How To Grow

Summer turnips are great for salads, pickles, and stir-fries. Any place that you would use spinach or Swiss chard, you can give turnip greens a try. Follow along with this handy How to Grow Turnips Guide and grow food. Turnips make excellent pickles. Latin Brassica rapa var. rapa Family: Brassicaceae Difficulty Easy We Recommend: Even if turnips “aren’t your thing,” we still recommend that you try Hakurei (TR815) for its mild flavour and crisp texture. It is fast growing, nutritious, and both the greens and roots are delicious. Season: Cool season Exposure: Full sun Zone: 2-10. Hardy for overwinter growing in Zone 7+ Timing...

Veronica is also known as Brid’s-eye and Speedwell. It is a popular hardy perennial that grows upright with intensely blue flowers. It is easy to grow Veronica from seeds. Latin Veronica spicata “Blue Bouquet” Difficulty Easy Season & Zone Exposure: Full sun Zone: 3-10 Timing Sow indoors 8-10 weeks before planting out, or direct sow outdoors in early spring or early autumn. Starting Sow on the surface of the soil, under bright lights if starting indoors. Transplant in early spring for flowers the first year. Growing Water and deadhead regularly, but feed only occasionally. Rich soil results in weak plants....

Expect sturdy, well-branched plants that produce an abundance of early bright, fragrant flowers. Excellent for cutting. Stocks prefers cool growing conditions. In cold winter areas plant in earliest spring. Where winters are mild set out plants in early fall. Bloom begins in winter or early spring. Annual flowers that are sometimes listed as Gillyflowers. Follow the how to grow stocks instructions and grow some wonderful cut flowers in summer. Latin Matthiola longipetala (syn. M. bicornis, also Cheiranthus longipetalus) Family: Brassicaceae Difficulty Challenging Season & Zone Exposure: Full sun to partial shade Zone: 2-10 Timing Sow indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost, or...

Unless otherwise stated, all the wildflower mixes will contain perennials, annuals, and biennials. In small areas, seeds can be scattered by hand. In larger areas, you may want to employ a lawn spreader or some other mechanical means. We recommend adding 1-2 parts clean, dry sand to 1 part wildflower seeds which will help the seeds spread evenly. Do not use beach sand, as it will be full of salt. It may be wise to spread most of the seed, but to save 15-20% for filling in bald spots at a later date. Seeds must come into contact with the soil...

Tithonia is a heat-loving annual plant that grows very much like a sunflower. It gets quite tall, so works best in the back of the border, but it looks wonderful planted in large groups. The orange flowers of the mexican sunflower are large and amazingly bright. Follow this How to Grow Tithonia from seed guide and grow some sunshine this summer. Latin Tithonia rotundifolia Difficulty Easy Season & Zone Exposure: Full sun Zone: 3-10 Timing Start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost, and transplant out once nighttime temperatures are reliably above 10°C (50°F). Seeds germinate in 5-14 days. Starting Sow seeds on...