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Seedlings Growing Guide 2021
Contents
Meet the Growers Flowers Herbs Peppers
Page 3 Pages 4-8 Pages 9-11 Page 12
Tomatoes Vegetables & Vines Perennials
Pages 13-14 Pages 15-18 Pages 19-20
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Meet the Growers
DULUTH FLOWER FARM FAIRHAVEN FARM
Duluth, Minnesota Saginaw, Minnesota
Brook and Derek Hoffbauer, owners of Duluth Flower Alongside their vegetable CSA, farmers Emily and John
Farm, have been a great Local partner in providing fresh- are honored to be providing the Co-op with a selection
cut, beautiful bouquets and floral arrangements available of annual vegetable, herb and flower bedding plants. Their
from early spring to late fall at the Co-op. During transplant rural farmstead is located 25 minutes north of Duluth where
season, they provide strawberry plants and hanging they focus on heirloom and rare varieties, but also offer fan
strawberry baskets along with MN hardy blueberry bush favorites. Fairhaven Farm employs clean growing practices,
varieties; look for them this season at the Co-op! meaning they do not use any pesticides, herbicides or other
harmful chemicals on their plants. Their hand-seeded plants
are also bee-friendly and free from neonicotinoids.
RICE LAKE GARDENS SHORVIEW NATIVES
Duluth, Minnesota Two Harbors, Minnesota
Rice Lake Gardens is providing annual flower hanging baskets Shoreview Natives is dedicated to helping home and business
and hanging tomatoes this season! Rice Lake Gardens is a owners transition outdoor spaces into landscapes that
locally owned greenhouse in Duluth, MN. All of their plants, support aesthetic, ecological, economic and social goals.
vegetables and herbs are seeded by hand, on location and Shoreview Natives services directly support efforts to help
include hundreds of different varieties. declining populations of monarch butterflies, native bees,
honeybees, and a host of other pollinator species exhibiting
major population crashes. Most seeds are sourced regionally
within Lake, Cook and St. Louis Counties of Minnesota.
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Flowers
ALYSSUM BACHELOR’S BUTTONS MIX
Sweet (also known as Centaurea or Cornflower)
Sweet Alyssum (also known simply Old-fashioned favorite, prized by
as Alyssum), is a low-growing, florists for their colorful blossoms
sprawling plant with dense clusters in blue, white, pink and purple
of sweet-smelling white flowers tones. These easy to grow abundant
that provide a lovely scent in your plants will flower all season long, if
garden all season long. Great regularly harvested. The flowers are
planted as borders or in hanging edible and make a great addition to
baskets. Flowers are edible once opened. Plants reach about summer salads.
4” tall. The low-maintenance plants also attract and support
beneficial insects. Prefers sun/partial shade and average, well-
drained soil. Annual.
CELOSIA
Pampas Plume Mix
Brightly colored, feathery plumes
AMARANTH
on plants reaching 30 – 40” tall. A
Amaranth Mix mix of vibrant colors (orange, pink,
Very productive plants with red, yellow and green). Pinching
burgundy, bronze and light green helps encourage branching. Great
trailing flowers on 4 – 6’ stalks. for adding texture and color to
Young leaves can be steamed or bouquets.
eaten in salads. Seeds can be eaten
as well. Excellent cut flower for
bouquets.
COSMOS (also known as Garden Cosmos)
Globe Amaranth Mix
Sensation Mix
Colorful, globe-shaped blossoms,
sturdy stems and long vase life Tall plants with a mix of single
make gomphrena ideal for floral flowers, in lavender, pink, magenta
arrangements (fresh or dried). and white. Low-maintenance and
Plants are drought tolerant and will withstand the first mild frosts of
low maintenance. This mix includes fall. Great productive cut flower for
lavender, purple, white and red bouquets. Blooms are 3 – 4” across,
colored blooms 2 – 5’ tall plants. Prefers sun and
average soil. Annual.
