Bring Out The Kids and You'll Bring Out The Kid In You

Make Edibles Fun With:

• Surprising Colors: ‘Golden India’ edible pod peas, ‘Green Zebra’ striped heirloom tomatoes, Purple string beans, ‘Sweet Dumpling’ squash
• Kid-Size Harvests: ‘Flying Saucer’ summer squashes, ‘Jack-Be-Little’ pumpkins, ‘Thumbelina’ carrots, ‘Tom Thumb’ lettuce
• Tasty Flowers: Daylilies, Hibiscus, Johnny-jump-ups, Violets, Tulips
• Funny Looks and Names: ‘Dragon Tongue’ beans, ‘Easter Egg’ radishes, ‘Painted Serpent’ cucumbers

Spark the Imagination with a Zoo Garden:

• Fun to group together for a playful pot.
• Annuals & Tender Perennials: Bat-faced cuphea, Elephant ear, Spiny spider flower
• Perennials: Cat’s whiskers, Hens and Chicks, Turtlehead, Lamb’s ear

Welcome Giants:

• Grow huge flowers in a sunny corner of your yard and record the size.
• ‘Casa Blanca’ lilies
• “Dinner Plate” hibiscus
• ‘Mammoth’ or 12-foot-tall ‘Kong’ sunflowers

Scents to Sniff:

• From stinky plants that boys prefer to sweet smells for the girls.
• Banana mint, chocolate mint, and peppermint
• Crown imperial (skunky smell)
• Katsura Tree (autumn leaves have been described as smelling like baking muffins, bubble gum, burned sugar, or cotton candy
• Persian shield(smells like dirty socks)
• Pineapple sage