PLANTS + LOCAL GROWING KNOWLEDGE
Explore plants, reserve available stock, and find all the growing advice you need in one place. Browse 50 selected plants and cultivars in each of eight categories. Plants carried by The Central Market appear below. Open the Plant Reference Library for additional growing references.
CARRIED BY THE CENTRAL MARKET
Browse the plants we carry and their growing guides. Current stock and pickup availability are shown on each plant.
Carried by Central Market
Flower · Part sun
A moisture-retentive but aerated mix for Limelight hydrangeas in one-gallon nursery pots.
The growing guide is still available below.
Carried by Central Market
Flower · Full sun
A lean, highly aerated mix for the most cold-hardy of the three lavenders and the best outdoor-perennial candidate for Bowie.
The growing guide is still available below.
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Flower · Full sun
A very open, mineral-forward mix for fringed lavender, recognized by its aromatic toothed leaves and long bloom season.
The growing guide is still available below.
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Flower · Full sun
An extra-fast-draining mix for the distinctive rabbit-ear flower heads of Spanish or butterfly lavender.
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Herb · Sun to part shade
A moisture-forward container mix for vigorous mint without sacrificing drainage around the roots.
The growing guide is still available below.
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Herb · Full sun
A productive herb mix that holds consistent moisture while maintaining the drainage basil needs.
The growing guide is still available below.
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Vegetable · Full sun
A productive, well-aerated mix for cherry, slicing, sauce, and heirloom vine tomatoes grown one plant per large container.
The growing guide is still available below.
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Fruit · Full sun
An acidic, high-organic, free-draining nursery mix for starting blueberries in one-gallon pots.
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Herb · Full sun
A restrained, quick-draining Mediterranean-style container mix that limits rosemary’s root-rot risk.
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Flower · Full sun
A fertile, moisture-balanced mix with the drainage dormant tubers need and the water reserve vigorous flowering plants demand.
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Vegetable · Full sun
A steady-moisture grow-bag mix for trellised seedless cucumbers under protected culture.
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Vegetable · Full sun
A stable, well-drained container mix for green or fully colored sweet pepper production.
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Vegetable · Full sun
An aerated production mix for jalapeño, poblano, seasoning, Scotch bonnet, and habanero peppers.
The growing guide is still available below.
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Vegetable · Sun to part shade
A fine, evenly moist mix for head lettuce, leaf lettuce, and repeated baby-leaf harvests.
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Vegetable · Sun to part shade
A moisture-buffered leafy-green mix for cool-season spinach and overwintered tunnel harvests.
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Vegetable · Full sun
A moisture-holding but open mix for long harvests of tender collard leaves.
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Carried by Central Market
Vegetable · Full sun
A productive leafy-green mix for bunching mustard and tender baby-leaf harvests.
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Carried by Central Market
Vegetable · Full sun
A steady-moisture mix for full-size bunching kale or repeated tender-leaf harvests.
The growing guide is still available below.
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Herb · Sun to part shade
A fine, aerated herb mix for dense cilantro bunches and short succession cycles.
The growing guide is still available below.
Carried by Central Market
Vegetable · Full sun
A loose, fine-textured mix for straight, clean scallions grown in dense market bunches.
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Vegetable · Full sun
An aerated, moisture-balanced mix for African garden eggs and other S. aethiopicum types.
The growing guide is still available below.
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Vegetable · Full sun
A rich, moisture-steady mix for leafy amaranth grown as callaloo.
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Vegetable · Full sun
A large-volume, aerated mix for early zucchini, yellow squash, and specialty summer squash.
The growing guide is still available below.
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Vegetable · Full sun
A deep, aerated mix for roselle grown for sorrel calyces or tender leaves.
The growing guide is still available below.