Double Click Mix
all plants with large, double and
T
semi-double flowers in carmine,
pink, and white. Season-long blooms
make for an ideal cut flower. Blooms
are 3 – 4” across, 2 – 4’ tall plants.
Prefers sun and average soil. Annual.
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DAHLIA MIX LOBELIA
Bright, colorful mix producing a Riviera Marine Blue
variety of 3 – 5” double, semi- These deep royal blue flowers are
double and single blooms. The a quintessential addition to any
flower petals and tubers are edible. garden. The cascading flowers
Harvest regularly to encourage new look stunning spilling out over the
blooms. Tubers can be dug up in the sides of hanging baskets, window
fall and divided and replanted again boxes or other containers. Lobelia
in the Spring. also makes a great edge or ground
cover in your garden beds. Featuring dark green foliage and
beautiful sky-blue flowers that attract butterflies. 28 – 36” tall.
Prefers full sun and average, well-drained soil. Annual.
DUSTY MILLER
Silver Dust
This fuzzy-leaved plant provides an MARIGOLDS
interesting texture and contrast for
Orange Flame
landscaping, container gardens and
hanging baskets. The silvery-gray Features bold color patterns in
foliage also makes a great filler for bronze-red and bright orange
bouquets and boutonnières. The that resemble flames (hence the
plant requires minimal maintenance name) on double blooms. This low
once established although it may want a midsummer trim if growing, compact French Marigold
it becomes leggy. Flowers may be removed to keep the plant variety is distinctly-fragrant and
compact. 6 – 12” tall. Prefers sun/afternoon shade, and well- makes a great ornamental plant. Fun
drained soil. Will tolerate light frosts. Annual. fact: French Marigolds are not actually French, but a member
of the daisy family and native to the Americas. Commonly
used as a companion plant for many vegetable plants because
they are said to repel harmful insects. Warning: Not all
IMPATIENS French Marigolds are edible. 10 – 12” tall. Prefers full sun and
average, well-drained soil. Annual.
Athena Mix
Features early flowering, semi-to Petite Mix
fully-double, carnation-like blooms A dwarf mixture of brightly-
on compact, spreading plants. colored, crested French Marigolds.
Athena’s dense spreading habit Very easy to grow in containers
and wide color range (pale pink, or garden beds. Warning: Not all
bright purple, coral, orange, orange French Marigolds are edible. 10 –
flash, red, and red flash) make 12” tall. Prefers full sun and average,
these impatiens a lovely addition to any garden or hanging well-drained soil. Annual.
basket. Expect to see early blooms then continuous blooms
throughout the season. 10 – 12” tall. Prefers partial to deep
shade and moist, but well-drained soil. Annual.
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NASTURTIUM SALVIA
(also known as Garden Nasturtium and Indian Cress) Salvia Sizzler
Nasturtium Trailing Mix Early Summer bloom, dense and
vibrant plants that are 12” tall and
Heirloom variety with yellow,
8-10” across. Full sun to partial
orange, and red blooms. The
shade, prefers high humidity
flowers and foliage are edible. They
and well drained soil. Burgundy,
have a spicy, peppery flavor and are
purple, and red blooms. Makes a
great for adding color to a salad mix
great accent to a flower bed or
or flavoring butter or cream cheese.
centerpiece arrangement. Annual.
