toni
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:56 am Post subject: Seeds I am ordering too. |
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I usually look and look thru the seed catalogs, when I find something I want my first thought is....maybe I can find it around here somewhere. You know support the local economy. But this year I know I can not find these particular flowers, well maybe the flowers but not in these colors, so I am ordering them. I have decided that I need some blacks or blues and purples that are almost black to set off the other colors in the garden, so a lot of what I buy this year will be really dark.
These are annuals, but there are many seeds in the pkt...
Blue Woodruff, the blue annual version of Sweet Woodruff which I can find here but have very little luck with.
Sweet Scabious 'Black Knight'...I have a purple one that is still holding it's own in the wheel barrow out back.
Cornflower 'Black Gem'...again I have a purple/blue version already, but have never seen the black one locally.
And a Chocolate Peppermint Geranium plant...I always have a large pot of scarlet red ones by the front door but the combination of chocolate and peppermint I just couldn't resist.
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glendann
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:17 am Post subject: |
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They sound great .I can't wait to see
photos of them blooming.Good Luck
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Netty
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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They sound great Toni. I really better get my act together and figure out what I want to order before all the good stuff is gone!
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cajunbelle
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think I could have resisted either Toni, that sounds pretty. Which catalog is it in?
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toni
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Sharon they are from the Select Seed catalog. I had to pay extra shipping for the geranium plant but even with that it wasn't much more than buying locally and paying sales tax.....that is if I could have found it locally.
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EJ
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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I have started picking up a few flowers when I pop into the garden centre. I have brought a selection of nasturtiums to use as sacrifice plants as the blackfly love them and should keep off my broad beans, but I am hoping to have some of the flowers to have with summer salads.
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