The Ming fern is a beautiful plant with bright green puffy
clusters of soft green needles. One of the favorite Asparagus
ferns for cutting and growing as a houseplant. A wonderful
acccent plant.
2045 Foxtail Fern ( Asparagus Meyeri )
Starting these plants from seeds is an easy way to add many of these unique plants to your landscape! Asparagus Meyeri is an evergreen arching perennial that has feathery, needle-like, stems and is grown from flower seeds.
This Asparagus Fern's growth habit is very dense and it produces tail-like fronds for a fluffy look that resembles a foxtail so many people call it Foxtail Fern. In the summer the plant has small white flowers that are followed by bright red berries. Asparagus Fern plants can grow 2 feet in height and to a width of 3 to 4 feet.
A delightful, fast growing houseplant with dense, upright to slightly arching foxtail-like fronds 12-18" long, often used in pots or outside in warm gardens. A wonderful acccent plant that is quite hardy.
D4535 Asparagus Fern ( Sprengeri )
The Asparagus Fern features trailing bright glossy foliage. When planted in containers, the unique feathery foliage makes a lovely complement to flowers. It makes an excellent house plant and works well in hanging baskets. Asparagus Fern is a slightly woody evergreen plant with upright or trailing branches. It is easily established from flower seed, and it is easy to grow and drought-tolerant. This fern-like perennial develops into a fast-growing, sprawling ground cover, or a nice-sized houseplant that requires minimal care.
Grows 24 inches in height and 24 - 36 inches wide in full to part sun. Grown in some shade, the foliage will maintain a deeper green color. It likes moist but well-drained soil.
Asparagus Fern produces a flower. The flowering time lasts for roughly two weeks during the summer. Bright red berries follow the inconspicuous, fragrant white or pale pink flowers. Birds are highly attracted to the fruit and aid in the dispersal of the flower seed. Sow Asparagus Fern seeds in potting mix indoors. Transplant outdoors after danger of frost.
3648 Kirigami Ornamental Oregano ( Origanum x hybrida )
A non-culinary oregano with large purple-green bracts, rose flowers and light green foliage have a delicious fragrance that attracts pollinators. Higher light and cooler night temperatures accent the purple color. Mounded plants are slightly trailing with a tighter, fuller habit than standard vegetative varieties. Holds better in shipping and on the retail bench.
Perfect for hanging baskets, borders and rock gardens. Attractive when dried and used in floral arrangements. Heat and drought tolerant. Annual. Height: 8-10". Spread: 12-14".
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SF299 Goldeneye ( Bidens humilis )
Also known as Spanish Needles. Basket plant with fern like foliage and bright yellow flowers.Ideal for an unusual hanging basket, patio container or anywhere you would like a plant to trail or tumble is this fine prostrate Bidens. With attractive, much-divided foliage, it bears over a very long period.
Fleuroselect, Single flower, brilliant gold, butterfly attractor, fine for basket or container or tumbling over low wall, this is a very versatile plant. Annual growing 12" tall.
JB254 Hannay's Lemon Drop ( Bidens humilis )
Also known as Bur Marigold. Bidens Aurea seeds grow quickly and easily into a sweet annual that makes a nice addition to the garden. This tall, long-stemmed plant shimmers from mid-summer until fall, producing beautiful golden yellow flowers. Each simple, five-petaled daisy is two-toned, with paler, white-tipped petals set round a darker middle. The ferny foliage of the plant truly makes this a unique flower grown from flower seeds.
Not too many gardeners know about Bidens Aurea. This hidden secret is making its way to popularity as people are appreciating its unique attributes. Bur Marigold will grow in clay and heavier soil as well as lighter soils, but it's more likely to run on lighter ground. In can self-sow with the seeds popping up some distance away, weaving itself among other plants. It does not smother or crowd other plants. Grow the flower seed in baskets, containers, or directly in the flower garden.
An annual growing about 18 inches tall.
SF373 Sundial Peach Portulaca
1999 AAS Bedding Plant Winner. A glowing peach flower color is unique for this moss rose. The large double blooms look delicate as if designed from peach chiffon paper, but the plants are tough. Both heat and drought tolerant, Sundial Peach will tolerate the hottest summer weather. Grow these annuals in full sun in a garden or any type of container where plants will spill over the edge.