Grows several feet tall if you let
it climb a fence or arbor. Prefers full sun/partial shade and
average (not high in nitrogen), well-drained soil. Annual
SNAPDRAGONS
Rocket Mix
PANSIES (also known as Johnny-Jump-Ups, This “all-season” mix includes shades
European Field Pansy, Hybrid Violet, Heart’s Ease) of rose, cherry, pink, orchid, red,
Majestic Giants golden-yellow, lemon-yellow and
white. Resistant to heat, tall, multiple
Features 3 – 4” blooms in a variety
spikes, strong and consistent,
of colors. Edible flowers make a
dead-head for more blooms. It is
great garnish for salads or desserts.
a great cut flower and looks lovely
Deadhead for continuous blooms.
in bouquets. The flowers are edible and can be used for a
6 – 8” tall. Prefers sun/partial shade
colorful garnish in salads, desserts, and drinks. However, their
and rich, cool, well-drained soil.
flavor is slightly bitter and floral, so use sparingly. Survives
Annual.
light frost in the fall. 30 – 36” tall. Prefers sun/partial shade
Historic Pansies and rich, well-drained, moist soil with neutral pH. Annual
Heirloom mixture of multi-colored Costa Mix
blossoms. Great for containers or
Early mix for spring and summer
for ornamental border plantings in
production. This mix may include
garden beds. 6 – 8” tall. Prefers sun/
rose, silver (very light pink), white,
partial shade and rich, cool, well-
velvet (burgundy), and apricot.
drained soil. Self-seeding Biennial.
A great cut flower, known for
exceptionally strong stems, high
yield, and uniformity. The flowers
are edible and can be used for a colorful garnish in salads,
PEONY’S desserts, and drinks. However, their flavor is slightly bitter
and floral, so use sparingly. 30 – 36” tall. Prefers sun/partial
Spring to summer bloom, full sun,
shade and rich, well-drained, moist soil with neutral pH.
well drained soil, leaves are a glossy
Annual.
green that fade to golden brown in
the fall. Makes a good border plant
as a low shrub. Trim flowers as
they begin to droop to encourage
growth. Deer resistant, low
maintenance. Perennial.
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SUNFLOWER ZINNIA
Autumn Beauty Benary’s Giant Mix
(also known as common sunflower or
annual sunflower) Prized by florists for their abundant,
high-yielding growth, vibrant colors
Vibrant and striking bright yellow, and long vase life. Produces 4 – 6”
bronze and maroon flowers with double blooms resembling dahlias.
some bi-colors. Excellent source of Pinch to encourage branching and
pollen for bee forage. Leave them to to produce taller stems. Harvest
dry in the fall to provide food for the regularly for continuous blooms.
birds. Flowers are edible with a bittersweet taste. Buds can Bouquets last longer if you change the water in the vase
be fried, and the petals can be used as a garnish in salads and every two days and keep out of direct sunlight.
desserts. Multi-branching producing many long stems, 5’ tall.
Flowers measure up to 8” across. Prefers sun and average, State Fair Mix
well-drained soil. Annual. Produces massive 5” blooms with
very tall and sturdy stems. Variety of
colors. Warm reds and oranges, soft
yellows, vibrant purples. Pinch to
VIOLAS (also known as Johnny-Jump-Ups, Pansy and encourage branching and to produce
European Field Pansy, Hybrid Violet, Heart’s Ease) taller stems. Harvest regularly for
continuous blooms. Bouquets last
Helen Mount /
Johnny-Jump-Up longer if you change the water in the vase every two days and
keep out of direct sunlight.
Delicately fragrant flowers are
edible and make delightful garnishes.
Very winter hardy and eager to self-
sow in the shade of summer plants,
Violas are cheerful surprises in the
cool months. Johnny-Jump Up is
tricolored in bright purple, yellow and white. Deadhead for
continuous blooms. 4 – 6” tall. Prefers sun/partial shade and
rich, cool, well-drained soil. Perennial.
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Herbs
BASIL CHIVES
Chives
Genovese
63 days
68 days
Quick growing and produces a
Strong, dark green glossy leaves
medium-heavy chive. Great for
make the perfect pesto! Very tender
drying or freezing. Adds sweetened
leaves also make for great fresh use.
onion flavor to mashed potatoes or
A must have for any kitchen herb
a leek and potato soup.
gardener.
