Sunflower Success

Yay, Success with sunflowers!  Some things I learned:  They germinate really quickly.  Start seeds inside the middle of may.  The ground has to be a certain temp for them to thrive.   When you plant the outside, cover with soda bottles to protect from bugs, bunnies and to create a greenhouse.  They need to be fenced in or you will be feeding the bunnies their morning breakfast everyday!  I put down ladybugs to keep the bugs away.  They don't need much water once they start growing.  Don't plant mamouth unless u r using these for privacy, you only get one flower.

 

 

Lynn's Fall Garden

Left to Right
Sedum Autumn Joy, Perovskia Atriplicifolia Russian Sage, Pennisetum Alopecuroides Fountain Grass, Repeat
Front: Coreopsis Verticillata 'moonbeam' Tickseed, Kalimeris Blue Star False Aster

These are the plants are picked for the first of five gardens to be planted at Lynn's house. They should all flower into fall.  The sedum will turn pink then red.  The goal is to bring color into the gardens.

Bulb Planting Guide

Spring-flowering bulbs are the earliest plants to bloom, with snowdrops and winter aconites flowering in early March in much of New York. You can plant a variety of spring-flowering bulbs to flower from very early to late spring, providing a nearly continuous sequence of bloom. Snowdrops and aconites are soon followed by crocuses, scillas, and chionodoxas. Then come hyacinths, daffodils, and tulips. You can plant tender bulbs or other annual flowers to fill in spaces left after the foliage of spring-flowering bulbs dies back to the ground.

Keep the cats away!

Lavender, lemon Thyme, Rue, Scardey, Cat Plant Plant