TCB106 Table Mountain Pelleted ( Delosperma cooperi )
It only takes 4 months from seeds to enjoy this ground cover plant and the brilliant fuchsia blooms they provide. This hardy, drought-tolerant ground cover plant forms a ground-hugging carpet that faithfully blooms season after season. A mainstay of the water-saving or dry-climate garden, this hardy Ice Plant is a colorful ground cover that blooms with little to no care!
Table Mountain has foliage that is deep green, almost succulent looking and extremely shiny. The blooms are 1 - 2 inches across and cover the foliage, opening in the morning and closing in the evening. Ice Plants make a great under planting for roses and taller shrubs. They also work well in a container as long as their situation is sunny and well-draining.
Pelleted seeds for easy sowing.
AW73 Candy Showers Mix ( Multi-seed pellets )
The first ever seed produced trailing snapdragon! This novel series is early blooming under short days. Flowers initiate from the center of the plant and along the stems. Plants develop a mounded yet trailing habit, allowing a medley of color to spill over the edges of containers and hanging baskets.
Color: Formula mix of Deep Purple, Orange, Red, Rose, White, and Yellow.
Full bodied trailer for baskets, no pinch, flexible stem, only 12 weeks seed to basket, lots of color, candy scent, Multiseed pellets, each pellet contains 6-8 seeds, for easy sowing and germination.
1A454 Candy Showers Yellow ( Multi-seed pellets )
The first ever seed produced trailing snapdragon! This novel series is early blooming under short days. Flowers initiate from the center of the plant and along the stems. Plants develop a mounded yet trailing habit, allowing a medley of color to spill over the edges of containers and hanging baskets.
Color: Vibrant pastel yellow.
Full bodied trailer for baskets, no pinch, flexible stem, only 12 weeks seed to basket, wonderful color, candy scent, Multiseed pellets, each pellet contains 6-8 seeds, for easy sowing and germination.
TPF288 Candy Showers Rose ( Multi-seed pellets )
The first ever seed produced trailing snapdragon! This novel series is early blooming under short days. Flowers initiate from the center of the plant and along the stems. Plants develop a mounded yet trailing habit, allowing a medley of color to spill over the edges of containers and hanging baskets.
Color: Very hot rose.
Full bodied trailer for baskets, no pinch, flexible stem, only 12 weeks seed to basket, wonderful color, candy scent, Multiseed pellets, each pellet contains 6-8 seeds, for easy sowing and germination.
D9903 Regatta Mix Lobelia
The Regatta lobelia series is a superior, quick blooming trailing variety that continues to look good and flower heavily all summer. Regatta lobelias are superb performers in hanging baskets or borders.
Flowers up to 4 weeks earlier than other trailing varieties. Vigorous plants flower profusely, cascading over the edge of hanging baskets, larger containers and colour bowls.
3735 Diamonte Lavender Pink Diascia
Warm lavender pink color. F1, Well branched, compact, mounded, better than vegetative types, for pot or basket, PVP. Grows about 12 inches tall, blooms in 14 weeks from seed.
SF392 Glitz Euphorbia ( Euphorbia graminea )
Glitz is a glorious variety, sporting masses and masses of tiny white blooms held at the very tip of finely cut, pastel-green stems. It's the perfect container choice, standing well on its own or making a fine companion to all your flowering and foliage plants.
Glitz earns its names with hundreds upon hundreds of tiny, slender-petaled, bright white blooms. Beautiful at all times, they show to special effect at twilight, when they linger in the gloaming like a thousand points of light.
Glitz reaches 10 to 14 inches high and spreads 12 to 18 inches wide, but will adjust to the available space if planted in a tight container. It spills delightfully over the sides of baskets and windowboxes, mounding gracefully. And it works nicely in garden beds, too. In containers, think of it as a fresh alternative to Baby's Breath, offering airy leaf-like foliage and starry blooms as a backdrop to larger flowers or more dramatic variegated foliage plants.
This Euphorbia is a sun-lover, but tolerates a bit of shade, particularly in hot-summer climates. It is very resistant to the effects of heat and drought, so you don't have to worry about it looking exhausted on those blazing July days.
3634 Ptilotus Joey ( Ptilotus exaltatus )
Great for water-saving gardens, cutflower arrangements, and containers, really nice in hanging baskets.
