant
Whopper
Okra
Clemson Spineless – 7-9 inch, long pods, meaty
Tomatoes
Better Boy – big, meaty, 8 ounce
Big Boy – rich flavor, 10-16 ounce
Rutgers – 5 ounce, grows well in south
Celebrity – staking variety, firm, 8 ounce, resistant to many diseases,
adaptable
Campbells – variety used in Campbells soups
Whopper – 12 ounce or bigger, disease and crack resistant
Organic Heirloom – includes 6 varieties (Aunt Ruby’s German Green,
Big Rainbow, Tomato Black from Tula, Brandywine
Red, Cherokee Purple, Dixie Golden Giant)
Roma – good for cooking, canning, and paste, medium/small pear
shaped
Supersweet – cherry size, sweet, high Vitamin C, bears fruit till frost,
each branch produces 100 or more fruits
Peppers
Sweet Banana – 6 inches, mild sweet flavor
Bell Boy – 4.5 x 3.5 inch fruit, starts green and turns red, plants are
20-24 inches
Cayenne – long, red, slim, hot
Early Jalapeno – dark green, thick, 3-4 inches
Squash
Enterprise Hybrid Straightneck – 7-8 inches long, mild, creamy flavor
Early Summer Crookneck – plants are 2 x 3-4 feet, 5-6 inch fruit
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ANNUALS
Begonia
Dragon Wing Red – spreading, does well in beds/hanging baskets /
containers large blooms, sun or shade, heat tolerant, 12-15 inches
tall, spreads 15-18 inches, 2-2.5 inch flower size
Baby Wing White – heat tolerant, stand up to stress, 12-15 inches tall,
spreads10-12 inches, shows color all season
Solenia Apricot – likes sun & shade, flowers all summer, grows up to
12 inches, spreads 18 inches
Cocktail Mix – likes sun & shade, 6-8 inch plants, 1-1.4 inch blooms,
bronze foliage
Super Olympia Mix – 6-8 inch plant, compact, standard green leaf
Coleus
Chocolate Mint – chochlatey leaf edged in mint green, loves heat but
must be in shade, 14-20 inches tall
Wizard Coral Sunshine – shade, pink/salmon/olive green/light green
Wizard Pineapple – shade, green with dark red flecks
Wizard Velvet – full sun, deep red
Kong Mix Empire – large leaves, unique pattern, 18-22 inches tall, good
for large containers & landscapes, good indoor house plant, best
in shade, colors of red/rose/salmon pink/scarlet
Kong Jr. Green Halo – shade, 18-24 inches, cream with chartreuse
margin
Kong Jr. Lime Vein – shade, 18-24 inches, lime with rose mid-rib and
veins
Dahlia
Hypnotica Bellini – large flowers, vigorous, heat tolerant, good for pots,
18-24 inches tall, peachy color
Dusty Miller
Silver Dust – white silvery foliage, best in sun, 8 inches tall, heat & cold
tolerant, excellent accent plant
Geranium – heat tolerant, 24 inches tall
Patriot Bright Red
Patriot Cherry Rose
Gerbera Daisies – 10-12 inches tall, 4-6 inch blooms, excellent as bedding or
potted plant
Festival Mix Grower Select – cream, yellow, orange, red, pink, salmon,
white
Festival Mix Spring Bouquet – yellows, salmons, apricot, neon rose,
Peach, excellent for Easter & Mother’s Day
Hypoestes
Splash Select Mix – excellent for pots and shady places, 8-10 inches,
pinks/reds/whites/greens
Impatiens
Accent Premium Mix – good for pots or garden, 10-12 inches tall,
orange/lilac/pink/red/rose/salmon/violet/white
New Guinea Harmony Red – large, round blooms, tolerant of high
temps, full sun if kept moist (otherwise part shade)
Double Musica Bicolor Pink – small flowers with short flower stems,
good for hanging baskets & pots, pink with white swirl
Ipomea (Sweet Potato Vine) – full sun to light shade, high temperatures
Blackie – dark burgundy black, serrated leaves
Marguerite – lime green
Tricolor – green with pink and white on edges
Goldfinger – lime green, serrated leaves
Ace of Spades – spade shaped leaves, dark burgundy-black
Marigolds
Janie Mix – heat tolerant, 8-12 inches tall, 2 inch flowers,
