New at FBTS: Salvia x 'Ultra Violet' Defies Heat and Cold
Synopsis: In the Rocky Mountain West, conditions can swing from hellishly hot, dry summers to freezing cold winters. Many Southwestern Salvias are ideal for the sunbaked summers but have trouble...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Salvia Amistad and Friendship from Afar
Synopsis: Flowers by the Sea is selling Salvia 'Amistad'. It was a mystery sage to University of Buenos Aires agronomy professor Rolando Uria when he encountered it at an Argentinian plant show in...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Salvia greggii 'Cold Hardy Pink'
Synopsis: Salvia greggii 'Cold Hardy Pink', a variety of Autumn Sage, is made for Zone 5 winters. It tolerates conditions swinging from hot, dry summers to sub-zero winter temperatures. Pair it with...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Salvia x jamensis 'California Sunset'
Synopsis: Viewing the creamy peach-pink and yellow of California Sunset Autumn Sage (Salvia x jamenis 'California Sunset') may remind you of a Georgia O'Keefe painting. Anyone who has viewed sunset...
View ArticleUpcoming at FBTS: Hummingbirds Love Cute Cupheas
Bright orange, tube-shaped blossoms cover Cuphea x 'David Verity' like tiny windsocks blowing in a breeze and beckoning hummingbirds. Similar to Salvias, Cupheas are rich sources of nectar that fuel...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Suncrest Salvias
Drought-resistant, heat-tolerant, vibrantly colored Suncrest Salvias (sages) have arrived at Flowers by the Sea and will be available for shipping in April. Suncrest Salvias are floriferous hybrids of...
View ArticleSalvia Companions: Kentish Hero Pouch Flowers
An ancient Welsh chieftain was the inspiration for the common name of Kentish Hero Pouch Flower (Calceolaria integrifolia 'Kentish Hero'). Bright orange as a pumpkin, its plump, prolific blossoms bloom...
View ArticleSalvia Companions: Tough Yet Graceful Ornamental Grasses
Although the best ornamental grasses are landscape pros, they usually play supporting roles that add depth and fascination to a perennial garden without demanding star treatment. Due to preferring...
View ArticleBat-Faced Beauty: Gardeners & Hummingbirds Love Cuphea schumannii
Most bat faces only look beautiful to their mothers. However bat-faced Cuphea schumannii seems pretty as punch to hummingbirds in search of a sweet drink of nectar. If you take a close look at the...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Ember's Wish & Love and Wishes Salvias
Plants contribute to our lives in many ways -- as sources of beauty, building materials, clothing, food, fragrance, medicine and oxygen. Add hope and fulfillment to the list, because that is what three...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Going Loco for Poco Kniphofias
Poco means "little" in Spanish. However, perennial Poco Kniphofias pack plenty of punch in the garden, because they tolerate summer heat, survive winter chill, are long blooming and have foliage that...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Elegant Salvia valentina
Flowers by the Sea Online Salvia Nursery has fallen hard for the delicate look but rugged constitution of wildflower sages from Valencia on Spain's Mediterranean coast, especially Strong Spanish Sage...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Two New Himalayan Salvias from Chris Chadwell
Yellow Salvias are rare, and so are professional plant explorers. Add to this list another rarity -- the availability online of high altitude, Himalayan plants grown from seed collected in the wild....
View ArticleDivine Salvias & Companions for Hell-Strip Gardens
On a hot day, when struggling to break up compacted, weedy soil along a curb or another hellishly difficult strip of land, you may feel like you are descending into a horticultural inferno with a...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Easy-to-Grow Plant Collection
Flowers by the Sea doesn't believe in paint-by-numbers anything, but pre-packaged plant mixes save gardeners effort and money when creating garden masterpieces. At FBTS, we believe in the power of...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Rosy Drought-Resistant Butterfly Sun Mix
When gardening in a dry climate, especially during drought, careful selection of plants that tolerate low-water conditions is essential to success. Flowers by the Sea Farm and Online Nursery grows many...
View ArticleHeavenly Angel's Trumpets for Containers and Garden
You can't hear them, but we have lots of trumpets in the test gardens and greenhouses at Flowers by the Sea. That is, we have lots of varieties of Angel's Trumpet, or Brugmansias, which have huge,...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Salvias & Companions for Containers
Erase your mental image of short plants in container flower gardens. New offerings at Flowers by the Sea include Salvias and companion plants from tiny to tall that thrive in containers as well as in...
View ArticleNew at FBTS: Butterflies Love Perennial Echeandia Texensis
It isn't surprising that the golden flowers of the drought-resistant, perennial Texas Craglily (Echeandia texensis) are tops for attracting butterflies. The plant was first discovered on Green Island...
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