Pinks Perennial Flower
Annuals are a great addition to any garden. There are many varieties to choose from and many are easy to grow. Annuals flower all summer long, many until frost. Here are five of the most popular, long blooming annuals.
1. Geraniums. Technically a Pelargonium, geraniums are hugely popular in gardens. They are very easy to grow, so are great for beginning and expert gardeners alike. In warmer climates, geraniums are perennials, but in much of the country, they are treated as annuals. They bloom from spring to frost. There are three types of geraniums: zonal, ivy and scented. The zonal geraniums are the most familiar. They have flower clusters which rise above soft, velvety leaves. The flowers come in colors of red, white, pink, violet and rose. This variety will generally grow twelve to eighteen inches tall. Ivy geraniums have branches that stretch out and droop, making them perfect for containers. The foliage is glossy and smooth. The ivy variety flowers come in pink, lavender, red and white. The scented geraniums are more grown for the fragrance than the flowers. Gently crush the foliage in your hands to release the scent. The fragrance can range from rose, to chocolate, to mint! These geraniums are best planted in containers where you can reach out and rub the foliage.
2. Petunias. Petunias come in such a wide variety of colors and types that it can be difficult to decide which one to pick! Petunias bloom from summer until frost and come in colors ranging from red, white, yellow, purple, pin and multi colored. The two main classes of petunias are multifloras and grandifloras. Multifloras are compact with smaller flowers. The flowers can be either single or double petaled. The grandifloras are the larger of the two classes, growing up to twenty four inches tall. This class is often used for hanging baskets or containers. The flowers can be single or double petaled. Remove the dead flower blooms in order to keep the petunias producing flowers all season.
3. Marigolds. Marigolds are the work horses of the garden. They are not fussy, very easy to grow right from seed and produce many flowers from spring to frost. The four common types of marigolds to use in your garden include: African, French, Triploid and Signet. African marigolds, which are also referred to as American marigolds are the tallest type. They grow up to 3 feet tall, with large double petaled blooms. Best used in the back of a border. Flower colors range from cream to orange with other yellow shades in the middle. French marigolds are smaller than the African. They grow six to twelve inches tall and have either single or double petaled blooms. Shades range from maroon, to orange to bright yellow and some bi-colored flowers. Triploid hybrids are a cross between the French and African varieties. The plants are a compact twelve inches with large three inch blooms. These are also a seedless variety, so will continue to bloom even without dead heading. Signets are the tiniest of the marigolds. They are bushy plants that grow up to twelve inches and produce masses of tiny colorful flowers.
4. Sunflowers. Sunflowers bloom in a wide variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Easily grown from seed, they are perfect to teach children about plants. From giant ten foot tall plants to compact garden varieties, there is sure to be a sunflower that will fit your garden. For the giant size, staking will probably be necessary to keep the flower from toppling over. Often times the flower head itself will grow to over twelve inches across! The garden varieties can have single large blooms on each stem, or be a more bushy plant with many smaller flower heads. If you want sunflowers for cutting, try growing the hybrids with a long single stem.
5. Snapdragons. Snapdragons are available in a wide variety of sizes and colors. They are difficult to grow from seed, so starting out with plants from your local nursery is the easiest way to add them to your garden. There are three typical sizes for snapdragons: dwarf, medium and tall. The dwarf size are twelve inches or shorter. They come in a wide range of colors, but due to their size, are not good for cutting. The intermediate size grows up to eighteen inches. This size is good for cutting flowers for bouquets and for using anywhere in the garden bed. The tall variety of snapdragons grow up to three feet tall. These will require staking to maintain straight stems. These are best to use for the back of the border, or for cutting.
Planting annuals can be a great activity for the whole family. Using any of these annuals can provide months of blooms for cutting, or just enjoying in the garden!
