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New Botanical Interests Seed Varieties
With spring just around the corner, gardeners are itching to dig in the dirt. Starting seeds indoors is a great way to cure the winter blues! English Gardens carries Botanical Interests, a high quality seed line with packets designed to educate and give you the information to be a successful gardener.
Botanical Interests packets feature beautiful illustrations, the common and botanical name, as well as the variety. Critical information on the front provides you with the seed’s preferred season, sow date and description of the variety. The fun continues on the inside with recipes, growing and harvest tips as well as fun botanical facts.
English Gardens offers many new varieties for you to try:
Annual Flowers
Calendula Pot Marigold Zeolights: These gorgeous double bloom annual flowers are edible! The bronze petals fade to a delicate pink, contrasting against the vivid maroon back. Attracts pollinators, is drought resistant and is deer resistant.
Love-In-A-Mist Chocolate and Cream: Dual-colored, edible and intriguing blooms on this annual are fairly care-free. Perfect for cut flower arrangements, pollinators will love this flower.
Morning Glory Chocolate: A vigorous vine that grows up to 10 feet, this flower blooms from midsummer until frost. Grown as an annual in Michigan’s gardening zone.
Nasturtium Black Velvet: Grown as an annual, Black Velvet adds a striking reddish-black color to your garden. The bloom is also edible! Attracts pollinators and is a proven rabbit and deer deterrent.
Scabiosa Pincushion Flower Black Knight: This almost-black annual blooms for an extended period and attracts pollinators. Also great for cut flower arrangements!
Snapdragon Black Prince: Grown as an annual, the foliage on Black Prince turns bronze as the weather cools. Like other Snapdragons, it blooms heaviest in cool weather, takes a break in the summer and then returns to full bloom in the fall.
Sunflower Shock-O-Lat: With yellow tipped bronze-red petals, Shock-O-Lat is a beautiful annual to incorporate into your garden. Drought tolerant and attracts pollinators.
Sweet Pea Elegance Blend: An elegant and colorful mix of annual blooms with a mild scent. Attracts hummingbirds and pollinators.
Wheat Utrecht Blue: Bright blue seed heads that keep their color even after drying. Can be used in arrangements, baskets and other crafts.
Perennial Flowers
Flax Blue: At one to two feet tall, this beautiful perennial features sky blue flowers. Plants are very hardy and can withstand heat, cold, poor soil, drought and even partial shade. Plant in groups or mix with other wildflowers as effective erosion control.
Biennial Flowers
Hollyhock Outhouse: This biennial features pink, white, red and burgundy flowers. Flowers bloom throughout the summer and are even edible! Attracts pollinators and is deer resistant.
Sweet William Black Adder: A deep maroon biennial flower. It is a very low maintenance flower that is beautiful in both rock gardens and containers.
More About Botanical Interests
Botanical Interests is a family-owned business founded in 1995. The company offers more than 600 varieties of certified organic, heirloom, non-GMO, untreated and responsibly produced hybrid vegetable, herb and flower seeds.
Curtis and Judy, the founders, were dismayed by the number of gardeners without access to the information they needed. Their desire for more information lead them to create a seed packet that is packed with information, recipes and more!
Find these new varieties at your local English Gardens location. Product selection may vary by store.
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