Flowering Annuals this summer have been “floriforous” and beautiful. It’s not a “figleaf” of my imagination. A kaleidoscope of flowering annuals have colored our world this summer responding to weather favorable for their growth. Last…Continue Reading
Flowering Annuals
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More “Flower” to you
It’s planting time and we’re excited about the flowering annuals we selected on our shopping trip. They’re going to look great and visions of blooming colors are dancing in our head. But what if they…Continue Reading
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Pet-“New”-ias…..these are not your Grandma’s Petunias
For those of you looking for a “florific” easy to care flowering annual that doesn’t take a lot of care, you may find yourself steering away from Petunias. You remember the sticky old Grandiflora or…Continue Reading
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Make a Wish
If you wish for a beautiful flower for containers or hanging baskets one of my favorite annual flowers is Wishbone flower or Torenia. The flower is called “Wishbone” flower because the two fused stamens inside…Continue Reading
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Hanging Gardens to show your love
Do we have Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar to thank for the inspiration for today’s spring time tradition of hanging baskets? Around 600 BC he had “hanging gardens” built for his home sick wife Amytis who longed…Continue Reading