Garlic Chives
Greek
63 days
55 days
Similar to chives with a delicate
This uniformly round bush-type
garlic flavor. Ornamental flowers
basil plant produces miniature leaves
are long lasting and bloom once well
that are great for garnish, salads,
established
dressings. Compact plant that is
great for containers.
Tulsi
75 days
Heavenly scent. An Herb from India CILANTRO
with many medicinal properties. The
dried leaves make a great tea, and Santo
the flowers attract many beneficial 55 days leaf, 95 seed
insects. Very easy to collect seed for Excellent variety for adding to South
future plantings. American dishes and will yield seed
for drying into coriander. A great
Thai
fast-growing herb for within arm’s
63 days
reach of the kitchen.
Exotic clove-licorice flavor perfect
for Thai cooking. Flavor curries with
fresh leaves, infuse when steaming
rice, or add to stock for a well-
DILL
rounded flavor.
Bouquet
55 days leaf, 95 seed
Great versatile Dill used for both
BORAGE fresh leaf and fresh or dried seed/
flower. An essential ingredient for
Borage great fall pickles.
A great for addition to a pollinator
habitat planting. They’re attracted to
the edible blue flowers that produce
over the summer. Plenty of blooms
allows for a beautiful garnish to a
summer salad.
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DILL (continued) MINT
Green Sleeves Spearmint
45 days 70-80 days
A faster growing variety suitable for A versatile and common mint
containers. Makes for easy reach used for flavoring iced teas, salads
to fresh Dill added to fish dishes or and serves as a garnish in creamy
served with cheese and crackers. desserts. A perennial that will easy
establish to your garden. Plant in
containers to avoid taking over the
garden or establish a mint patch.
LAVENDER
Mustead Type OREGANO
100-110 days
Greek Oregano
Compact English lavender with a 80-90 days
compact habit. Wonderfully fresh
Essential herb for Italian and Greek
scent and flowers that range from a
cooking. Dark green leaves and
deep purple to a soft white. Hardy
white flowers with a strong aroma
to zone 5-8, but in our Northern
and flavor. A hardy perennial that is
area it is best to mulch and plant in a
great fresh or dried.
south facing location to increase chances of survival.
PARSLEY
LEMON BALM
Curly
Lemon Balm
75 days
70 days
Indispensable herb and staple
Strongly lemon-flavored leaves.
ingredient in soups, stocks, sauces,
Used in teas and also sparingly in
and salads. The curly leaves are lofty
salads. Mulch in the fall to increase
when minced. Multiple cuttings can
chances of overwintering.
be taken all season long.
Giant Italian Flat Leaf
75 days
Similar flavor but a flat texture
LOVAGE makes flat leaf parsley virtually the
same as curly. However, this variety
Lovage is much larger as the name implies.
90 days
A very unique and very hardy
perennial herb. Tastes like celery
and is quick to sprout in the spring
making it wonderful for early season
soups and salads. Can grow up to
five feet tall when well established
and rooted in loose rich soil.
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ROSEMARY THYME
Rosemary Thyme
80-100 days 90 days
Pine scented, savory, culinary One of the most versatile herbs that
favorite. Can be grown in containers can be used to flavor almost any
or in a pot and brought inside over meat or vegetable dish. Used fresh
winter. Native to the Mediterranean or dried thyme brings an earthy,
Rosemary can be used to savory flavor to your dish.
flavor countless dishes.
Creeping Thyme
Grows low to the ground and
sprawls into open spaces. Makes
SAGE attractive ground cover for
landscaping. Very hardy and can
Fanni grow in most soil types and light
80-90 days conditions, but prefers moist soil
A staple of the herb garden. Savory and partial shade. Will establish in
with a high oil content, sage will yield first year and begin to spread in year two. Deer resistant,
different results when used fresh edible with a slightly minty aroma and flavor, serves as a
or dry. Try infusing several fresh habitat for pollinators like bees and butterflies. Has soft
leaves into a white-wine sauce over short needles and bright lavender color flowers. Perennial
a mushroom fettuccine. In a dried evergreen.
form it can be used to flavor a variety of soups and sauces.
