Pre Annual Flowers

Fortunately, (or unfortunately, however you look at it) you could have a specialized habit of collecting green daylilies within your bigger addiction! Daylily greens seem less predictable and range from pale yellow to shocking green throats.

If you live in a warm area and wish to enjoy an autumn harvest of the flower, sow seeds again in August. Under ideal conditions, the plant often self-sows. The bells' color may vary from pale celadon to a green bright enough to rival a Granny Smith apple.

By itself, 'Envy' is not overly striking, but throw it into a patch of ‘regular' Zinnias and this one could stop someone in their tracks.Bells of Ireland is an obvious one when thinking of green flowers.

But one particular type, the viridiflora hybrids, are distinguished by stripes of fresh green decorating each petal. Blooming mid- to late-summer, this cheerful yellow daisy-type flower is hardy in zones 3-9 and reaches about 2-1/2 feet high.

Focus on the "high" part of the name and think "marijuana."By fall of that year, visits to the Amana Colonies began to decline and eventually ceased.The hippies, you see, soon discovered that they couldn't get high on the stuff they were so anxious to...

We were on our way to see my family, and I just knew my mom needed daisies.Ox-Eye Daisies are considered a weed by some (never in our family!), and I don't think I've ever seen plants for sale.

Today's pharmacologists find little evidence to support its treatment of fevers, even though it was thought to be beneficial at one time when our ancestors steeped the leaves or seeds in wine and used it as a treatment for pestilential fevers.The Latin...

For a gardener, these words might have special significance in February; Faith that spring will come, hope that it will be prosperous and early, and wisdom for a better kept garden.February is a month of romance and iris is a fitting symbol.

Edible flowers add a unique taste to various dishes. Edible flowers have been used for hundreds of years as flavoring and garnishes. Research has shown that edible flowers have been used by the Roman, Chinese, Middle Eastern and Indian cultures as far...

Avoid over-fertilizing rudbeckia, because it can cause stems to weaken and flop. Blooms can be single, semi-double or fully double. Commonly known as black-eyed susan, this family of American native plants includes perennials, biennials and annuals, all...

It is really a difficult time for those of us who dislike yellow. I understand the color yellow is often masked by other colors present in flowers' pigments. However there now exist many other reblooming daylilies that should be considered.

Research your soil type, if necessary, and amend as needed.about their favorite flowers and how to grow them. Antique flower varieties are as popular as antique furniture. These antique flowers can be found in many gardens and in countless settings.

But I think I also feel a bit self-righteous in saving the dogeared victims of too many days on a table. If I followed my every plant purchasing impulse, I would have to get a real job.

Just make sure to bring a shovel as you're bound to wanna share some of these richly colored beauties.A good rule of thumb when planning a single color garden is to stay within the same hue, if you deviate try and do so gradually so as not to shock the...

Starting with Mealy Sage and going on to Lyre Leaf Sage, Lady In Red, Hot Lips, and so many more, they are now key plants in my garden.Living in Texas you never know if the year will be feast or famine when it comes to water.

Maybe it is the memory of sweet times in nature or maybe it is our first encounter. What is it that inspires the love of a particular flower or plant? When I presented them to her and she saw what I had done, she gave up a small space at a window where...

Produces lavish show of rich, mind-spinning, golden-yellow, daisylike double flowers. Height: 10-12” Spread: 10-12” Bloom season: Summer-Fall Light requirements: Full Sun to Part Shade Sowing Method: Indoor

They are simple to grow and love to be in almost any soil. Thank you to rebecca101 for the image.This wild, self-sowing plant will grow and grow and grow in the garden. The classic blue flowers are wonderful and can be fun plants to let kids help you...

In 2011 voting began on May 13 and was extended (because the trial gardens were all still looking good) past the original end date at the end of August until the end of September! Will that happen this year?

Place about six inches to nine inches apart for massing. Use them as companions to ferns, caladiums, and other shade-loving plants. Do not cover, as light is needed for germination.Torenia is attractive planted in mass in beds or borders.

The best plant to have in the landscape bed around the house in fall and during the winter months. Perfect companion of spring flowering bulbs. They will burst in color early in the spring and keep color into early summer.

Average regular rainfall or watering, and an occasional shot of fertilizer, will make most annuals perfectly happy. One pack contains enough seed for five or ten average suburban gardens! Plan ahead when growing annuals indoors from seed.

And I'm here to teach you what I learned.Calibrachoa are a terrific choice for containers, my favorite way to garden, as you know. To get back to the calibrachoa (kal-ih-bruh-KOE-a), these attractive flowering sun-loving plants were discovered in South...

Apply infrequent supplemental water in only the hottest and driest periods. Zones 7 and 8 should wait to install the plants outdoors until late May or preferably early June. You can prune back the woody stems after the season has ended to improve the...

Place the seeds in a paper envelope and store them in a cool, dry, well-ventilated location until planting time. Cover the seeds lightly with soil, then lay a damp newspaper over the tray because germinating seeds of vinca require total darkness.

Once moved to my garden, the foxgloves grew quickly and developed their distinctive lobed leaves. Use in the back of the border or as a bold accent, not for containers.Collect seed by letting pods dry on plant until they split open, then pour seeds out.PlantScout...

"From Seymour's Selected Seeds."Equilibrium. Sept, 18, 2004. Just direct sow in average soil in a sunny place after all danger of frost. Plant files.Kell. Norton Company, Inc.Gupta, Y.