2017 TRANSPLANTS
2017 TRANSPLANTS -all plants are rooted in 2 inch containers, ready to plant in your garden or containers
Herbs Sweet Basil, the classic Italian
Lavender, a perennial plant
basil used in pesto and added fresh to many dishes, a must for any summer garden
great for attracting bees and used as a medicinal herb, very aromatic
Lemon Basil, has a citrus
Lemon Grass, common herb
aroma, use fresh with fish, vegetables, or soups, also can be baked in scones or muffins
used in Asian cuisine, offers many health benefits
Purple Basil, beautiful
Lemon Verbena, the leaves of
addition to an herb garden or flower bouquets, use similarly to sweet basil
this plant are used to add lemon flavor to dishes, also makes a wonderful herbal tea
Chives, use as a garnish or
Marjoram, a culinary herb
as a flavoring herb, a lovely addition to any garden
with a sweet aroma and mildly spicy flavor
Cilantro, green lacey leaves
Mint, a zesty versatile herb,
and a pungent flavor, used in Asian and Mexican summer dishes
the edible flowers of mint can be used as a garnish to salads, desserts, and drinks
Dill, a wonderful herb to add to
Oregano, a perennial herb
Parsley (flat), is also called
Parsley (curly), is a culinary
Italian parsley and is favored by chefs
parsley that provides a little more texture and is darker in color than the flat leaf variety
salads, dressings, dips and pickles, a very beautiful plant and when it flowers it attracts many pollinators to its umbel flower
that has a strong oregano flavor, great for pizza and Italian cooking
Herbs Sage, a perennial herb with
Thyme, A perennial herb, thyme
culinary and medicinal uses, also holds up very well and is beautiful in flower bouquets
is a versatile favorite, can be used fresh or dried and will rebirth year to year, the tiny purple flowers are a good bee attractant
Rosemary, all time favorite herb
French Tarragon, A Popular
for containers here in Wisconsin, must be brought in and over wintered inside, Great Culinary herb for all kinds of dishes, So Fragrant
French Cuisine herb most notably the flavoring in Burnese sauce, this subtle licorice flavored herb is a tender perennial good for pots and grown in garden beds
Vegetables
Broccoli, 57 days to harvest
Green Kale, 60 days to maturity,
from time of planting, heat tolerant, smooth domed heads, uniform, harvest broccoli from your own backyard
a nutritious plant that regrows through the season for continuous growth right up to freezing temperatures
Rainbow Swiss Chard, both
Eggplant - Globe, 67 days to
stems and leaves are delicious and nutritious, plant regrows through the season, makes a beautiful edible landscape plant
maturity, a traditional black Italian eggplant
Melon - Sarah’s Choice,
Cucumber - Marketmore, 58
sweet and juicy orange flesh melon that average 3lbs, the one melon to grow
days to maturity, Marketmore is the only variety we grow here at Turtle Creek Gardens, reliable and prolific
Watermelon - Sugar Baby,
Italian Pepper - Carmen, 60
small 8-10 lb, great flavor and the perfect smaller “icebox” melon
days green, 80 days red, best tasting sweet Italian frying pepper a beautiful pepper of the Italian ‘bulls horn’ type
Bell Pepper - Ace, 50 days
Hot Pepper- Jalepeno,
green, 70 days to red, extra early highly productive variety of sweet bell pepper
medium heat pepper, great for salsa
Vegetables Tomato - Striped German,
Tomatillo, 60 days to
78 days to maturity, needs staking, fruits are 12+oz, beautiful heirloom, bicolor red and yellow fruit with a complex fruity flavor
maturity, Salsa Verde at your fingertips or back door anyway
Tomato - Brandywine, a
Tomato - Big Beef, a tomato
heirloom tomato that has a very rich flavor, large fruits often over 1lb.
that ripens early for its larger size, wonderful for slicing
Tomato - New Girl, a
Tomato - Green Zebra, a
smaller, early fruiting tomato, averaging 4-6oz.
