2024 Spring Seedling Sale Variety Catalogue

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SEEDLING SALE

SATURDAY, MAY 25 2024

10AM-3PM

Tchesinkut Lake Rd East

Burns Lake BC

@northbloomacres northbloomacres@hotmail.com boom North Acres
OFFERING CUT FLOWERS, VEGETABLES & HERBS
SPRING

All varieties grown with:

Sold in:

3 & 6 cell packs: sweetpeas, cosmos,snapdragons,asters, zinnias,hollyhocks,scabiosa, lupins,marigolds,ammobium, broccoli,cauliflower,kale,lettuce

Singles: eucalyptus,yarrow, sunflowers,tomato’s,peppers, zucchini,pumpkins,squash,all herbs,celosia

Hanging Basket: cherrytomato

CUT FLOWERS

DAHLIA’S

Various varieties & colours

I can’t guarantee the colour of each dahlia plant

BUT I can guarantee they will be gorgeous!

Pre sprouted for a head start on blooming and ready to either pot up or put into the ground!

Tubers can be dug up in fall, divided if you so choose and each divided tuber can be planted the following year.

SWEET PEA

Cuthbertson Blend

The Cuthbertson Blend is a very highly scented mix of sweet peas in shades of pink, cream, white with picotee edging, and lavender. This variety of sweet pea seeds are a Spencer type - late blooming among sweet peas, but early among the Spencers

SWEET PEA

Old Spice Blend

The best sweet pea choice for warmer climates or gardens, Old Spice Blend sweet pea seeds are a mix of old heirloom varieties that have weathered the test of time. Solid colours and some streaked flowers appear in cream, rose, white, pink, and purple on long stems.

SWEET PEA

Mammoth Blend

Striking shades of crimson, lavender, deep rose, navy blue, rose pink, and salmon, these climbers are 1.6m (6ft) and perfect for cut flowers

Creamy, nearly white petals surround a honey-coloured central disc atop a stem that can reach 2m (6') tall.

SUNFLOWER

ProCut Orange

The 5-6’ pollen-free single stemmed series with 3-4” flowers was bred especially for the cut flower market and makes a great addition to any garden with only 50-60 days to flower!

SUNFLOWER

ProCut Plum

This pollen-free single stemmed series was bred especially for the cut flower market and makes a great addition to any garden! Only 50-60 days to flower.

SUNFLOWER ProCut White Lite

SUNFLOWER ProCut Red

This pollen-free single stemmed series was bred especially for the cut flower market and makes a great addition to any garden! Only 50-60 days to flower.

SUNFLOWER

Teddy Bear

The flowers are very round with dense numbers of petals, but the flowers produce no pollen, so they won't make a mess when they're cut and brought indoors. They make really excellent, long-lasting cut flowers,

HONEYWART

Kiwi Blue

Excellent early bouquet filler when little else is available! Producing lots of bright green stems with cute little blue bells on the ends. It is also a fantastic pollinator plant which will be filled with bees!

COSMO Sensation Blend

Reliable and well-loved single daisy shaped flowers with yellow centers bloom in white and various shades of pink.

SNAPDRAGON

Rainbow Blend

Snapdragon Rainbow Mix seeds are a beautiful, traditional garden favourite that have been selected for their colour richness: from the palest to the deepest pinks, coral, blood-red, and yellow. Expect some bicoloured flowers as well.

ASTER

Duchess Mix

This showy, peony-flowered, Aster is magnificent. 5-8 floral stems per plant. The mix has 12 colours, including bicolours. A top notch, long lasting cut flower mix.

STRAWFLOWER Rainbow Blend

Snapdragon Rainbow Mix seeds are a beautiful, traditional garden favourite that have been selected for their colour richness: from the palest to the deepest pinks, coral, blood-red, and yellow. Expect some bicoloured flowers as well.

HOLLYHOCK

Rainbow Mix

Perennial. A dwarf variety of an oldfashioned hollyhock. Semi-double and double flowers range in color from pinks, reds, white and yellow. Easy to grow.

