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Category Archives: Annual Flowers
Best Container Plant for 2011
There’s no prize with this award, just my unending admiration for a plant that bloomed, bloomed, and bloomed again throughout the cool, hot, humid, slow-to-start, slow-to-end summer of 2011. And the winner is: Supertunia® Bordeaux petunia. I bought several of … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing Plants, Annual Flowers, Container Gardening
Tagged best container plants, Supertunia 'Bordeaux'
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Another Fantastic Fall Bloomer
I started these gorgeous marigolds in the vegetable garden from seed back in May. They looked so pretty that I moved them to the front garden to brighten it up this fall. They survived the move and with adequate water … Continue reading
Moon Flower at Morning
I took this photo last week, before our first freeze hit, so the foliage on this moon flower is a bit bedraggled now, though it is still blooming. Moon flower has always been a lust plant for me. There are … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing Plants, Annual Flowers
Tagged Baker's Creek Heirloom Seeds, Ipomoea alba, moon flower
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Sunflower at Sunset
I’m kicking myself for having lost the seed packet for these sunflowers growing in the meadow behind my house. I believe they are Helianthus maximiliani Heliopsis helianthoides. Whatever their name, botanical or otherwise, they have brightened up our meadow for … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing Plants, Annual Flowers
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Sneak Peek: This Calibrachoa is a Winner
Along with about 300 other garden writers, horticulturists and bloggers, I get sent sample plants from Proven Winners each year. PW is one of the largest plant brands in the country and introduces a couple of dozen new plants each … Continue reading
Posted in Annual Flowers
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I’m Glad I Planted Pansies
In Minnesota, pansies are a desperate gardener’s gamble. By the time spring rolls around, most of us are so hungry for color we buy as many pansies as our gardens and wallets allow. We plant them out when the weather … Continue reading
I Needed a Plant Fix…
so I headed down to Donahue’s in Faribault to check out the new annuals for an article I’m writing. In the world of clematis, Donahue’s is one of the top wholesale nurseries, but from mid-April through June, they have a … Continue reading
New Plant Introductions: How Well Did They Grow?
This past summer, I had a chance to try out several new-to-the-market plants. A few grew really well, looked great most of the year, and just generally behaved like champs. Others…well, maybe it was me. (That’s always a possibility.) Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Annual Flowers
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Marigold Surprise
Most gardeners enjoy getting cuttings or seeds from beloved plants that others grow. But what happens when things, um, don’t go as well as hoped? That was my situation this summer. I was graciously given a bag of marigold seeds … Continue reading
Posted in Annual Flowers
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Seed GROW: Spring is Early, I am Late
I’ve been out of town this past week, so am a few days late posting on how I plan to grow ‘Spitfire’ climbing nasturtiums, which were provided to many garden bloggers by Renee’s Garden seeds. This is the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Annual Flowers, Seed starting
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