April 19, 21, 23 & 25 Plants for Sale
Stop by Hattie’s Garden this week as we begin our spring plant sales on Sunday, April 19, featuring varieties grown specifically for home gardens. We will also have freshly cut lettuce mix for your salad bowl. It’s the first of the season and we will have arugula in another week.
Our plants are growing wonderfully and are strong, healthy, and ready to thrive once planted. For this first week we’ll have heirloom tomatoes, hybrid tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot peppers, eggplants, herbs available, along with our first round of Benary Giant Zinnias. These are not the kinds of plants you’ll find in big box stores — each one has been carefully grown with attention to quality and vitality. Additional flowers will be ready in the coming weeks.
And remember Basil needs very settled weather and abhors colder nights so we generally don’t start offering it until mid-May.
All plants are grown in Vermont Compost Company potting soil and are as healthy as they come.
Our schedule this week
- Sunday, April 19, 11–3
- Tuesday, April 21, 10–2
- Thursday, April 23, 12–4
- Saturday, April 25, 12–4
If these times / dates do not work for you, please email Hattie to make arrangements for an appointment. We can accommodate most requests.
- Pineapple Bicolor — Great old-fashioned full, complex flavors. A good choice heirloom for slicing into sandwiches or salads.
- Pink Brandywine — One taste of this heirloom and you’ll be enchanted by its superb flavor and luscious shade of red-pink.
- Cherokee Purple — These have a rich, full flavor that is tangy and sweet. At full ripeness, they make an excellent tomato sandwich or addition to your favorite sub.
- Amish Paste — These tomatoes have a rich, sweet, and slightly tangy flavor, ideal for sauces, canning, and fresh eating.
- Early Girl — A reliable early producer with classic tomato flavor, great for slicing and salads.
- Celebrity — A dependable, disease-resistant variety with firm, flavorful fruits perfect for all-purpose use.
- Big Beef — Large, juicy tomatoes with excellent flavor, ideal for sandwiches and fresh eating.
- San Marzano — A classic Italian plum tomato prized for rich flavor, perfect for sauces and canning.
- Juliet — A small, elongated tomato with sweet flavor and excellent crack resistance, great for snacking and salads.
- Supersweet 100 — Prolific clusters of bright red cherry tomatoes with exceptional sweetness.
- SunGold — A favorite golden-orange cherry tomato known for its intense, fruity sweetness.
- Black Cherry — Deep, dusky-colored cherries with rich, complex, slightly smoky flavor.
- Red Pearl Grape — Small, bite-sized tomatoes with a balanced sweet flavor, perfect for salads and snacking.
- Revolution Green Bell — Thick-walled green bell pepper with crisp texture and excellent yield.
- Flavorburst Yellow Bell — Bright yellow bell pepper with sweet, juicy flavor and beautiful color.
- Carmen Frying Pepper — An Italian-style pepper with sweet flavor, perfect for frying, roasting, or fresh use.
- Pablano — Mild heat pepper with rich flavor, excellent for stuffing, roasting, and traditional dishes.
- Jalafuego Jalapeno — A vigorous jalapeño with consistent heat and thick walls, great for fresh use or pickling.
- Shishito — A thin-skinned Japanese pepper, mostly mild with the occasional surprise heat, perfect for blistering.
- Cayenne — A classic hot pepper with strong heat, ideal for drying, sauces, and spice blends.
- Galine Italian — Smooth, dark purple eggplant with tender flesh and excellent flavor for cooking.
- Rosa Bianca Italian Heirloom — Beautiful round heirloom with mild, creamy flavor and low bitterness.
- Orient Express Asian — Long, slender eggplant with thin skin and delicate flavor, perfect for stir-frying.
- Violet Delight Asian (like Pingtung Long) — Slender purple fruits with tender texture and mild flavor, great for quick cooking.
- Large Leaf Parsley — Robust, flat-leaf parsley with fresh flavor, ideal for cooking and garnish.
- Chives — Mild onion-flavored herb, perfect for finishing dishes and adding fresh garden flavor.
- Benary Giant Cutting Zinnias (very tall, mixed) — Tall, vibrant blooms ideal for cutting gardens and long-lasting arrangements.
Directions
Hattie’s Garden is at 31341 Kendale Rd in Lewes, about 3 miles from Plantation Road via Robinsonville Rd or Beaver Dam Rd (Rt. 23 South).
Kendale Rd is 0.6 miles long between Robinsonville and Beaver Dam. The house is the fifth on the left from Beaver Dam, with a large wooden fence and purple trim.
Park in the gravel area facing the fence. If you don’t see me, feel free to toot your horn — I may be in the garage or garden.
Yours in the garden,
