Well,
here we are ready to plant another year of annuals & perennials! So
exciting ~ so much hope!! I am always here to help you get your money’s worth.
This blog is a reminder to you of the powdery mildew blight of the most common
bedding plant ~ impatiens. See the article below.
This blight effects the common impatiens,
your hybrids are still fine (although expensive) if you are still trying to get
the same bang for your buck. So shade loving plants that you can buy
inexpensively in flats & are beautiful is where I’m going with this blog.
The common wax begonia is a nice choice, but you can tire of these year after
year. So last year when I heard of this blight, I chose the plant torenia to replace
the spots where impatiens grow. I was not disappointed as you can see from some
photos at left. There are now Kauai & Summer Wave mixes that will give you
a wide range of extraordinary colors. They are easy to grow& hummingbirds
love the trumpet form. They do not self dead-head like an impatien, but you don’t
have to dead-head them to keep getting beautiful blooms. They don’t seem to
mind the heat & aren’t prone to wilting (like impatiens) when you get
behind on rain & watering.
I can’t wait to get out there & find
some new colors & plant (at a flat cost-saving price!) You can mourn the
impatien for now, but enjoy these fast growers all summer long.
I hope this will get you started. Again, remember
to check your planting zone for frost free planting dates! Check out this cool
link below!!!