10Peppers
BELL PEPPERS HOT PEPPERS (continued)
King of the North Lyons Red
60 days green, 72 red 65 days
Standard bell pepper suitable for Medium sized Anaheim-type pepper
northern climates. Plant early and, that turns from green to red. This
if possible, under plastic or in a is a fun variety unique to Fairhaven
greenhouse for increased chances of Farm. We acquired the seeds from a
turning red. Strong stout plants. farmer in Lyons Colorado and now
grow these on our farm. Great for
grilling, stuffing, or drying
Magnum Habañero
HOT PEPPERS 90 days
Cayenne Ring of Fire Orange thin flesh that is extremely
40 Days Green, 60 red hot. Freeze or dry for long-term
A shorter pepper plant that grows storage.
dense bunches of peppers up to 4
inches long. Peppers are vivid red
in color when fully ripe but can be Red Habañero
harvested and used when green. 90 days
Commonly dried to make chili Ripens to a brilliant red color. Very
powder but are also used fresh. hot! Handle seeds and fruit with
Annual care.
Early Jalapeño
65 days green, 85 red
Works well in containers, a sturdy
plant that produces prolific spicy
SOUTHWESTERN
fruits. Earlier than most standard
jalapeño varieties Ancho Poblano
68 days green, 85 red
Mild chili traditionally used for
Hungarian Hot Wax
stuffing or roasting. Can be
59 days yellow, 84 red
harvested when fully ripened and
A fan favorite, great medium heat dried to create Ancho seasoning.
waxy pepper great for frying or
pickling. Heat grows as peppers
mature from yellow to red. Very NuMex Joe E. Parker
productive. 70 days green, 95 red
A southwestern Anaheim type
pepper that yields 8” peppers with
mild heat and excellent flavor.
11Tomatoes
CHERRY TOMATOES MID-SIZE (CONTINUED)
Black Cherry** Green Zebra**
64 days 70-85 days
Fruits almost black in color and a These medium sized green-when-
very deep satisfying flavor. High ripe fruits start out pale green with
yielding plants will produce large dark stripes that soften and turn
amount of round fruits. slightly yellow as they mature. They
have a very distinct flavor that is
zingy and sweet. A very unique
Sweetie** selection.
65 days
Jaune Flamme**
Super sweet cherry tomato with 75 days
high sugar content, great for eating
right off the vine! Great vigor and Prolific French heirloom with a
reliability with masses of 1.5” round sweet fruity flavor. A great salad
cherries in long clusters. tomato and can also be used for
saucing and drying.
MID-SIZE
Black Krim**
80 Days SLICERS
A very unique variety that produces Brandy wine**
deep brown/red fruits that have a 82 days
smoky flavor and nice texture. High A well-loved heirloom that produces
yielding plants. big-beautiful fruits with a luxurious
flavor that cannot be beat! Pick just
before ripened to avoid cracking.
Makes the best tomato, cucumber,
mayo sandwiches!
* DETERMINATE: (bush) varieties do not need
pruning and may be grown with or without support; Cherokee Purple**
fruit ripens within a concentrated time period. 80 days
**
INDETERMINATE: (climbing) varieties should Dusty rose-brown fruits weighing up
be staked, trellised or caged, and pruned for best to 12oz. One of the most popular
results; fruit ripens over an extended period. heirloom varieties we grow. Very
sweet flesh.
12SLICERS (continued) PASTE
German Johnson** Amish Paste**
75 days 76 days
A deep pink beefsteak type tomato Reliable tomato with meaty, juicy
with excellent and complex flavor. interior. Great dual-purpose tomato,
Relatively early producer for such big and flavorful enough for slicing
large fruits. and few seeds making it ideal for
processing.
