Lettuce - Romaine - Cimmaron
The Lettuce Romaine Cimmaron, 'Lactuca sativa', is an extremely cold and heat hardy romaine. Are you a Caesar salad fan? Cimmaron Romaine is a great Caesar salad lettuce that is very sweet. This romaine is worth trying with its wonderful mix of green, red, and bronze foliage. Cimmaron Romaine is extra cold and heat resistant which adds length to your eating season and the nice sweet taste adds flavor to your salad. Cimmaron Romaine is a stiff ribbed, upright, 10 inch tall lettuce surrounding a tender heart of foliage. Cimmaron can produce lettuce spring through fall with successive plantings. During excessive heat, plant in a cool shady location. Plant in the early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the last frost. Cimmaron prefers light, fertile, moist, well drained soil. Cimmaron is quite beautiful and can be planted as an ornamental and it is a good container variety. ... more info
Bachelor Button - Sweet Sultan The Bachelor Button Sweet Sultan Imperialis, 'Centaurea (Amberboa) moschata', is a deliciously fragrant and an absolutely splendid cut flower. If you like cut flowers, you must grow Sweet Sultan. The easy to grow and very fragrant 'Imperialis' is a somewhat taller and improved variety. The 2 inch flower heads are thistle-looking and almost shine. Flower colors are shades of white, pink, purple, lavender, rose, red, yellow, and burgundy. Sweet Sultan blooms summer into early fall, mostly during the heat. Sweet Sultans prefer a full sun location. They prefer average soils with moderate fertility and are tolerant to drought. Plant the Bachelor Buttons in the spring 1 to 2 weeks before the last frost. The Sweet Sultan is an excellent cut flower and grows well in that "hot" spot where nothing else does well.
