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The life cycle of a biennial is basically two years. The first year it shoots up foliage and the second year it again shoots up foliage and produces seeds and dies, often re-seeding before its demise.

Celery, Amsterdam Cutting Apium graveolens Cold Tolerance: Zone 10a 10b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b Light: Full Sun to Full Sun Height: 1 Foot tall Water: Normal Soil: Sandy-Loamy Common Uses:Culinary Celery substitute, but MUCH easier to grow. No blanching required. Also known as ""Love Straw"" for its' hollow stalks, which are perfect for sipping delightful tomato juice drinks & ""Blood Marys,"" during our 'winter break."" (Just kidding, Valerian Tea is what we should be sipping now & again). Stalks & leaves can be added whenever celery is needed. $ 3.29	Celery, Par-cel Apium graveolens Cold Tolerance: Zone 10a 10b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b Light: Full Sun to Full Sun Height: 1 Foot tall Water: Normal Soil: Sandy-Loamy Common Uses:Culinary Celery flavor with a touch of parsley. Our #1 volunteer declared this pseudo-celery her #1 favorite test plant last year. Now you can try it. $ 3.29	Foxglove, Garden Apricot Digitalis purpurea 'Apricot' Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 3 - 4 feet Water: Normal Soil: Organic-Loamy Flowers: Middle Summer Common Uses:Bees, Borders, Ornamental Need a tall, stylish wind tolerant beauty in your garden? Well this is it. All three ""Garden"" Foxglove varieties put on a colorful summer show, and re-seed themselves loyally. $ 3.79
Foxglove, Garden Purple Digitalis purpurea `Foxy' Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 3-4 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Organic-Loamy Flowers: Middle Summer Common Uses:Bees, Borders, Ornamental This biennial foxglove proudly bears 3' tall spikes of pink-purple bell flowers the first year! Although breathtaking, absolutely no part of this plant should be eaten. $ 3.79	Foxglove, Garden White digitalis purpurea 'Alba' Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 3 - 4 feet Water: Normal Soil: Organic-Loamy Flowers: Middle Summer Common Uses:Bees, Borders, Ornamental A luminous addition to a moonlight garden and a welcome pause for your eyes in the border. $ 3.79	Foxglove, Pam’s Choice Digitalis X 'Pam's Choice' Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade Height: 2-3 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Organic-Loamy Common Uses:Bees, Borders, Butterfly, Cut Flower, Ornamental Huge white flowers with a maroon red spotted throat are a five alarm siren for any hummingbird in the area. $ 3.79
Foxgloves- Note about Please note: All Parsley, Italian Flat-leaf Petroselium crispum `Gigante D' Italia' Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b Light: Full Sun to Full Sun Height: 2 Feet Water: Normal Soil: Loamy Common Uses:Butterfly, Container, Culinary The plant isn't gigantic but the thick, juicy leaves are full of flavor. I used to think there weren't big differences in parsley flavor. Can be a culinary band-aid if too much sage, garlic (is that possible?) or hot peppers are used. Rich in Vitamin A, C, iron, and magnesium. $ 3.29	Parsley, Triple Curled Petroselium crispum `Krausa' Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b Light: Full Sun to Full Sun Height: 1 Foot Water: Normal Soil: Loamy Common Uses:Butterfly, Container, Garden Railroads, Culinary Parsley update: some curled varieties now have flavor, as well as good looks and breath cleansing qualities. Mark demands this variety. Best used fresh but frozen works. (See our Basil Intro. for freezing information.) Goes with anything short of sweets but, dried parsley?- forget it! $ 3.29
Sage, Silver Clary Salvia argentea Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11 Light: Full Sun to P.Shade-Sun Height: 2 - 7 feet Water: Wet-Normal Soil: Organic-Loamy Flowers: Middle Winter Common Uses:Medicinal $ 3.79