I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.
Summer vacations are starting for many now that school is out .
We can tell by the traffic here in the Hocking Hill's that many
are taking their vacations here or closer to home because of the
gas prices and a slower economy. I hope that everyone who
comes here for their vacations have a wonderful time but please
do not spin in my gravel while turning around in the driveway
and throw your trash in my yard, and to those few from
other countries, my yard is not park property and open to
the public, but it does close at dark like the state park. :-)
Can you tell we have a problem with tourists once in a while.
Now, that I have vented, on to the annuals.
Annuals sometimes get a bad rap in the issue of gardening
because they do not last and are usually replaced every spring.
I have experimented with various annuals and found that if you
have the space to over winter them they some can be cut back
and saved for the following spring plantings. I have been
able to overwinter many geraniums including the ivy geraniums,
impatiens, petunias, osteospermum's, to name a few, and I
always bring in the Ipomoea potato vines to start new vines from
the old for planting.
Annuals can always be depended upon to take the lead in
coloring up the flower beds when our perennials are
spent or we are in between growing seasons for them. In
the heat of summer the annuals keep on blooming.
I love my perennials that come back every year but in my
old clay soil that gets as hard as rocks I need the annuals
that are grown by all gardeners to place around to fill in
the spaces.
Here are some of the old reliable annuals that are in bloom
around the garden and in containers that add more color to
my world.
Red Verbena
Blue or Purple Petunia's
White Geranium's
Pink Tobacco flowers.
Osteospermum
White Wave Petunia's and Red Tobacco Plants
Summer vacations are starting for many now that school is out .
We can tell by the traffic here in the Hocking Hill's that many
are taking their vacations here or closer to home because of the
gas prices and a slower economy. I hope that everyone who
comes here for their vacations have a wonderful time but please
do not spin in my gravel while turning around in the driveway
and throw your trash in my yard, and to those few from
other countries, my yard is not park property and open to
the public, but it does close at dark like the state park. :-)
Can you tell we have a problem with tourists once in a while.
Now, that I have vented, on to the annuals.
Annuals sometimes get a bad rap in the issue of gardening
because they do not last and are usually replaced every spring.
I have experimented with various annuals and found that if you
have the space to over winter them they some can be cut back
and saved for the following spring plantings. I have been
able to overwinter many geraniums including the ivy geraniums,
impatiens, petunias, osteospermum's, to name a few, and I
always bring in the Ipomoea potato vines to start new vines from
the old for planting.
Annuals can always be depended upon to take the lead in
coloring up the flower beds when our perennials are
spent or we are in between growing seasons for them. In
the heat of summer the annuals keep on blooming.
I love my perennials that come back every year but in my
old clay soil that gets as hard as rocks I need the annuals
that are grown by all gardeners to place around to fill in
the spaces.
Here are some of the old reliable annuals that are in bloom
around the garden and in containers that add more color to
my world.
Red Verbena
Blue or Purple Petunia's
White Geranium's
Pink Tobacco flowers.
Osteospermum
White Wave Petunia's and Red Tobacco Plants
Rose Geranium's.
I have many more that were started from seed that are
just coming on with blooms to share later.
Happy Gardening Everyone!
I have many more that were started from seed that are
just coming on with blooms to share later.
Happy Gardening Everyone!
