Most Unusual Plants to Grow This Year
By Editorial Staff
What dedicated gardener hasn’t leafed through a garden catalog looking for something new and unusual to add to their plant repertoire?
10. Green Zebra Tomato from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
This colorful and unusual tomato will add pizazz to both your garden and to salads. California foodie Alice Waters chose this beauty for her restaurant Chez Panisse. The large tomatoes ripen with a zebra-like stripe pattern that alternates yellow gold and dark green. The emerald flesh has a lovely flavor, and also looks beautiful sliced on a platter.
9. Winter Thriller Mix from Wayside Gardens
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8. Purple Vienna Kohlrabi from Vesseys
This is a very hardy and uniquely unusual vegetable and plants to grow this year. The flat, globe-shaped bulbs have a reddish purple skin and white flesh. You can also grow and harvest this plant as a microgreen, because the Purple Vienna is tender with dark purple veins, and lovely in a variety of dishes.Before you continue reading about the Most Unusual Plants to Grow This Year there is a special announcement we would like to share with you. Catalogs.com has negotiated special medicare rates for our vibrant community of seniors. If you are over the age of 60, you can head over to our Seniors Health Section which is full of information about medicare. All you need is your zip code and a few minutes of your time to potentially save 100s of dollars on your medicare bills.
7. Patty Pan Squash at Park Seed
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6. SunSparkler® Dazzleberry Stonecrop from Jackson & Perkins
This ground cover has an unusual shade of blue with smoky overtones and makes a dramatic statement from afar and up close. Resistant to summer heat and humidity, SunSparkler Dazzleberry Stonecrop plants are beautiful during the summer, and when the raspberry red flower heads appear late and last for seven weeks or more.
5. Lapins Sweet Cherry at Stark Bros.
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4. Orange Peter Pepper from Pepper Joe’s
Are all peppers RED? Not a chance. This awesome, unusually colored pepper is sweeter but still has some great pepper heat. The Orange Peter Pepper will light up your garden and your culinary creations.
3. Biennis Alba at Stokes Seeds
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2. Fritillaria Rubra from Tulips.com
It’s not too early to start thinking about the bulbs you want to plant this coming fall, either. Even though many are “sold out” now, when they come back into stock, you can be the first to snatch them up, like this stunning Fritillaria Rubra, which is a specialty bulb that has a dramatic flower and unique foliage. Check this unique plants to grow this 2021.
1. Double Click Cranberries at KitchenGardenSeeds
Browse the selection in your seed catalog’s “new varieties” category. Our inner gardener fell in love with this dramatic double bloom cosmos, Double Click Cranberries. The color is magnificent, the plant is easy to grow, and it’s a favorite of bees and flower arrangers.Popular Savings Offers
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