Roma*
Italian Heirloom**
65 days
70-80 days
Productive plum tomato with thick-
Outstanding variety from Italy with
walled fruits and mild flavor. Great
full tomato flavor. Excellent yields
for processing. Expect heavy yields
and ideal for slicing and canning
on stout plants.
given its meaty interior.
San Marzano**
80 days
* DETERMINATE: (bush) varieties do not need Classic Italian paste tomato. Easy
to remove skin and excellent flavor
pruning and may be grown with or without support;
makes this a perfect tomato for
fruit ripens within a concentrated time period.
** sauces and paste.
INDETERMINATE: (climbing) varieties should
be staked, trellised or caged, and pruned for best
results; fruit ripens over an extended period.
13Vegetables & Vines
BROCCOLI CABBAGE (continued)
De Cicco Golden Acre
48 Days 62 days
A wonderful multi-cut variety that Compact variety that is relatively
produces a small 3 – 4” central head early. Great for dense plantings,
and tons of side shoots. This variety though it is more suitable for a
matures early and yields bunches of spring planting as the harvest
broccoli up to four weeks! window is short.
Waltham 29 Red Express
80-85 days 62 days
Great spring broccoli that produces Compact habit with smaller heads
a 5 – 6” head on longer stalks on that size up quickly for a spring
compact plants. Ample side shoots treat. Can be planted at 8 inch
are great for bunches of smaller spacing and expect a 2-4lb head.
heads.
BRUSSEL SPROUT CAULIFLOWER
Long Island Snowball
100 Days 70 days
Open-pollinated variety dating back Old American standard with ivory,
to the nineteenth century. Expect self-blanching head and green stems.
heavy yields if planted in rich soil A reliable cauliflower from Baker
and full sun. Creek Seeds.
CABBAGE CELERY
Copenhagen Tall Utah
65 days 100 days
Heirloom Dutch variety that yields A long time to fully mature but arms
medium sized heads that are ideal can be broken off the main plant
for the home garden. sparingly and used as soon as the
plant is established. Home grown
celery is the best!
14CHARD GREENS
Rainbow Blend Asian Greens Mix
60 days 45 days
A mix of reds, yellows, oranges, A mix of Tatsoi and Pac Choi. Each
and pinks make this mix of chard a grow quickly and prefer cooler
beautiful addition to your garden! weather. Pac Choi will form a
bulbous base and Tatsoi will form
a dense multi-leaf floret. The
entire plant is edible, and both are
excellent eaten in stir-fry or salads.
COLLARDS Endive (Frisse)
60 days
Champion
70 days A frizzy endive with frayed leaves
and tender white interior. Greens
A reliable producer of plentiful are slightly bitter but are wonderful
nutritious leaves. Compact variety is with radish in a spring salad.
great for the home garden.
Lettuce Mix
40-45 days
A mixture of different lettuces from
CORN (SWEET) Seed Savers in Decorah, Iowa. A
variety of colors and textures sure
Golden Bantam to please.
70-85 days
Heirloom variety with old fashioned
sweet corn flavor. Fast to mature
and great for fresh corn on the cob KALE
or freezing.
Kale Mix
50 days
A mix of three different varieties:
Red Russian with purple stems
EGGPLANT and great fan-like leaves. Dwarf
Black Beauty Green Curled, a compact variety
65 days with deeply curled and very tender
leaves. And Dazzling Blue, a Lacinato
Classic Italian eggplant yielding large type kale with leaves and stems that range from deep green
bell-shaped purple fruits. A compact to purple. All are extremely cold tolerant and will yield
variety will benefit from staking to nutritious leaves all season long!
help maintain upright structure with
large fruits.
LEEK
Alto
75-85 days
Versatile summer leek that can be
harvested before fully mature for
a very tender delicious leek. Not
winter hardy.
