Showing posts with label hanging baskets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hanging baskets. Show all posts

Monday, May 28, 2018

Scaevola From Down Under


Day 227: As I was wandering around Watson's Nursery looking for annuals for my hanging baskets, I encountered this relatively new introduction to the US gardening scene. Scaevola is an Australian/Polynesian species, known commonly as Fan Flower or Half-Flower. It has trailing stems, a long flowering period, and purportedly tolerates forgetful watering, a feature I hope not to put to the test. It comes in a number of different colours. It seems to grow fairly rapidly. Mine have only been in the baskets a few weeks and are already starting to hang over the sides, flowers emerging at almost every node. I think I'm going to like this one!

Friday, July 4, 2014

Hot As A Firecracker


Day 277: Easy to grow, fibrous begonias are great for edgings or hanging baskets. I used this dark-foliage variety to fill in the centers of the two baskets above my back porch. They get plenty of sun until 2 PM and are rewarding me with "hot as a firecracker" color for the Fourth of July. Happy holidays!