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A Great way to a get a lettuce garden right by your kitchen door. 

Soil Moist is the greatest product for Rosemary, containers and any other plants that suffer from moisture changes in pots. It is a polymer granules product that absorbs moisture and then releases it back into the soil when the plant needs it. 1/2 tsp. to a 4" pot. Perfect for window boxes too! 

Orrisroot - Iris germanica var. florentina

Known as the Florentine iris is a hardy iris with short stout rhizomes. It makes an upright clump of sword shaped leaves 18 to 20 inches tall. Orrisroot blooms in early Spring before the hybrid Irises. The flower stalks are 30 in. tall and usually holds 2-3 flowers per stalk. The flowers are large and showy, silvery white with an iridescent sheen and yellow beards. It is slightly fragrant. When mass planted I can smell the fragrance just when the heat of the spring day expels; just before dusk begins. Iris Florentine needs full sun in a well drained soil and will tolerate hot dry weather when established. To use the rhizomes as a fixative; peel, slice, dry and age for 2 years to develop a violet like fragrance. The root becomes very hard when dried so prepare well be drying. Orrisroot has the ability to take on other essential oils and retain their fragrance for years. Growers suggest using slug bait to protect it from slugs. (Just order a Copper Garden Marker here for it! Copper repels slugs!) It's a "green" way to garden.

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