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Cancer Seed Bundle
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Cancer people, summer people! You embody the apex of summer’s glory. You love to soak up the hard work and watch your garden flourish. You like to spend long hours wandering your garden rows, pondering the big questions, and taking in the day.

These are the plants for your Cancer garden.

HEIGHT1-7 ft when full grown
SPACING9" between plants
LIGHTFull sun, or part-shade
ZONEGrows everywhere in the USA (annual, zones 2-11)
SHIPPINGNow
INCLUDES6 tubes of seeds: Miss Wilmott Sweet Pea, Old Spice Cupani Sweet Pea, Mammoth Salmon Cream Sweet Pea, Gem Pink Antique Viola, Freckles Viola, Cream Troika Nasturtium

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Description

The Cancer garden grown from seed is built around your spirit flower, the Sweet Pea.

Sweet Peas are a little fussy and prefer to grow in the sun, but with their roots cool. So, we start with three of the most incredible Sweet Pea Varieties around: Cupani Sweet Pea, Miss Wilmott Sweet Pea, and Mammoth Salmon Cream Sweet Pea. To plant around the base of the Sweet Pea vines, to keep the roots cool and to give you something to nibble on, (the Sweet Peas are toxic!), plant the edible and short: Freckles Viola, Gem Pink Antique Viola, and Cream Troika Nasturtium.

Six types of seed tubes, individually packed in a little cotton bag, perfect for gifting, or keeping your potting bench organized (and stylish). Specific planting instructions are on each individual seed tube, but basic instructions are below.

DEER Deer resistant
KIDS+PETS Non-toxic
CLIMATE Likes warm summers
WATER Drought tolerant
INDOOR+POTSCan be grown in a container with support

How to Plant

Tuck seeds 1/8" deep, 2" apart. Water gently and regularly as seedlings emerge over the next 2 wks. Once babies are 2” tall, pluck so there's just one per 12"

Where to Plant

Find a place that gets a decent amount of sun, and space seeds 2" apart, thin plants to about 9" apart.

When to Plant

Plant outside after your average last frost in the spring.

When to Expect Blooms

Mid-summer through frost.

Care Instructions

Water regularly until they get established, and then give them extra water during dry spells. Pick the flowers regularly (Bring the flowers in! Make bouquets! Have fun!) to encourage more blooms. And ask us any questions along the way.