Masses of 3 to 5 inch wide, soft lavender and white fuzzy flower spikes from late spring until frost provide plentiful cut flowers.
When backlit by the sun, blooms shimmer in shades of silver and neon pink. Easy to grow 16-18 in. tall, plants with unique silver-green leaves, look nice massed in the landscape, added to mixed borders, planted in containers.
A heat and drought tolerant Australian native.
TCB048 Turkish Delight Multi-seed Pellets ( Sedum ussueiense )
Smashing deep burgundy foliage, carmine red flower umbels, for container, border, or rockery. Excellent pot plant. Grows about 6" tall, hardy to zone 3 outside.
Each multi-seed pellet contains several seeds.
JF870 Jackpot Gold ( Melampodium )
Bushy plant, highly weather tolerant, compact mound, brilliant gold flowers, blooms continuously all season. Annual growing 12" tall, blooming in 10 weeks from seed.
LET882 Tasso Strawberries & Cream ( Bellis perennis )
Lovely shades of two toned pink and white flowers on five inch tall plants. Makes great hanging basket.
A colorful carpet of flowers for the spring garden. Attractive with pansies or spring bulbs. Ideal as a small-scale groundcover, in rock gardens or at a garden’s edge. Plant in a cool site with moist soil for best performance and continued reblooming. Outside: zones 4-8. Pelleted seeds for easy sowing.
LET883 Tasso Mix ( Bellis perennis )
Compact pomponette type. Medium-sized, fully double flowers. Perfect for spring production. Short crop time. Very attractive for pot and pack production. A mix of colors on five inch tall plants. Makes great hanging basket.
A colorful carpet of flowers for the spring garden. Attractive with pansies or spring bulbs. Ideal as a small-scale groundcover, in rock gardens or at a garden’s edge. Plant in a cool site with moist soil for best performance and continued reblooming. Outside: zones 4-8. Pelleted seeds for easy sowing.
LET560 Criss Cross ( Anthemis arabica )
A great addition to the perennial garden, bushy, feathery foliage, gold daisies, great scent, for bedding or basket.
Also called golden marguerite, this is an erect, clump-forming, shrubby perennial growing to 3 feet tall which features profuse 1.5" diameter, yellow, daisy-like flowers and finely divided, fern-like, aromatic, green leaves which are whitish and woolly beneath. Good fresh cut flower.
A low-maintenance plant that adds long-lasting color and contrast to the summer perennial border. A good choice for areas of the garden that are dry or of low fertility.
Best suited for zones 3-7.
IP369 Pimpernel ( Anagallis Arvensis Caerulea )
This unusual little plant is originally from Europe. Known as Blue Pimpernel, it has a spreading habit which makes it well-suited for edging a border, as a general ground cover plant, and in pots and hanging baskets. The Blue Pimpernel flower is open only when the sun shines. The habit of closing in dull weather and when rain is approaching has given the plant the name Poor Man's Weather-Glass.
This caerulea variety of Anagallis is not as famous as Scarlet Pimpernel, but you cannot go wrong with adding this blue version to your flower garden. The Blue Pimpernel plant establishes easily and quickly grows and spreads to produce nice ground cover plants.
How To Grow Blue Pimpernel: Sow Pimpernel seeds in peat pots and gently press the ground cover seed into soil and barely cover. Pimpernel seeds need light to germinate. You can also directly sow Anagallis Arvensis seeds after all danger of frost has passed in groups of 3-4 seeds spaced 12 inches apart. Thin to the strongest plant. If consumed, Pimpernel ground cover plants can be toxic to livestock and humans.
JB261 Scarlet Pimpernel ( Anagallis Arvensis Scarlet )
One of our favorite, low-growing wild flowers. The scarlet flowers are star-like and dense. Because of this flower's habit of closing at dusk and before stormy weather, it has also been called Poor Man's Barometer. The abundant red flowers also remain closed in cloudy weather, opening only to the sun. Deer resistant. Grows about 6 inches tall, an annual plant for zones 5-10.
How To Grow Pimpernel: Sow Pimpernel seeds in peat pots and gently press the ground cover seed into soil and barely cover. Pimpernel seeds need light to germinate. You can also directly sow Anagallis Arvensis seeds after all danger of frost has passed in groups of 3-4 seeds spaced 12 inches apart. Thin to the strongest plant. If consumed, Pimpernel ground cover plants can be toxic to livestock and humans.
