Hola! Just a quick word about planting techniques. I often see people planting their flowers in rows like little soldiers. While this technique could be effective in creating a border, I generally stay away from it. In my gardens, I like a
mass of color rather than little specks dotted here and there. So I plant in groups: usually threes. That way the plant (in this case Victoria Blue Salvia - one of my very favorites) will make a statement and hold it's own against the rest of the garden. With the exception of spreaders (wave petunias, nasturtium, licorice, etc), I plant all my annuals like this.
In this picture, you can see how well the salvia holds its own against the hydrangea and cosmos (the cosmos were also planted in a group). I love the way the blue color just grabs your attention! Isn't it beautiful?
Anyway consider doing this in your own garden this year.
I am exhausted; another long, sweaty and dirty day in the gardens so it's off to bed with me!
In this picture, you can see how well the salvia holds its own against the hydrangea and cosmos (the cosmos were also planted in a group). I love the way the blue color just grabs your attention! Isn't it beautiful?
Did you know that Mother's Day weekend is the biggest gardening retail weekend of the year? We just go crazy buying flowers...and don't even tell me it's all for your mom! Grocery stores, Mega Hardware stores, roadside tents and even gas stations are selling us flowers right now. That doesn't make it time to plant, it makes it time to sell (where I live, Northeast PA, there is a chance of frost until May 15 this year). Let me qualify that, though. You can still plant perennials and hardy annuals, but leave the impatiens and other tender annuals alone for a bit. What I usually do is plant my containers now (because I can easily move or cover them if there is a chance of frost) and hold off on the rest until after threat of frost.
