Annuals For Your Garden: Festive Zinnias
New World natives, these plants are bold, strong, and a joy to behold.
Plant Shirley Poppies For Early Summer Color
Shirley Poppies are premier annuals for cottage gardens, but bring a huge amount of color into any garden in early June. They pop up quickly and bloom with abandon in an array of pastels dotted attractively with orange and scarlet. I have always had them in the...
Annuals For Your Garden: Nasturtium
Lovely Summer Nasturtiums Tropaeolum majus are a favorite for a Child’s Garden because their seeds are large, easy to handle, and germinate fairly quickly – 10 to 14 days. They were beloved in Grandma’s old fashioned gardens and Monet lined his...
The Flowering Tobacco: Nicotiana
Nicotiana For Summer Evening Fragrance Nicotiana, Flowering Tobacco, is an annual flower that scents the night air and comes in the most delicious colors for a summer garden. I grew it from seed for the first time long ago in my city garden. I had read of its fabled...