2996 Asparagus Plumosa
Fine lacy leaves, for baskets or cutting. Makes a wonderful houseplant, very easy to grow. Reaches about 18" tall in pots. One of the fastest-growing least demanding houseplants. Asparagus ferns are not ferns at all, they belong to the asparagus family. Grown for the graceful feathery-like, fern-like foliage; sprays utilized in floral arrangements.
Asparagus plumosa ferns are also called lace fern, climbing asparagus, asparagus grass, or ferny asparagus. Perfect for all kinds of containers, including window boxes, hanging baskets and combination planters.
TPF241 Copper Queen ( Stylomecon heterophyllum ) Multi-Seed Pellets
Also known as Flaming Poppy and Wind Poppy, this is a wonderful patio or garden plant that produces different hues of copper red flowers with a sweet fragrance, some compare it to the Lily of the Valley scent.
This half hardy annual is easily grown as a pot plant or can be grown in the garden. Grows 16 inches tall, with blooms most of the season. Multi-seed pellets, each pellet contains several seeds, for easy sowing.
3061 Shooting Star ( Thymophylla tenuiloba )
Large yellow daisies, teeming with blooms, easy to care for, bred specially for baskets, grows 6" tall. Also known as Dahlberg Daisy, it is a bushy, multi-branching little annual with deeply divided, threadlike leaves. Also known as Golden Fleece, this annual has a profusion of flower heads that measure about 1/2 inch across with bright golden yellow rays and yellow centers. It has a trailing habit, getting 6 - 8 inches high and spreading a little wider. The leaves have a pungent, lemony odor when crushed or bruised. It also makes a great groundcover and bedding plant.
3470 Penny Mickey
White with orange eye, blue tinged petals, purple wing. Easy to see where the "Mickey" name comes from. This hybrid viola has a unique mounded plant habit suitable for a wide range of pot and container sizes. Tolerates more heat and stretches less than other hybrid violas. Hardy to the 44th parallel, root systems are robust for better over-wintering performance. Flowers continuously from beginning to end of season. Blooms are white with deep purple outer petals and blotches with a yellow eye. Plant height is 4-6 inches and width is 4-6 inches.
IP251 Kenilworth Ivy ( Cymbalaria muralis )
With scalloped leaves, and pretty lilac colored blooms, Kenilworth Ivy makes a wonderful ground cover or hanging basket plant.
It performs well even in full shade, and it loves to cascade down a stone wall or spill over the sides of containers. The plant also makes charming hanging baskets. This trailing vine takes very little maintenance except for regular waterings, and being cut back and deadheaded before setting seeds.
It is a prolific self-sower, spreading its seeds all over the garden. To keep it more contained, deadheading is helpful. Kenilworth Ivy makes a very nice flowering ground cover plant. Ground cover plant that is also ideal for rockery. Perennial, hardy for zones 5-9, grows 4 inches tall.
Sow seeds indoors 10 weeks before the last frost is expected. Use starter trays, sow the ground cover seeds on the surface of sterile soil, gently pressing the seed into the soil.
Do not cover the seeds. They need light to germinate. After danger of frost has passed, transplant the young ground cover plants into the garden.
Average germination time is 14-24 days.
1A402 Baby Blue Eyes ( Nemophila insignis )
A hardy annual native to California, but is easily grown throughout the United States. The delicate, sky blue, cup shaped flowers continue to bloom throughout spring. Requires a light, sandy soil with moderate amounts of water.
Prefers partial shade, but in cooler climates can tolerate full sun. A charmer in wooden barrels and hanging baskets, wonderful flowerbed plant.
Also excellent for borders, rock gardens, hanging baskets. An enjoyable and easily grown variety from seed.
This low growing plant requires little maintenance. Does not transplant well.
Seedman Basic Info:
Grows 6-12 inches tall, will germinate in about 7-30 days depending on soil and weather conditions, does not germinate well in hot weather, germinates best if soil temperature is in the 55°F to 65°F range.
Cover seeds about 1/8" deep, blooms from March to May.
SF121 Midwest Mix Mimulus
A terrific type for northern gardens or partly shaded baskets, 2" spotted tubular flowers, likes moist soi. Annual growing about 8" tall and blooming 8 weeks from seed.