beautiful heirloom salad tomato that is tangy and of course tasty
Tomato - San Marzano, a
Tomato - Sun Gold, a cherry
paste tomato that is a heavy producer, a must if you wish to make sauces
tomato that is extremely sweet and bright orange in color
Native Pollinator Plants Big Bluestem, prairie grass,
Red Milkweed, beautiful addition
lush green leaves and stems change with the first frost to an attractive red-bronze color that provides landscape interest well into the winter
to sunny boarder gardens, very popular with pollinators, especially the Monarch and Swallowtail butterflies
Butterflyweed, this long-
Blue False Indigo, very early
lasting and bright orange flowers and low mounded shape make this the most popular of milkweeds
spring flowering plant, this plant gets very large rising 3 to 5 feet, beautiful and unique foliage lasts all summer
Sideoats Gramma, purple and
Bottlebrush Sedge,
orange flowers adorn this short grass, this plant is a larval host plant for the Green Skipper and Dotted Skipper butterflies
attractive seed heads are a lovely addition to rain gardens and other moist soils
Native Pollinator Plants Porcupine Sedge, unique seed
Pale Purple Coneflower, this
heads form on this sedge with fine leaved vegetation
variety of Echinacea is tolerant of drought, heat, humidity and poor soils, a beauty in mixed boarder gardens, favorite nectar source for most pollinators.
Purple Prairie Clover, this
Canadian Wild Rye, a fast
clover has gorgeous purple flowers with golden flecks on multiple upright stems, a great addition in rock gardens
growing prairie grass that grows in practically any soil
Joe Pye Weed, loved by all
Boneset, grows well in full sun
butterflies, a plant that is perfect for damp soils
and moist soil, pure white flowers with highly textured leaves
Ox Eye Sunflower, a relative
Prairie Dock, this is a very
of the sunflower, produces bright yellow flowers early to midsummer
unique plant growing 3 to 10’ tall, birds love the seeds, these are very long lived plants
Little Bluestem, the blue-green
Blue Vervain, flowers of this
foliage provides a great backdrop for prairie flowers in the summer and turns a beautiful crimson in the fall
plant are a beautiful deep blue and form in a spike, a nectar source for the Common Buckeye butterfly
Indiangrass, this grass has
Showy Goldenrod, distinctive
silky, golden seed heads, a great accent and excellent choice to replace ornamental cultivars
golden flower spikes bloom August thru September and provide an important late season nectar source
Golden Alexanders, brilliant
golden flowers adorn this late spring blooming plant, the leaves are the main food source for the Black Swallowtail Butterflies Caterpillars
Herbs Sweet Basil, the classic Italian
Lavender, a perennial plant
basil used in pesto and added fresh to many dishes, a must for any summer garden
great for attracting bees and used as a medicinal herb, very aromatic
Lemon Basil, has a citrus
Lemon Grass, common herb
aroma, use fresh with fish, vegetables, or soups, also can be baked in scones or muffins
used in Asian cuisine, offers many health benefits
Purple Basil, beautiful
Lemon Verbena, the leaves of
addition to an herb garden or flower bouquets, use similarly to sweet basil
this plant are used to add lemon flavor to dishes, also makes a wonderful herbal tea
Chives, use as a garnish or
Marjoram, a culinary herb
as a flavoring herb, a lovely addition to any garden
with a sweet aroma and mildly spicy flavor
Cilantro, green lacey leaves
Mint, a zesty versatile herb,
and a pungent flavor, used in Asian and Mexican summer dishes
the edible flowers of mint can be used as a garnish to salads, desserts, and drinks
Dill, a wonderful herb to add to
Oregano, a perennial herb
Parsley (flat), is also called
Parsley (curly), is a culinary
Italian parsley and is favored by chefs
parsley that provides a little more texture and is darker in color than the flat leaf variety
salads, dressings, dips and pickles, a very beautiful plant and when it flowers it attracts many pollinators to its umbel flower
that has a strong oregano flavor, great for pizza and Italian cooking
Herbs Sage, a perennial herb with
Thyme, A perennial herb, thyme
culinary and medicinal uses, also holds up very well and is beautiful in flower bouquets
is a versatile favorite, can be used fresh or dried and will rebirth year to year, the tiny purple flowers are a good bee attractant
Rosemary, all time favorite herb
French Tarragon, A Popular
for containers here in Wisconsin, must be brought in and over wintered inside, Great Culinary herb for all kinds of dishes, So Fragrant
French Cuisine herb most notably the flavoring in Burnese sauce, this subtle licorice flavored herb is a tender perennial good for pots and grown in garden beds
Vegetables
Broccoli, 57 days to harvest
Green Kale, 60 days to maturity,
from time of planting, heat tolerant, smooth domed heads, uniform, harvest broccoli from your own backyard
a nutritious plant that regrows through the season for continuous growth right up to freezing temperatures
Rainbow Swiss Chard, both
Eggplant - Globe, 67 days to
stems and leaves are delicious and nutritious, plant regrows through the season, makes a beautiful edible landscape plant
maturity, a traditional black Italian eggplant
Melon - Sarah’s Choice,
Cucumber - Marketmore, 58
sweet and juicy orange flesh melon that average 3lbs, the one melon to grow
days to maturity, Marketmore is the only variety we grow here at Turtle Creek Gardens, reliable and prolific
Watermelon - Sugar Baby,
Italian Pepper - Carmen, 60
small 8-10 lb, great flavor and the perfect smaller “icebox” melon
days green, 80 days red, best tasting sweet Italian frying pepper a beautiful pepper of the Italian ‘bulls horn’ type
Bell Pepper - Ace, 50 days
Hot Pepper- Jalepeno,
green, 70 days to red, extra early highly productive variety of sweet bell pepper
medium heat pepper, great for salsa
Vegetables Tomato - Striped German,
Tomatillo, 60 days to
78 days to maturity, needs staking, fruits are 12+oz, beautiful heirloom, bicolor red and yellow fruit with a complex fruity flavor
maturity, Salsa Verde at your fingertips or back door anyway
Tomato - Brandywine, a
Tomato - Big Beef, a tomato
heirloom tomato that has a very rich flavor, large fruits often over 1lb.
that ripens early for its larger size, wonderful for slicing
Tomato - New Girl, a
Tomato - Green Zebra, a
smaller, early fruiting tomato, averaging 4-6oz.
beautiful heirloom salad tomato that is tangy and of course tasty
Tomato - San Marzano, a
Tomato - Sun Gold, a cherry
paste tomato that is a heavy producer, a must if you wish to make sauces
tomato that is extremely sweet and bright orange in color
Native Pollinator Plants Big Bluestem, prairie grass,
Red Milkweed, beautiful addition
lush green leaves and stems change with the first frost to an attractive red-bronze color that provides landscape interest well into the winter
to sunny boarder gardens, very popular with pollinators, especially the Monarch and Swallowtail butterflies
Butterflyweed, this long-
Blue False Indigo, very early
lasting and bright orange flowers and low mounded shape make this the most popular of milkweeds
spring flowering plant, this plant gets very large rising 3 to 5 feet, beautiful and unique foliage lasts all summer
Sideoats Gramma, purple and
Bottlebrush Sedge,
orange flowers adorn this short grass, this plant is a larval host plant for the Green Skipper and Dotted Skipper butterflies
attractive seed heads are a lovely addition to rain gardens and other moist soils
Native Pollinator Plants Porcupine Sedge, unique seed
Pale Purple Coneflower, this
heads form on this sedge with fine leaved vegetation
variety of Echinacea is tolerant of drought, heat, humidity and poor soils, a beauty in mixed boarder gardens, favorite nectar source for most pollinators.
Purple Prairie Clover, this
Canadian Wild Rye, a fast
clover has gorgeous purple flowers with golden flecks on multiple upright stems, a great addition in rock gardens
growing prairie grass that grows in practically any soil
Joe Pye Weed, loved by all
Boneset, grows well in full sun
butterflies, a plant that is perfect for damp soils
and moist soil, pure white flowers with highly textured leaves
Ox Eye Sunflower, a relative
Prairie Dock, this is a very
of the sunflower, produces bright yellow flowers early to midsummer
unique plant growing 3 to 10’ tall, birds love the seeds, these are very long lived plants
Little Bluestem, the blue-green
Blue Vervain, flowers of this
foliage provides a great backdrop for prairie flowers in the summer and turns a beautiful crimson in the fall
plant are a beautiful deep blue and form in a spike, a nectar source for the Common Buckeye butterfly
Indiangrass, this grass has
Showy Goldenrod, distinctive
silky, golden seed heads, a great accent and excellent choice to replace ornamental cultivars
golden flower spikes bloom August thru September and provide an important late season nectar source
Golden Alexanders, brilliant
golden flowers adorn this late spring blooming plant, the leaves are the main food source for the Black Swallowtail Butterflies Caterpillars