15TOMATILLO CUCUMBER (continued)
Toma Verde Max Pack
60 days 55 days
Very early variety with a tart flavor A vigorous vine that produces ideal
that sweetens over time. Ready to pickling cucumbers. Average fruit
harvest after the husk splits and the is 4 inches long with a small seed
fruit color changes from a yellow cavity
green to medium green.
ONIONS PUMPKIN
Dakota Tears Howden
112 days 90-100 days
Medium sized bulbs are great for Classic Jack O Lantern shape and
storage. Wait until the tops tip size, rich orange color and deep
over, uproot the plant and allow grooves, can grow up to 25lbs.
to field-dry for several days then Annual.
move to a warm location with good
air circulation to finish the curing
process. New England Pie
105 days
Evergreen Hardy
Classic pie pumpkin weighing
65 days
between 4-6lbs. Average of 3-4
Green onion that is great for fresh fruits per plant. Dark orange color.
eating or lightly cooked. Can over- Makes perfect homemade pumpkin
winter if properly protected and will pie!
grow into a dense patch if allowed.
Rosa di Milano SUMMER SQUASH
110 days
Black Beauty
A great fresh red onion. Will store 50 days
but for a shorter time than Dakota
Tears. Good raw in salads and on A great standard zucchini, deep
tacos! green color. Expect abundant yields
of uniform fruit all season long!
Golden Zucchini
CUCUMBER 50 days
Marketmore 76 Much like it’s green counterpart
58 days but a vibrant yellow. When grown
Standard slicing cucumber in the together they make for a wonderful
North baring 8 – 9” fruits. Easily contrast when eaten raw or cooked.
harvested if the vine is trellised.
Takes a little longer for plant to bear
fruit but has a very long harvest
window.
16WINTER SQUASH MELONS
Blue Ballet (Hubbard) Minnesota Midget
95 days 60-75 days
Tear-drop shaped fruit is smaller Extra-early variety bread by the
than the usual Hubbard squash University of Minnesota in 1948.
making it easier to grow and store. Can be grown in containers as the
Very sweet flesh and blue-gray skin. vines only reach about 3’ long. Very
sweet 4” fruits have golden-yellow
flesh.
Burgess (Buttercup)
95 days Pride of Wisconsin
90-100 days
Prolific plant with up to 10-12
fruits per plant. Very long vines A great heirloom variety introduced
can develop with 3-5lb flattened- in 1937 in Wisconsin. Football
teardrop fruits. A New-England shaped 4-8lb muskmelons develop
favorite. with striking orange and sweet
interior.
Delicata
80 days
A northland favorite! This compact
variety produces 1.5-2lb fruits that
ripen from a creamy white with
green streaks to a buttery yellow.
Will hold for some time in the root
cellar and is great split in half and
baked with butter and fresh herbs.
Red Kuri (Hubbard)
95 days
Reliable short-season Japanese
squash, red-orange in color and
3-4lb fruits. Makes divine roasted
squash with a wonderfully rich flavor
and consistency.
Waltham (Butternut)
105 days
Great keeper if properly stored.
The tan skin peels easily and the
bright yellow-orange flesh is great in
soups or roasted.
17Perennials
NATIVE PERENNIALS Early Sunflower
Bee Balm This yellow beauty looks similar
to the true sunflower but blooms
Bee balm is a great addition to earlier and longer, making it a
a pollinator garden. The flowers must-have in the summer garden
attract hummingbirds, butterflies, or meadow. Gorgeous, tall blooms
and bees; and the seed heads will make great cut flowers!
attract birds in the fall and winter.
Golden Alexander
Black-Eyed Susans
A member of the Carrot (Apiaceae)
The plants can grow to over 3’ tall, family with yellow umbel flowers.
with leaves of 6”, stalks over 8” Golden Alexanders have a long
long and flower diameter of 2 to bloom time, giving the garden/
3 inches. Butterflies, bees, and a prairie some well-deserved early
variety of insects are attracted to
color for several weeks in late spring
the flowers for the nectar. Blooms
from June to October. to early summer when many other
plants have not yet flowered.
