Tomato - Better Boy
The Tomato Better Boy, 'Lycopersicon lycopersicum', is a popular all around hybrid, featuring high yields of smooth textured fruit with excellent flavor. The Better Boy tomato has been a household name among home gardeners for years. Better Boy tomatoes consistently produces good yields of smooth, large, flavorful tomatoes that weigh about 1/2 to 1 pound each. The Better Boy tomatoes are deep red and meaty and have dense foliage cover so fruits are less likely to get sun scald. Tomatoes should be planted outside after the last average frost date. In warm winter/hot summer areas, tomatoes can be planted in early fall for winter harvest. Tomatoes prefer well drained soil that is high in organic matter. Tomatoes need at least 1 inch of water a week. Soak to depth of 6 to 10 inches when watering. They need at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. ... more info
Petunia - Surfinia Lime The Petunia Surfinia Lime, 'Petunia hybrids', are brilliant in color and are very low maintenance. Surfinia Petunias are the most vigorous cascading petunias available. The densely branched foliage and masses of blooms can trail to 4 feet per season. The Surfinia Lime Petunia has beautiful light green flowers. Surfinia Petunias are a vigorously trailing species of an everblooming long-living petunia from South America. They will provide long-term color in full sun areas throughout the season. They are ideal for baskets, beds, balconies and combination plantings. Surfinia Petunias are very heat and drought tolerant once established in the ground or pot. They do not need to have their dead flower heads removed to continue flowering and they are not leggy. Surfinia Petunias grow fast and therefore need ample moisture and fertilzer. For zones 9-11, this plant can also be a perennial.