oranges/reds/yellows
Safari Mix – 3 inch blooms, disease and weather tolerant, 8-10 inches
tall, oranges/reds/yellows
Inca II Mix – early fully double blooms, up to 12 inches tall & 10 inches
wide, blooms 3-3.5 inches, strong stems, good in packs or pots
Petunia
Madness Midnight – deep blue, 10-12 inches tall
Madness Red – 10-12 inches tall
Madness Total – mix of colors, 10-12 inches tall
Rhoeo
Tricolor – spreading, good in hanging baskets/mixed
containers/indoors, part sun part shade, drought tolerant, good
ground cover
Salvia
Red Hot Salley II – 10-12 inches, great heat tolerance
Verbena – heat tolerant, may be perennials in some areas, full sun to light
shade, don’t overwater, good in baskets/pots/landscapes
Homestead Purple
Temari Trail Red – branches spread up to 48 inches across, idea in
hanging baskets/landscapes/patio containers/window boxes
Vinca – thick green glossy foliage, full sun, grows 14-16 inches tall
Cora Apricot
Cora Red
Cora Mix
Zinnia
Profusion Full Mix – 12-15 inches tall, long season color, 2 inch blooms,
excellent heat/humidity/drought tolerance
Giant Double – 2 feet tall, 4-5 inches across, long rigid stems
Formula Mix – 30-40 inches tall, thick sturdy stem, double 4-5 inch
blooms
Wandering Jew – great for baskets or combinations, fast growing, trails,
easy to grow
Purple
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PERENNIALS
Airplane/Spider Plant – good in hanging baskets, can be houseplants, tough,
likes indirect light
Asparagus/Foxtail Fern – houseplant, likes bright indirect light
Bellis
Habanera Mix – large 2 inch double flowers, 6 inches, includes whites/
roses/reds
Bromeliads – light loving, warm daytime temps, 40 degree nights, water from
top
Coreopsis – excellent addition to mixed containers & flowering pots, 15-18
inches tall, daisy like flowers, bloom spring & summer, deer &
rabbit resistant
Highland Blast – red & yellow bicolor, large blooms
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) – vigorous, for average to poor well drained or dry
soils, tolerates heat & drought, blooms all summer
Mesa Peach – yellow-orange bicolor
Juncus
Javelin - dramatic accent for mixed containers, tall green grass, grows
up to 5 feet in landscape, can grow in standing water or drought
conditions, beautiful stiff straw colored foliage through winter
Lantana – heat tolerant, full sun, dry down between watering
Santana Yellow – lemon yellow
Irene – tricolor of yellow, pink & red, 2-3 feet
Lambs Ear
Fuzzy Wuzzy – low spreading, violet-pink blooms, 14-16 inches,
excellent for rock gardens
Purple Heart – full sun with light shade, drought tolerant, grows straight up or
can trail, 10 inches tall, good accent in borders/planters/baskets/
groundcover, can be houseplants
Rumex – grown for foliage, accent plant in beds/borders/mixed containers,
8-12 inches
Sanguineus – large spinach like leaves, distinctive blood red veins
Sedum – requires little water, loves sun, useful as groundcover and in
rock gardens
Swedish Ivy – part shade, can be houseplant with bright light, groundcover
Umbrella Plant – 18-24 inches, common houseplant, likes high light
White Gossamer – 4-6 hours full sun, don’t over water, thrives on neglect
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LARGE FLOWERING POTS
Royal Velvet – includes white bacopa, red begonia, red cordyline
 part sun/part shade
Tinkerbell – includes bicolor double impatiens, mini fuchsia, hot blue lobelia,
blue dart juncus
 part sun/part shade
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HANGING BASKETS
Tango – includes yellow bidens, orange calibrachoa, spreading red petunia
 sun
Raindrops Keep Falling – includes yellow biden, dark purple calibrachoa,
white lobelia
 sun