IM102 Snowbird ( Nolana paradoxa )
Snowbird is an annual that is known for it's profusion of blooms all summer long. Seeds can be started indoors and transplanted outside to create a wonderful edge along the flower border, or fill in a large area with ground cover plants. The plant has succulent stems and foliage and creeps allowing it to spread and fill an entire area nicely.
Flowers also look beautiful in containers or hanging baskets. The trailing nature of the Nolana plant allows it to spill over the sides. The flowers are white, ruffled and trumpet-shaped and perform beautifully all summer long. Give a sunny spot with very well-drained, moderately fertile soil. The plant requires little care and it drought resistant.
IM009 Candy Appleblossom Impatiens
Very delightful peachy appleblossom. Best Impatien yet, for sun
or shade, well branched, resists stretching in pack,
outstanding garden performance, ultra high germination. 10"
tall. Annual
2979 Shooting Stars Blue ( Asarina scandens )
Also known as Creeping gloxinia or Twining Snapdragon, this is
a showy basket plant, dark green leaf, 2" trumpet flowers.
Luscious deep blue, large flowered, easy to grow trailer for
baskets, pots ect. Annual.
LET665 Violet Climbing Snapdragon ( Asarina scandens )
Add this spectacular vine to your garden for a fabulous display! Snapdragon Vine, also known as twining or Climbing Snapdragon, produces attractive lime green leaves and masses of stunning, violet colored, trumpet-shaped flowers from summer until frost season begins.
Annual.
FB170 Tsunami
A spectacular show of cascading burgundy mini blooms, ideal to soften walkway edges, grows 6" tall, blooms in 11 weeks from seed.
AW90 Shock Wave Purple Petunia
Now firmly established in the marketplace, the Shock Wave petunia series has found its niche as the only small-flowered spreading series from seed. They are one of the earliest to flower in the spreading petunia class, and they yield a proliferation of 1-1/2 to 2" blooms that blanket the mounded plants, making them superb for hanging baskets and containers. Growers love the ease of managing a less complicated plant habit and tighter flowering window compared to standard spreading petunias.
Baby Spreading Petunias, tons of 1½" flowers, mounds, spreads, rebounds from bad weather fast. early, lush for basket or landscape, Pelleted seeds for easy starting. Grows 12" tall, blooms in 14 weeks from seed.
3345 Blue Lights ( Anagalis monellii )
A wonderful compact spreading plant growing only 8 inches tall
with azure blue flowers. Excellent garden, pot and basket
plant.
IM022 Cascade Sky Blue Browallia ( Browallia americana )
Easy-to-grow seeds make a great addition to the summer flower bed or hanging basket! Start the flower seed and add this profuse bloomer to the garden! Browallia Americana thrives in rich, well-drained soil with some added compost. It prefers some partial shade, especially afternoon shade in the hotter climates.
Browallia is virtually carefree and requires no deadheading to keep the blooms coming in abundance! Has masses of 1 inch sky blue flowers with a cream center.
Very nice in a shaded basket, grows 20" tall, annual.
JB171 Wizard Coral Sunrise
Growing the awesome annuals from flower seeds is so fun and rewarding, and you can fill your landscape with these wonderful foliage plants! Often called Painted Leaf, Coleus plants feature colorful, exotic leaves that do well in sun or shade. These Coleus plants are compact with medium-size leaves, and they combine beautifully with other varieties for colorful containers and baskets.
3039 Wizard Series Velvet Red ( Coleus )
It's easy to understand how the Coleus plant got the common names of Painted Nettle or Flame Nettle. The beautiful serrated leaves are uniquely colored, and Wizard Velvet Red features rich shades of red and burgundy with a lightly trimmed margin. Growing Coleus seeds is wonderfully rewarding and a great way to fill your shady landscape or shade garden with beautiful, exotic foliage plants.
Velvety red, good in full sun. Wizard Series feautre heart shaped leaves, well branched, needs no pinching, grows 12 inches tall, annual.
3027 Black Dragon ( Coleus )
This unusual Coleus has the look of a vegetative variety with
the economy of seed! 12 inch plants display serrated, red
leaves with a purplish-black edge
2570 Coleus Rainbow Mix ( Coleus blumei )
Easy to grow from seed. Looking for something unusual for a shady area? Rich-colored leaves in a variety of glowing shades bring a rainbow of light to partial and full shade. Try it with, or instead of, impatiens. Old-fashioned favorite is fun to grow indoors, too. 12 in. tall. Annual. Shade. Containers.
