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Impatiens: Sunpatien, Bounce and New Guinea
COMMON NAME: ► Impatiens: Sunpatien, Bounce, and New Guinea SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Impatiens GROWER HINTS: ► 'Sunpatiens' are a newer hybrid that can take more sun than traditional impatiens varieties. They still have a lot of color and long lasting blooms, and look like...
Hydrangea
COMMON NAME: ► Hydrangea SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Hydrangea GROWER HINTS: ►Most Hydrangeas that are bought in bloom are French Hybrids and are often called Florists Hydrangea. They are beautiful in bloom and can transition very nicely into the garden. Pink or Blue? Many of...
Heliotrope
COMMON NAME: ► Heliotrope SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Heliotrope GROWER NOTES: ►Sweet smelling Heliotrope makes a lovely addition to the garden. The blooms smell like cherry pie. Very attractive to butterflies and probably hummingbirds too. Heliotrope looks very good with...
Geranium
COMMON NAME: ► Geranium SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Pelargonium GROWER HINTS: ►Geraniums are tough, easy to grow everywhere, and love SUN!! There are many different geraniums, all of them native to south africa. The Salmon bloom is from a zonal or upright geranium. The red...
Gardenia
COMMON NAME: ► Gardenia SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Gardenia GROWER HINTS: ►Wonderful for that spot that is too sunny for shade plants but not sunny enough for full sun plants. Why pay more for a grafted variety? Grafted Gardenias are grown on the Gardenia thunbergia root...
Fuchsia
COMMON NAME: ► Fuchsia SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Fuchsia FUCHSIA VARIETIES: ► View fuchsia varieties and photos GROWERS HINTS: ►HINT about watering: If any of your fuchsias or other basket plants dry completely the soil will shrink back from the edges of the pot. When you...