Madame Butterfly Mix SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus The most elite of snapdragons, the Madame Butterfly series flaunts tall columnar stems summited with stacks of seemingly detonated, double blooms like no other snap. Rising up to 34 feet, these branching, strong plants produce bundles of blooms in a range of colors from white, cream, pink, coral, red, yellow and bicolors. Germination code: (6)

these palm-sized fruit string on creeping vines like Halloween garlands

as the cold-tolerant plants are built for hunkering down under a blanket of snow

firm slicers are very solid

Xalbadora is bigger than Little Gem but smaller than a full-size romaine

performing magnificently in hot

sativum An excellent fast-growing cover crop that can be planted almost any time of the year

Calendula officinalis A head-turning beauty

a thick layer of orange flesh is sweet

semi-double and fully double blooms will dazzle you

and has been used by indigenous peoples for generations

the stalks are also whiter

This popular softneck variety is one of our best-tasting and most pungent cooking types