It ’s been a tenacious winter and a less - than - stellar showtime to spring , so naturally we go a petty overboard on the come starting this yr . While Steve purchased and begin mostly flowers and ornamental , Danielle went to town in the edibles section . And we could n’t do an episode on seed starting without our occupier expert , Fine Gardeningassociate editor program Carol Collins , telling us all about the varieties ( both eatable and decorative ) she ’s growing this twelvemonth . We ’re talking about bicolored tomato , bloom vines you ’ve never get a line of , and a variegated pepper almost too pretty to eat .
DANIELLE ’S plant
‘ Mountain Rouge ’ tomato plant ( annual )
‘ Black Kat ’ Cucurbita pepo ( annual )
‘ Suyo Long ’ cucumber ( annual )
‘ Fountain Blend ’ genus Cleome ( Cleome hassleriana‘Fountain Blend ’ , annual )
STEVE ’S plant
‘ Alba ’ California poppy ( Eschscholzia californica‘Alba ’ , annual )
Chocolate daisy ( Berlandiera lyrata , Zones 4–10 )
Long sepal penstemon ( Penstemon calycosus , zone 5–8 )
‘ Joan Lorraine ’ asarina ( Asarina scandens‘Joan Lorraine ’ , Zones 9–10 )
CAROL ’S PLANTS
Borage ( Borago officinalis , annual )
‘ Carmen ’ Piper nigrum ( annual )
‘ Super Sugar Snap ’ pea ( annual )
Cranberry beans ( one-year )
‘ Candy Cane ’ pepper ( one-year )
‘ Bob ’s Designer Mix ’ pumpkin ( annual )
‘ Rouge d’Etampes ’ Cinderella pumpkin ( annual )
‘ Victoria Blue ’ and ‘ Victoria White ’ salvia ( one-year )
‘ Sultane Mix ’ strawflower ( annual )
‘Joan Lorraine’ asarina
‘ Buffalosun ’ love apple ( annual )
‘ Queen Lime Mix ’ old maid ( annual )
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Borage
‘Carmen’ pepper
Chocolate daisy
‘Fountain Blend’ cleome
Cranberry beans
‘Mountain Rouge’ tomato.Photo: All America Selections
‘Super Sugar Snap’ pea.Photo: Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Long sepal penstemon.Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Long sepal penstemon.Photo: Wikimedia Commons
‘Bob’s Designer Mix’ pumpkin.Photo: John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seed
‘Rouge d’Etampes’ Cinderella pumpkin.Photo: John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seed
‘Victoria Blue’ salvia.Photo: John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seed
‘Victoria White’ salvia.Photo: John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seed
‘Sultane Mix’ strawflower.Photo: Johnny’s Selected Seeds
‘Suyo Long’ cucumber
‘Buffalosun’ tomato.Photo: All America Selections
‘Alba’ California poppy.Photo: Wikimedia Commons
