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Flower Plant Seeds for Your Home
Showing 18 Flower Plant Seeds from Nature Hills Nursery:
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Bellflower - Canterbury Bells - Campanula medium The Canterbury Bells Bellflower, 'Campanula medium', has tall flower spikes with elegant, bell shaped flowers that will remind you of a storybook English cottage garden. This elegant tall plant is an excellent backdrop for your shorter annual and perennials. Bellflowers have 1 to 2 inch long bell shaped flowers in the colors of purple, violet, blue, lavender, pink, and white. The blossoms cover the tall flower spikes. They bloom spring to early summer for 3 to 6 weeks.Canterbury Bells prefer full sun but will grow and flower in light shade. They like rich, well drained soils that are kept well watered. Plant in late spring or early summer for bloom the second year. The Bell flower makes excellent cut flowers. $ 1.69  |
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Bishops Flower - White Lace - Ammi majus L. The Bishops Flower White Lace, 'Ammi majus L.', has delicate white flowers that will lend a lacy, airy look to your garden. This is your flower if you want the wonderful look of Queen Anne's Lace that is not the noxious weed Dacus carota. The White Lace plant is attractive to butterflies. The very small, pure white flowers appear in loose airy clusters called umbels and are up to 6 inches across. Their bloom period is in the summer.Bishops Flowers prefer full sun but will tolerate some light shade. Ordinary garden soil that is kept evenly moist will do just fine. Deadhead or remove spent flowers to prolong blooming period. Plant 4 to 6 weeks before the average last frost date. Ammi can be grown as a pot or accent plant and is much sought after as a cut flower. $ 1.59  |
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Butterfly Flower - Aschepias tuberosa L. The Butterfly Flower, 'Aschepias tuberosa L.', is a must for the butterfly garden. Butterflies will seek out your garden when you have this vigorous perennial shrub-like plant. The vivid red-orange flowers attract the Monarch butterfly. The individual flowers are 1/2 inch long, borne in brilliant red clusters and bloom in the summer. The flowers are followed by decorative green seed pods.The Butterfly Flower prefers full sun but will tolerate light shade. Plant them in rich, well drained soil. They are quite drought tolerant, so do not over water. Deadhead the spent flowers to prolong the flowering period. Plant after all danger of frost has passed and up to 8 weeks before first fall frost. They are excellent for cut flowers. $ 2.39  |
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Chocolate Flower - Berlandiera lyrata The Chocolate Flower, 'Berlandiera lyrata', has it all. The colorful, fragrant plant attracts butterflies and is drought tolerant and the aroma may either satisfy or intensify your craving for chocolate. This plant is also called chocolate daisy, greeneyes, lyre-leaf greeneyes, and brooch flower. Chocolate Flowers have 1 1/2 inch composite flowers with yellow center rays and a maroon center disk array. The flowers bloom at night, making their chocolate fragrance most noticeable in the morning.Chocolate Flowers prefer well drained, average, dry soils. Place them in full sun and do not fertilize. Deadhead regularly to extend the bloom season. Plant this flower in groups along a walkway or patio for maximum effect. $ 2.99  |
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Drop Dead Red Sunflowers - The Drop Dead Red Sunflower Mixture is a florist's dream. This designer mixture of pollenless, long lasting, cut-flower quality sunflowers features a range of reds from soft autumnal hues to bicolor to deep, dark burgundy tones. A bouquet or border of these stunners will stop your visitors in their tracks. Sunflowers are easy to grow from seed, and bloom for an extended period from mid-summer to fall.Sunflowers can be planted in the spring after the last average frost date. This sunflower will grow in almost any soil but it blooms and thrives best in rich garden soil. Keep the plants attractive by removing spent flowers. The Drop Dead Red Sunflower would be an excellent addition to a wildflower patch or naturalized area receiving little or no care. $ 5.49  |