Michael Russell Your Independent guide to Gardening
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Carnations, Picotees and the Wild and Garden Pinks $25.08 PREFACE THIS little volume is a companion to Sweet Violets and Pansies, which formed the first of the smaller gardening books in the Country Life Library. It has been written at the request of many readers of Country Life and The Garden, and it is to be hoped that the ripe experience of the con- tributors to its pages, and the simple directions for the growing of the Carnation, Picotee, and the beauti- ful wild Pinks, will have their value. The brave masses of old Clove Carnations in the gardens of our forbears, the sweet drifts of white Pinks, and the warm fragrance scenting the summer air, are pleasant reminiscences. With a greater choice of varieties, the Carnation has developed in interest and popularity, and a garden is not a garden that is without the silvery tufts of growth which have a quiet beauty even in winter days, when we are wise enough to group them with grey-leaved shrubs, such as Rosemary and Lavender. Although Pinks and Carnations are welcome in so many ways of gardening, perhaps their greatest use, other than in wall and rockwork, is as edgings and underplantings to Roses, or something of taller stature than their own. By edgings is not meant the white straight or stiff borderings only, though Pink and its forms are among the very best plants for this use, but informal fillings of the outer portions of beds and borders. Used like this with Roses, they are admirable, each plant enhancing the beauty of the other. They are perhaps least suited for filling up whole beds, unless the beds are quite small, and especially narrow, in form. The deepening love for hardy flowers should have a good effect on floral exhibitions, which have not always directed the would-be gardenerinto wholesome channels. The showing of Carnation flowers in little paper collars is grotesque and without reason. Surely it is more instructive to show a flower in its natural beauty, and not attempt to cheat the visitor into the belief that the flower there arranged in a paper collar@9záG®ÿ¾Úx |
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Carnations, Picotees And The Wild And Garden Pinks $28.98 PREFACE THIS little volume is a companion to Sweet Violets and Pansies, which formed the first of the smaller gardening books in the Country Life Library. It has been written at the request of many readers of Country Life and The Garden, and it is to be hoped that the ripe experience of the con- tributors to its pages, and the simple directions for the growing of the Carnation, Picotee, and the beauti- ful wild Pinks, will have their value. The brave masses of old Clove Carnations in the gardens of our forbears, the sweet drifts of white Pinks, and the warm fragrance scenting the summer air, are pleasant reminiscences. With a greater choice of varieties, the Carnation has developed in interest and popularity, and a garden is not a garden that is without the silvery tufts of growth which have a quiet beauty even in winter days, when we are wise enough to group them with grey-leaved shrubs, such as Rosemary and Lavender. Although Pinks and Carnations are welcome in so many ways of gardening, perhaps their greatest use, other than in wall and rockwork, is as edgings and underplantings to Roses, or something of taller stature than their own. By edgings is not meant the white straight or stiff borderings only, though Pink and its forms are among the very best plants for this use, but informal fillings of the outer portions of beds and borders. Used like this with Roses, they are admirable, each plant enhancing the beauty of the other. They are perhaps least suited for filling up whole beds, unless the beds are quite small, and especially narrow, in form. The deepening love for hardy flowers should have a good effect on floral exhibitions, which have not always directed the would-be gardener into wholesome channels. The showing of Carnation flowers in little paper collars is grotesque and without reason. Surely it is more instructive to show a flower in its natural beauty, and not attempt to cheat the visitor into the belief that the flower there arranged in a paper collar will reveal the same sym- metry of form and colouring in the open garden. A Carnation that is fit only for a show box, and is useless in the garden, should have no claim upon our consideration. Raisers must strive to obtain flowers that keep their petals within bounds. A Carnation that splits has little garden value, and whether it splits or not, if it is without fragrance, we would have none of it. The crimson Clove has the charm of a distinctive and deliciously warm fragrance, but there are varieties as scentless as a Baroness Rothschild Rose. This should not be tolerated. The first act generally of a buyer of Carnations is to smell them, and it is in the interests of the trade as well as the gardener to intensify rather than obliterate one of the great charms of the flower. I thank most heartily the contributors to this little book and if the reader wishes to consult other writers, the following works may be recommended Le Jardinage des Oeillets. A. Paris, 1647. Nouveau Traite… |
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Carnations, Picotees, and the Wild and Garden Pinks $21.88 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III THE BORDER CARNATION By W. A. Watts THE following notes from Mr. W. A. Watts, Bronwylfa, St. Asaph, an enthusiastic grower of Carnations, contain useful hints for the beginner. Varieties A few varieties are mentioned, but not many. George Maquay is considered the most beautiful of all the white Carnations. I have tried many other whites with the highest reputations, but have discarded them all in its favour. Next I will mention Countess of Paris, a lovely blush-white suffused with delicate rosy lilac. These are two of my best varieties; with me they never fail, but are excellent in every way. The yellows I find rather troublesome, especially in a wet season, as the flowers then soon become sodden and brown, and seem to hold the rain much more than those of other colours. I have tried such excellent varieties as Germania, Miss Alley, The Naiad, Pandelli Ralli, and others, but have not had good results from any of them. Probably the soil, which 15 a rather heavy loam over clay, does not suit them, ft; ft! ft! o o w ! fe ft; Duchess of Fife is a very nice flower, of a delightful pink, but it has a weak stem. Belladonna has a large red flower, but is rather inclined for this reason to burst. Hayes’ Scarlet is very good. Of the heliotrope- coloured flowers I consider Garvel Gem to be the best. Many of the fancy and yellow-ground Carnations can be grown successfully in the open, and Tenella is one that I find does well. Raby Castle, so well known, is a good hardy salmon-pink, most useful for cutting, but it bursts rather badly; and I must not forget the Old Clove and Uriah Pike, both dark crimson; although the latter is strictly a Tree Carnation, it nevertheless does well as a border plant. It is a great mistake to grow too many varieties, one o… |
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