Hello GPODers!
Right now we’re in Althea Bailey’s backyard, however her submission was a deal with a very colourful summer time annual: petunias (Petunia cvs., annual). Whether or not you’re filling in spots in a border, or gathering a kaleidoscope of colours in containers, these perky crops are a pleasure to have amongst different summer time blooms.
This assorted shades of purple petunia is large and can’t cease rising. Petunias love a variety of water so it’s essential to maintain them hydrated, prime up the water repeatedly with miracle develop plant meals, and watch them develop big.
Check out my pictures I hope you’ll love all of the completely different varieties. Thanks.
With so many various colours and kinds, you may plant petunia for years and by no means get bored with these colourful flowers. In jus this picture, three completely different purple petunias with distinctively completely different seems to be are on show.
Petunias are additionally one of many only a few crops which have a number of black varieties. This can be a nice annual when you like some darker tones within the backyard, need to plant up one thing spooky for the Halloween season, or want a darkish distinction to shiny colours like Althea did right here.
However petunias aren’t the one flowers that Althea is potting up. Some shiny crimson scarlet sage (Salvia splendens, Zones 10–11 or as an annual) and a vibrant pink tobacco flower (Nicotiana alata, Zones 10–11 or as an annual) add some completely different kinds and textures to the combination.
However petunias are actually the celebrities. From mounding pots to hanging baskets dripping with blooms.
Thanks for sharing your flower-filled backyard with us, Althea! Seeing all of the completely different varieties you’re rising collectively gave me a complete new perspective on petunias. It additionally impressed me to get outdoors and take some photos…
Of those completely insane marigolds (Tagetes patula) my mom grew from seed! That is the primary 12 months she tried out direct-sowing seeds slightly than shopping for crops, so there She began the seeds somewhat later than she needed and whereas the crops grew and grew all summer time, she didn’t get a single flower till late August. Now they’re completely coated in blooms and much more buds.
That is the ‘Completely happy Days’ combine from Burpee, so there’s a scrumptious mixture of orange, crimson, and yellow on all the flowers.
However like Althea’s petunias, I’m loving the variations in colours and kinds. Some distinctively striped, others trying practically monochrome, and others nonetheless regarded virtually outlined in yellow.
Thanks once more for sharing, Althea!
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