Remarkable foliage color, and easily grown from Coleus seeds, this annual mix is a reliable summer performer that gardeners depend on for their shady borders. The mix is extremely popular, and it includes a complete color range, from green-yellow, bronze and red. The seeds also can be grown for an excellent house plant which will add color to those dreary winter days. Find a sunny window sill, and Coleus plants will perform nicely indoors. Originating in Africa and Indonesia, these exotic looking plants perform well as shade garden plants, in pots and containers, and in hanging baskets. They need a partially shady setting and prefer moist, rich soil, with good drainage.
IP112 Carnation Rose Fragrant Carnations ( Dianthus grenadin )
Grenadin Carnations are very popular with florists and are used in corsages, bouquets, and a wide range of floral arrangements. You can grow this lovely rose colored carnation from flower seed in your own garden. They grow big, full blooms on strong, straight stems. They feature a blue-gray foliage that stays attractive even when the blooms are finished. Their blooms last a long time whether left in the garden or cut for the vase. Also has a wonderful spicy clove-like fragrance. Good drainage is essential for winter hardiness. Grows 18-24" tall, annual or perennial to zone 5.
3553 Sweetest Silver ( Dianthus sp. )
Cascading, clove scented 3" double blooms, silver blue leaf, mix of many colors, grow as annual for baskets. Blooms in 12 weeks from seed
1A074 Glorius Gleam Mix
This semi-trailing Nasturtium wanders 1m (36") and more. Large, fragrant, double and semi-double flowers come in a beautiful range of colours. Encourage it to climb by tying. Sow Glorious Gleam nasturtium seeds to fill in a large area quickly. Glorious Gleam Nasturtium seeds can be direct sown in the late spring or early summer. Try them in hanging baskets or along a rock wall. All Nasturtiums tend to self sow, but they are tender plants and easy to control. The leaves, flowers, and seeds of this nasturtium are edible, and the flowers bring a rich visual pop to salads and smart drinks. An AAS Winner in 1935.
3738 Bloody Mary
Novel mix of colors. Dramatic 2" flowers in shades of dark red, coral red, cream, and unique bicolors. This mix is generally compact, but contains both mounding and trailing types. Foliage ranges from dark blue-green to medium-green. 2019 Fleuroselect Novelty winner. Ht. 16-20". Bonus: both the leaves and flowers are edible!
2942 Aphrodite Red
Hot rosy-red color. The Aphrodite Series of Alyssum is an exciting
new line of colors for Alyssum. Grows only 8 inches tall, and
flowers in only 9 weeks. Annual. Excellent basket and container
plant.
2959 Wonderland Blue
Crystal clear blue flowers that shimmer. This beautiful blue alyssum shows off its very low growing growth habit making it an excellent ground cover. This Wonderland variety of alyssum only grows approximately 3 ( sometimes 4 ) inches tall and is covered with dainty, fragrant blue flowers. These alyssum plants are fast to flower in spring giving you an early unsurpassed ground cover beauty. Blooms in 9 weeks, annual.
2962 Wonderland Deep Purple ( Alyssum )
Deep rich purple color. Wonderland Series Alyssum features
Compact, uniform habit, bright distinctive, clear colors, 4"
tall, blooms in 9 weeks, annual.
2963 Wonderland Deep Rose ( Alyssum )
Beautiful deep rose color. Wonderland Series Alyssum features
Compact, uniform habit, bright distinctive, clear colors, 4"
tall, blooms in 9 weeks, annual.
RPT989 Very Cherry Cascade
Loads of sweet delicious fruits that will cascade from bakets and containers even inside during the winter if given warmth and bright light. Cherry type with great tomato flavor, cascading red fruits are delicious and decorative, for patio baskets and all types containers, 1 oz fruits in adbundance, well branched, high yield, sweet, determinate, 50 days.
D9897 Tiny Sugar Lumps Tomato
A sprawling tomato plant best suited for hanging baskets and
containers. Will bear hundreds of sweet, delicious pea-size
tomatoes at a time. Fruits almost year round inside.