Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Five Great Summer Annuals

Try these flowers for season-long color
by Eleanore Lewis

Serious gardeners plan perennials no annuals, right? Well, yes and no. They plant perennials for beauty that returns from one year to the next, but they also indulge in annuals to bring season-long color to the garden. Annuals fill in bare spaces between newly planted perennials and provide continuous color to augment the shorter blooming times of most perennials. They supply flowers and foliage for containers, temporary camouflage on fences and arbours, and an unending supply of flowers in cutting gardens.

The easiest annuals grow successfully from seeds you sow directly in the garden. Some, like bachelor's buttons and Shirley poppies, prefer the cool soil and temperatures of early spring, but most germinate best when you sow them in warm soil, after all danger of frost has passed. Try cosmos, marigold, morning glory, sunflower and zinnia, which are all easily grown from seen sown in warm garden soil.


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