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Echinacea - Prairie Coneflower - Echinacea angustifolia The Echinacea Prairie Coneflower, 'Echinacea angustifolia', is a more potent narrow leaf species of Purple Coneflower and is used for its suspected medicinal value. This Coneflower is used by Native Americans to treat snakebites and other maladies. It $ 2.69  |
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Echinacea - Purple Coneflower - Echinacea purpurea The Echinacea Purple Coneflower, 'Echinacea purpurea', is a long lived tough perennial that withstands drought, wind and humidity and it is used for its suspected medicinal value. This easy to care for North America Native Wildflower is an excellent ad $ 1.69  |
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Florist Favorite Yellow Sunflowers - The Florists' Favorite Yellow Sunflowers have outstanding cut flower quality in an array of sunny colors. Florists favor these mid-sized, pollen-less, F1 hybrids for mixed bouquets. The single and double blooms range from pale to vivid yellow and they $ 5.49  |
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Mexican Sunflower - Torch - Tithonia rotundifolia The Mexican Sunflower Torch, 'Tithonia rotundifolia', is unabashedly brilliant orange and as hot and fiery as the August sunshine. The Torch is a genuine heat lover and sets the dog days of summer ablaze with sizzling orange daisies .The fiery orange daisy flowers have golden centers and are 3 inches wide. They flower strongest in hot weather, starting in mid summer and go strong until first frost.Mexican Sunflowers prefer full sun and they will grow in almost any soil that is well drained. Plant in the spring after the last average frost date. The Torch Mexican Sunflower make excellent cut flowers and are great summer and fall screens or borders. $ 1.89  |
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Moonflower - Ipomoea alba The Moonflower, 'Ipomoea alba', has twisted buds that unfurl at dusk to reveal huge white blossoms that are deliciously fragrant. Locate this fast growing vine on a porch, near an entrance, or under a window where you can enjoy its evening performance $ 1.69  |
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Strawflower - Mixed Colors - Helichrysum bracteatum The Strawflower Mixed Colors, 'Helichrysum bracteatum', makes fantastic cut flowers. The colorful medley of strawflowers also is great for ever-lasting dried flowers. This dazzler will radiate color all over the garden. Rock gardens will brighten up, mixed borders will glow, window boxes will shine. The papery pom-pom like flowers are 2.5 inches across and come in white, bright shades of pink, red, yellow, and orange. The parts of the strawflower that look like petals are actually stiff, modified leaves called bracts.Do you have a hot and dry area that lacks zest? The strawflowers will thrive in hot, full sun areas. They will grow in any well-drained garden soil. Strawflowers tend to have dry leaves at the base. Pinch them off if you cannot stand dry foliage. Plant seeds as soon as the soil is warm and there is no danger of frost. $ 1.69  |
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Sunflower - Autumn Beauty - Helianthus annuus The Sunflower Autumn Beauty, 'Helianthus annuus, is a multi-branched plant that produces many beautiful 5 to 8 inch flowers in a wide range of "autumnal" colors. It also makes a great cut flower. Autumn Beautys bloom over an extended period of time. This is a sunflower that will turn heads. The flowers are shades of brown, red and purple bicolors with a brown center.The Sunflower Autumn Beauty is adaptable over a wide range of growing conditions and are very easy to grow. Plant in the spring after the last average frost date. After the initial spring planting, plant another crop in month. This will ensure a continual supply of flowers until late fall. They are drought tolerant, but they will take considerable moisture for full flowering. $ 1.59  |
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Sunflower - Mammoth Grey Stripe - Helianthus annuus The Sunflower Mammoth Grey Stripe, 'Helianthus annuus', displays flowers that are 1 foot across. Enjoy their cheery faces following the sun and providing birds with fall fare. Mammoth Grey Stripes have a number of features to interest anyone. Edible seeds attract many birds during fall, if you do not eat them yourself. The large wide flower has yellow petals and a brown center.The Mammoth Grey Stripe sunflower is adaptable over a wide range of growing conditions and are very easy to grow. Plant in the spring after the last average frost date. They are drought tolerant but will considerable moisture, so water regularly. Because of its ease to germinate and very fast rate of growth, it is a great seed for kids to plant and watch grow. It is an excellent summer and fall annual screen or border. $ 1.59  |