ZINNIA MIX

Solid coloured pompom shaped flowers. Zinnias are a cut-and-come-again flower, each flower blossom is just as perfect as the next, delightfully supported on attractive green stems and stunning colour that is stunning in a fresh bouquet.

A gorgeous blend of yarrow in a variety of vivid colours, including lemon yellow, peach, plum and cherry red, as well as softer, pastel shades.

Flowerburst Fruit Bowl SCABIOSA

Imperial Mix

Scabiosa Imperial Mix seeds are also known as the Pincushion Flower. Fully double flowers in rose, pink, purple, lavender, maroon, and white.

MARIGOLD

Crackerjack

Stunning, brightly-coloured spikes create a strong feature in the early summer garden. Its pea-like flowers grow in dense spires.

YARROW

Beautiful white flowers lovely in a bouquet! The delicate white flower comes out very well among other more bold coloured flowers. The flower petals are a papery-like texture and are completed with a lovely yellow core.

AMMOBIUM Winged Everlasting LUPIN

Farm Mix

Lupins in this colour palette are extremely useful in early season bouquets! They will flower late the first season and will come back every year with earlier blooms for years after. A cottage garden favourite, well worth growing!

BACHELOR BUTTON

Classic Romantic

Lovely shades of pinks and reds with a touch of white on the tips of the petals. Great for naturalizing or a summer bouquet, this will give a little feeling of romance to any garden. Bachelors Buttons last well as a cutflower and are quite an attractor for bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects.

EUCALYPTUS

Silver Dollar

Large, silvery blue-green leaves appear to be strung on the stem. The most popular foliage for fresh, dried, or preserved use for large bunches and decorating

EUCALYPTUS

Baby Blue Bouquet

Classic florists' eucalyptus. Very similar to Baby Blue. Robust plants produce column-like, sturdy stems packed with waxy, silvery blue leaves. Round, 2" leaves.

EUCALYPTUS

Baby Blue

Classic florists' eucalyptus. Robust plants produce column-like, sturdy stems packed with waxy, silvery blue leaves. Our recommended substitute for Silver Dollar.

VEGETABLES

HOT PEPPER Early Jalapeno

Hot and early. Early Jalapeno produces dark green thick walled cone shaped 2” jalapeno peppers with a nice amount of heat. 5000 scoville units.

HOT PEPPER

Time Bomb

Great for pickling.. Time Bomb is a hot 1.5” red cherry pepper great for pickling. It has a light smoky flavour, and mild heat. This vigorous plant produces a heavy yield of fruit that go from dark green to bright red. 1000 scoville units

HOT PEPPER

Pathfinder

Strong plants for cool climates. Pathfinder was a trials staff standout for its strong, heavy yielding plants. Harvest lasted well into the fall with fruit averaging 30g when picked at 5". 8,000-22,000 scoville units.

HOT PEPPER Flaming Flare

Spicy and sweet. Flaming Flare is a Fresno pepper that is spicy and sweet, perfect for chili. Productive and vigorous plant produces tapered fruit measuring 3.5 inches long. They can be picked green, but grow hotter as they ripen. 5,000 scoville units.

HOT PEPPER

Cheyenne

Cheyenne is a hybrid medium-hot cayenne pepper producing masses of bright red fruit that are early to mature. Compact plant is ideal to grow in any container and takes up little space in your garden. Excellent addition to spicy salsa. 50,000 scoville units.

CORN

Temptress

Bi-colour SY. Early and sweet. A bi-colour variety with 16 rows of translucent kernels on 8" long, blocky, thick ears set high on 77” plants. Superior flavour and eating quality.

