The Peony Buds Are Showing Color!
"Anne, peony bloom time is my favorite time in the garden. And it's only about a week away. So exciting! Next year (and the years after that), yours will have many more blooms."
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alliums
I've been thinking about purchasing some alliums to grow in a tough spot...dry with some red clay but have been ammending it yearly. Any advice? I'm wanting to grow the really tall ones, possibly "summer drummer".
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Permalink Reply by Rich Bishop on -
Yes, all of those tall aflatuense ones do great in heavier soils. Globemaster, Purple Sensation, Gladiator, etc. There are about a dozen of them in Brent and Becky's bulb catalog. They even self sow so you can have lots in just 3 years-it doesn't take long from seed. May I also recommend trying Eremurus, the foxtail lilly. They get tall, are really spectacular, and need the same things as alliums do.
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Permalink Reply by michelle haslam on -
They are really pretty when they are planted in between other things, bushes,bulbs, whatever. The neat thing about them is once the flower has dried up you can actually spray paint it purple and you can enjoy it even longer
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