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Sunflower - Moulin Rouge - Helianthus annuus (Hybrid) The Moulin Rouge sunflower, 'Helianthus annuus (Hybrid)', is a rich velvety, deep red sunflower. The Moulin Rouge will steal the show in your gardens and bouquets. It is pollenless and is excellent for cutting. It will produce 4 to 6 inch deep red flowers that will produce summer into fall Moulin Rouge sunflowers will grow in almost any soil. They are drought tolerant but will require considerable moisture to grow and flower profusely. A second planting 2 weeks after the initial planting and a third planting 2 weeks later will produce attractive foliage and flowers until the first fall frost. It is an excellent cut flower and can be used for a short border. $ 2.99  |
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Sunflower - Teddy Bear - Helianthus annuus The Teddy Bear sunflower, 'Helianthus annuus', is a dwarf sunflower plant with many 4 to 6 inch double yellow-gold flowers that look like huge mums. Teddy Bear sunflowers are annual that blooms mid-summer to fall. It will grow in almost any soil and is drought tolerant but, for larger and profuse flowering, good moisture is required.The Teddy Bear sunflower should be planted after the average last frost date. A second planting 2 weeks after the initial planting and a third planting 2 weeks later will produce attractive foliage and flowers until the first fall frost. It makes an excellent cut flower and is also good when used as a short border. Place this plant in full sun for best results. $ 1.79  |
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Sunflower - Vanilla Ice - Helianthus debilis The Vanilla Ice sunflower, 'Helianthus debilis', produces florist quality cut flowers and is an excellent border plant. The off-white flowers are between 5 and 8 inches wide. The plant is multi-flowered. Vanilla Ice sunflowers are drought tolerant but will take considerable moisture for full flowering. This plant will grow on almost any soil. $ 2.99  |
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Wallflower - English Bedder Mix - Cheiranthus cheiri The Wallflower English Bedder Blend, 'Cheiranthus cheiri', displays dense clusters of fragrant, velvety, rich colored flowers. If you have an English garden, this perennial is a must. The flowers are rich in color and very fragrant. The flowers occur in dense clusters on top of dwarf plants. The Wallflower has 1/2 inch across flowers and colored in shades of yellow, orange, brown, and rust.The Wallflower English Bedder Blend is an excellent plant for coastal and mountainous regions because of its hardiness. The Wallflower blooms in the spring about the same time as lilacs and will bloom for 4 to 8 weeks. The blooms should be deadheaded often. Plant in average garden soil and in the early spring or in early fall, and at least 2 months before the average first frost date. The English Bedder Blend is used for cut flowers, rock gardens and borders. $ 1.59  |
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Zinnia - Cactus Flower Mix - Zinnia elegans (Hybrid) The Zinnia Cactus Flower Giant Fantasy, 'Zinnia elegans (Hybrid)', has absolutely huge, eye-catching 5 to 6 inch blooms that look spectacular in bouquets and in the garden. They have put together a special blend of very superior cactus flowered zinnias. The blend includes Cherry Time, with shades of cherry cerise and spiraea red, and Lilac Time with its beautiful shades of purple, and finally Snow Time, a dramatic white flower. The Giant Fantasy bloom continually from early summer through fall until first frost.Zinnia Cactus Flowers require rich, deep, well drained soils. Mix a high phosphorous, low nitrogen fertilizer in with the soil. Keep them well watered, but not soggy. Plant in the late spring, 2 weeks after the last average frost date. They make great cut and dried flowers and look excellent in mass plantings. No larger Zinnia flowers are available. $ 1.69  |
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