David Austin describes what criteria define an English Rose: shape of its flowers, scent, growth, and charm drawn from its Old Rose ancestry.

What Do You Do With Grapevines? Weave a Rustic Basket!

This herb, native to Europe and Africa, has a slight cucumber flavor. The special blue star-shaped flowers are a great accoutrements to salads or cold drinks.

Plant tubers of tall-growing dahlias 6 inches deep; short species, 2-3 inches deep. Tall kinds may need staking, and all need watering during dry periods. The brightly colored flowers are single, semi-double, or double, ranging in diameter from the 2-inch Mignon types to the 10-inch Giant types. Dahlias are further classified according to the shape and petal form of the flower head.

The potato although popular now was not accepted at first as a palatable vegetable. Although known in Europe by sixteenth century, it was persistently treated as a curiosity.

Lettuce types: Cos (Romaine), cabbage head, loose-leaf, celtuce.

Grower’s Choice: Annual sweet pea (L. odoratus), Everlasting pea (L. grandiflorus), Perenial pea vine (L. latifolius)

A fragrant bicolor in opalescent shades of purple and deep blue. ‘Cupani’s Original’ will charm you with its unique hue and ease of cultivation, for it is a generous bloomer that tolerates warmer summer temperatures with ease and freely offers its intense scent in the warm variety air of midsummer.