Last calendar week , I told you about some of theseeds I orderedfor this yr ’s garden . I was tattle to a friend who asked me what raw flower I would be seek this year when I substantiate I only include one of them on last week ’s inclination ! Just in causa you are a flower nut like me , here are some of my choice for 2012 ’s flowerbeds . All will be found from semen plant either direct into the garden in May or started under my grow lights indoors .
Ageratum “ Timeless Mixture”What I love about this annual is its tendency to reseed from yr to year , create a nice colony of plants . And if you are thinking of those runty , dismal , puffball plants that mama used to grow , these are not one and the same . This form grows between 20 and 24 inches grandiloquent and nearly every bit as wide . They are everlasting for thecutting garden , and this mix bears purple , lavender , white and depressed efflorescence .
Anise Hyssop ( Agastache foeniculum)I’m putting a stand of these plants in the garden because they appeal mad routine ofbees and butterfly . Purple - blue spiked blossom brook 18 to 24 in marvellous . Both the leaves and bloom are edible and make a okay licorice - flavored tea . It ’s perennial from zones 4 through 9 .
Marigold “ Double Pinwheel Mix”I have always wanted to try marigolds in my front seam because I think they will thrive in the heat and full sun exposure there . I always hesitate planting them because , frankly , the only marigolds I have really actually like are the Gem serial publication . Those , though , have very tiny flower and incline to get fall back in the shuffle of my larger bed . I ’m going to taste “ Double Pinwheel Mix ” by verbatim seeding it into the garden in May and desire they ’ll manage not to get lost in the daftness .
Magyar Blue Bread Poppy ( Papaver somniferum)I already grow a different somniferum poppy with twice - petaled , watermelon - pinkish flower , but I ’d care to give this single - petaled , bicolored - purple mixture a endeavor . I found it in the Seeds of Change catalog .
Italian White SunflowerAn heirloom selection with cream - colored petal and greenish - brown centers . It ’s a multi - branched variety and is have a go at it for its long efflorescence time . Although the flowers are n’t immense ( a bare 4 inches in diameter ) , the stem are sturdy and magniloquent . hone for cutting !
Split Second Morning GloryI love making love love this assortment ! distinctive of break of the day resplendence , this works has a twining wont that take a sturdytrellisor fencing . But completely unlike other varieties , Split Second bears full , frilled , double - petaled , pink blooms ! !
Hot Lips SalviaWho can resist a industrial plant with a name like that ? A very playfulness salvia that ’s heating and drouth ( and deer ! ) tolerant , it grows 3 foot magniloquent and is handle in white and deep - pink lip - comparable flowers that hummingbirds , bees and butterfly stroke just love . I have many dissimilar sage in my garden , but I think this will become a fast ducky .
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