![]() What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? Or maybe you’re more in the mood for sherbet, or sorbet? Water ice, perhaps? With a little patience, you should be rewarded with double-decker flowers in the second year and beyond.īare roots are available from Eden Brothers. This variety is best suited to Zones 3-9, and you can expect mature heights of 24-36 inches with a spread of 24-30 inches.ĭon’t be alarmed if your plants only produce single blooms in the first year – this isn’t unusual. Rose-colored blooms will fill your garden through the summer and into early autumn if you choose the ‘Doubledecker’ cultivar.īut that’s not all – unlike the other blooms featured here, this type has an exceptionally unique two-tiered appearance, with reflexed and deeply curved petals that point downwards at the bottom of each blossom, dark brown cones in the center, and shorter petals on top that reach towards the sky. There’s nothing wrong with red, but I wish those double-decker buses that I’ve ridden on many visits to London (almost always rushing to the top to grab a seat with a view) had a paint job like these babies. With bright pink double centers of short petals surrounded by lighter pink rays, these fragrant flowers are about three inches in diameter.īred by Arie Blom, a renowned hybridizer in the Netherlands, this cultivar is suited to Zones 4-8. If you’re a small space gardener, these will fit nicely, and they’re suited to growing in containers. And they’re sure to attract a bevy of real butterflies to the garden.įrom the CONE-FECTIONS™ series, this cultivar has a compact habit, with a mature height of 16-18 inches and a spread of 14-16 inches. When human-to-human butterfly kisses aren’t available, these flowers might be the next best thing. The closeness that’s required to achieve these is what makes them so intimate – even the long-lashed among us (myself included) might pause for just a second before swooping in to give our sweetie one of these special, delicate smooches. Butterfly KissesĪre you a fan of butterfly kisses, those soft caresses of a lover’s eyelashes on your cheek? Seeds are available from True Leaf Market. Suited to USDA Hardiness Zones 3-8, plants are shrub-like and bushy, with a mature height of 36-48 inches and a spread of 18-24 inches. Fortunately, the pollinators aren’t scared off either – beneficial insects who visit your garden will love these! ![]() ‘Bravado’ features single, four to five-inch blooms reminiscent of daisies, in a rosy shade of pink with orange cone-shaped centers.Īre they bold and intimidating, as their name would suggest? I’m not convinced. Langston, University of Georgia, Bugwood.17 of the Best Echinacea Series and Cultivars to Grow in the Garden You can try controlling the infection by spraying affected leaves with compost tea or urine (diluted with 4 parts water). Some cucurbit varieties are resistant (marked PM). Also make sure the plants are well fed and watered. The fungal spores overwinter on plant debris, so clean up the beds in fall. ![]() Remove infected leaves to reduce the spread. Powdery Mildew is most problematic in shady, humid, areas with poor air circulation, so give your plants good air circulation (provide support for climbing varieties is important). Powdery Mildew doesn’t usually kill the plant outright, though it slows it down and makes it less productive. It also occasionally infects fruit, but more often the damage to fruit is caused by sunburn due to loss of leaves (this also reduces fruit production of course). In severe cases the leaves turn brown and die. ![]() It starts out as small, white, round, powdery spots on the top sides of older leaves, but quickly covers whole leaves (top and bottom) and stems. ![]() It is most often found in mid to late summer and unlike most fungi it doesn’t need a lot of moisture. This common fungal disease most often attacks the cucurbit family and beans. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |