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Carol love_the_yard (Zone 9A Jacksonville, FL)
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Comments (4)One of the easiest to grow is Annabelle and she is white as white can be.They are extremely hardy,get pretty big eventually and you can always get new plants from them. The best thing is that you can prune them to the ground. If you love hydrangeas but find them picky,this is the one to grow....See MoreAny hardy ones other than B. grandis for my zone?
Comments (5)I'm not sure about southeastern Pennsylvania but there are some newly introduced begonias that are fairly hardy, and some older ones are turning out to be hardier than anybody realized. Among the hardier species are B. emeiensis, B. formosana, and B. pedatifida. 'Torsa', 'Little Brother Montgomery' and 'Connee Boswell' are older hybrids that have turned out to be fairly hardy. Most of these will survive a mild winter in zone 7; a cold winter (and our last several have been quite mild!) is probably another story entirely. The key is to start with healthy, well-grown plants, get them in the ground early in the growing season, plant deeply, and mulch in the fall. As long as the rhizomes don't freeze, many will return. For sources, check out the listings in the Plant Delights Nursery catalog. I would also suggest getting in touch with the Delaware Valley Branch of the American Begonia Society to meet fellow begonia growers and obtain new plants. Here is a link that might be useful: Delaware Valley branch...See MoreChocolate & Vanilla scented flowers OTHER than ......
Comments (14)Oy, I wrote a whole paragraph out, but mentioned a source I had read info from (d_____'s g_____den) and GW spit my post back to me and said they'd had problems with spam associated with that site. Here we go again: Thanks girls, for the info. No problem, Dee about B&W plant combinations vs. my idea for chocolate and vanilla scented mixed bouquets. I noticed B'stone P. has a sale on chocolate mint plants...says they smell like Andes Mints (my FAV!)...I read other info that said choc. cosmos really do have a cocoa-like scent. I've never thought of geraniums in my bouquets...will look into that. Also will look into heliotrope...have never really seen it I don't think! I'm going to have to think of some other either TAN, CHOCOLATE BROWN, GREEN or WHITE flowers to intermix with the choc. mint, maybe use my green cups for them. I do have Pope J. Paul II rose (white) and Cafe rose (tannish), but don't know if their fragrances will compete. I also have daisies...maybe I should grow some Rudbeckia Green Wizard and moelluccus laavis (sp) as well. Any other ideas are always welcome! :0) Phyl...See MoreWhat country provides the U.S. with more oil than any other?
Comments (2)Yeah - second supplier is Saudi Arabia... ... that model of the democracy that some people want to encourage in the Middle East. Fifteen of the nineteen guys who flew those planes into those towers came from there. Not Iran. Not Iraq. Cetainly not from North Korea. Those last three constituting a certain "Axis of Evil" that we heard about a while ago. ole joyful...See Morebea (zone 9a -Jax area)
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