Maturity in 70 days

TOMATO Big Brandy

Flavourful pink beefsteak. This flavourful pink indeterminate beefsteak can produce up to 450g fruit. Big Brandy is a cross of two heirlooms (Big Dwarf and Brandywine) resulting in an improved variety loaded with great flavour and improved appearance

TOMATO

San Marzano Lampadina

All the way from Italy, this rare heirloom is famous for its incredible flavour. The lobed fruits look like long, blocky red peppers with firm pulp and thick skins. They are perfect for canning or making pastes and sauces

TOMATO

Sweet Million

Sweet Million cherry tomato seeds are easy to grow, and hardy plants adapt well to many climates. This extremely vigorous plant needs support for climbing habit. Pruning may be required.

Tiny Tim cherry tomato seeds are easy to grow and produce unique dwarf plants that work very well in small containers, window boxes, hanging baskets and small garden spaces.

TOMATO Tiny Tim ZUCCHINI

Black Beauty

Large bush plants grow semi-upright and open, and are loaded with glossy dark green fruits with firm creamy white flesh and fine flavour. Plants are productive very early, and over a long period.

SQUASH

Spaghetti

Sow Vegetable Spaghetti squash seeds for fruits that actually appear to be stuffed with cooked spaghetti. The pale yellow, oval fruits grow to 25cm (10") on long, productive vines.

SQUASH

Tiana

Butternut PUMPKIN

The fruits of Tiana Organic Butternut squash are uniform in size and shape, with the classic tan skin and intense dark orange interior colour. Tiana is very early to mature and productive.

Small Sugar

This is the classic (if not original) pie pumpkin with small, round, slightly flattened orange fruits that have very light rib indentations.

PUMPKIN

Touch of Autumn

Tremendous pounds per acre. High yielding, Touch of Autumn produces consistent 3 lb fruit with long, strong handles. Fruit is ideal for baking pies or decorating a front porch!

PUMPKIN

Porcelain Doll

Unique shape and colour! Porcelain Doll is a unique pumpkin with deep ribbing, a blocky shape and striking pink colour. Its orange flesh is sweet and can be used for pies or soup. Large vines produce excellent yields of 20-25 lb fruit.

BROCCOLI Gypsy

One of the most heat-tolerant broccoli varieties, Gypsy can handle the warmer summer conditions better than other cultivars while still performing well in cool fall conditions. This hybrid is very uniform, Ideal for bunching and crown cuts.

Cauliflower

Amazing

The plants are medium sized, with domed, tightly packed curds, and they're not particularly fussy about temperature stress, either cold or hot.

Rainbow Lacinato

A fabulous cross of beloved Lacinato with the super cold hardy Redbor produces these multicoloured plants with mostly the straplike leaves of the Lacinato and the colouring of the Redbor.

KALE

Redbor

Redbor kale seeds produce tall plants with the darkest red colour of all kales. After frost the leaves turn even darker and sweeter at the same time. Hybrid vigour means fast, uniform growth and consistent results every time.

Lettuce

3 Pack Mix

Landis Winter Magenta Sumer Crisp Three Heart

KALE

HERBS

BEE BALM

Lemon Mint

lso known as English Thyme. A hardy, widely grown perennial. Leaves are used fresh or dried to season meats, vegetables, soups and sauces. A perennial favorite, bee balm aka wild bergamot, flowers in mid- to late summer. This native plant is beloved by hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies!

THYME

German Winter

BASIL Dolce Fresca

After harvest, it rebounds to its previous tidy shape. The large leaves of Dolce Fresca are among the nicest Genovese basils we’ve tried. It looks fantastic in patio containers, or just growing in any well drained herb bed.

BASIL Cinnamon

This attractive basil has purple stems and deep flowers with purple bracts. Its unique cinnamon taste and aroma makes it wonderful for tea/vinegars or even for use ornamentally in edible or scented decorative arrangements.

OREGANO

Greek

Greek oregano seeds offer the best, most pungently flavoured oregano leaves for cooking. Plants are very hardy when established and impart a wonderful wild mountain aroma in the garden.

Bachelor Button Cosmo Snapdragon Aster
CUTFLOWER BOUQUET MIXED PACKS (Limited quantities)
Strawflower Zinnia
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