Rudbeckia 'Indian Summer'

After 20 plus years of growing and landscaping in the High Country of North Carolina I know many annuals will grow here. However, we've concentrated our efforts on those that do the best. Below is a short list of those we offer as transplants. In addition I've listed those we grow on the farm as cut flowers and a few more worthy of starting for yourself at home.

Cosmos

Cosmos is a classic cut flower and very easily grown. We usually offer a tall (4') variety and the shorter 'Sonata' with the New collection 'Dancing Petticoats' as transplants in the spring. With our shorter summers it's nice to jump start the season with a transplant.

Flowers- transplants:
• Sweet Pea
• Rudbeckia Indian Summer
• Rudbeckia Tiger Eye
• Cosmos White, pink Mixed

Vegetables Transplants for 2010:
• Basil: Italian large leaf and Mammoth
• Cucumber: Cool Breeze, Homemade Pickles, Marketmore 76, Straight 8, Diva
• Parsley Curly leaf and Flat leaf
• Pepper: Purple Beauty, Heirloom Ashe County Pimento, Carmen, Sweet Chocolate Pepper
• Gourmet mix lettuce
• Tomato: Juliet, Japanese Black Trifele, Chianti Rose (judged the best tasting over Brandywine), Sungold, Supersweet 100, Cuor Di Bue (Italian oxheart), and 'Black Cherry'

Annual Cut Flowers available from Shady Grove Gardens- see our cut flower pages
• Larkspur
• Zinnia
• Dahlia - bulb
• Scabiosa
• Marigold
• Globe Amaranth
• Statice
• Hanging and upright Amaranthus
• Rudbeckias 'Indian Summer', 'Cherry Brandy', 'Tiger Eye'
• Sunflowers
• Nigella - Love in the-Mist

Annuals easy to start in your home garden:
• Nasturtium
• Zinnia
• Marigold
• Sunflower