The drought is awful. We had a few decent rains recenty, but need much more. The forecast has chances of rain 5 of the next 7 days.
In the garden, my favorites are the large (tree lily and others) lilies I got from The Lily Garden dot com, for planting last fall.
In the dahlia department (tubers from Dahias dot com...which is Swan Island Dahlias)....I have several varieties blooming now, the best is Honeymoon, a huge richly petaled flower of golden yellow orange on a stout 2.5 foot plant.
I tried Aztec Mix zinnia seeds this year (ParkSeed.com) and they are so varied in rich deep colors, I will be growing them again. They paired well with Rocket Snapdragons in large pots.
My ProCut Red sunflowers are in bloom and very nice with deep red color.
I have a second batch of seedlings in the greenhouse ready to plant outside.
On a different topic, it is official that my folks are retiring after mum season is over. We had a good spring there, very busy as usual. There are mums, asters, coneflowers,and ornamental cabbage growing now for late summer/fall sales.
I will be getting left over seeds of many kinds from my mom next spring. She won’t do inventory until later in the year. I already got a lot of Magellan zinnia seeds many weeks ago, and they are already 6” high and in big pots and in the garden.
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“My ProCut Red sunflowers are in bloom and very nice with deep red color.”
I’m growing the ProCut Orange and they’re doing well, too. Very ‘classic’ looking and long-lasting with no pollen dropping everywhere! Love them!
I started another batch of Zinnia this week so I can tuck them in here and there and have cutting flowers into the fall.
I don’t know how anyone lives without fresh flowers in the house; they are so cheerful! :)