Blue Flag Iris
Maximillian Sunflower
A clump-forming plant with bluish-
green, sword-shaped leaves. Easy Grows to up to 6 feet in the
and attractive to grow, especially summer and produces brilliant
along the margins of water features. yellow flowers through the fall
2 – 3’ in height and spread. months. Attracts honeybees, song
birds, and butterflies. Full sun with
room to grow preferred.
Blue Giant Hyssop
New England Aster
A 2 – 4’ perennial with dense,
The magnificent blooms of New
terminal spikes of small, tubular,
bright blue flowers. Leaves are England Aster highlight the late
opposite, oval, toothed and whitish season landscape with rich colors
beneath give off the scent of anise ranging from deep violet to
when bruised. The sturdy, erect lavender-pink, with yellow-orange
blue giant-hyssop is of the most centers. Large and showy this aster
ornamental native mints. can grow up to six feet high. Like
most asters it blooms late in the season and provides a critical
Common Milkweed fall nectar source for pollinators, especially Monarchs as they
May not flower in first year, but stock up for their fall migration to Mexico.
monarchs will still lay eggs in young
plants. Once established will flower
from June to August.
18NATIVE PERENNIALS (continued) NATIVE PERENNIALS (continued)
Slender Leaf Mountain Mint Prairie Coreopsis
An erect, many-branched, Produces beautiful yellow flowers
herbaceous perennial that grows in mid summer. Grows to a height
2-3’ tall and features extremely of around 2 feet. Very popular with
narrow, almost needle-like leaves bees and other pollinators.
and profuse terminal clusters of
small, white flowers which bloom in
mid to late summer. All parts of the
plant emit a strong, mint-like aroma Pollinator Pack
when crushed.
A mix of six plants chosen by Shoreview Natives. Packs
Swamp Milkweed typically include milkweed, bee balm, stiff goldenrod, hyssop,
columbine, and mint.
Mature in 4-8 weeks, flowers in
first summer. Attracts monarch
butterflies. Blooms from June to
August.
BLUEBERRIES
Chippewa
Tall Blazing Star Chippewa blueberries bear large
fruits on a compact plant with
Plants are up to 5’ tall and exceptional cold-hardiness. Plant
unbranched with narrow
two or more cultivars to ensure
somewhat grass-like leaves. In late
summer spectacular rosy purple successful pollination and fruit set.
flower spikes are frequented by
Monarchs, Painted Ladies and other
supermodel butterflies. Plants Superior
are tough and drought tolerant Medium, sweet-tart berries ripen in
prospering in sunny sites with lean late season. Matures the majority
dry soils. of its fruit about 1 week later in the
season than other blueberry varieties
Pale Purple Coneflower that can be grown in Zones 3 and 4
A favourite nectar source for and also because of its exceptional
butterflies and hummingbirds, productivity in cold climates.
Pale Purple Coneflower produces Blueberry plants will start to bear a few berries 2 to 3 years after
large, showy flowers with dropping
planting.You’ll get a larger harvest after 5 years. Plant no closer
pale pink petals. Blooms in early
summer, plants are up to 5’ tall. In than 4ft. apart.They prefer acidic soil.
the fall, birds love it for its seeds. Source: https://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-
A very long living plant and very garden/fruit/blueberries-for-home-landscapes/
drought tolerant.
Pearly Everlasting
Grows clusters of small round
flowers. Sun to part shade, grows up STRAWBERRIES
to 3 feet tall and will self-propagate Evie-2
over the years. Low maintenance. An ever bearing plant that continually
Attracts pollinators with its nectar. produces strawberries throughout
Blooms in late summer. the season. This day-neutral
strawberry variety has a large firm
berry with good flavor that also has
good freezing quality. Plant bears fruit
12-14 weeks after planting.
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