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With all the snow we’ve been experiencing this winter, all the gardeners I know are looking forward longingly to spring. Being no exception myself I decided to check out a couple of sites for seeds, on line. One that really interested me is Verseys Seeds. They had a wonderful selection and some really fun new products so I thought I’d share some of my favorites with you.
California Bluebell ‘Phacelia campanularia, easy to grow annual with a lovely true blue color bell shaped flower on silvery foliage. 6-12 inches high and 3-6 inches wide. Drought tolerant.
Linaria maroccana; comes in a fantasy mix, dwarf plants 4-6 inches tall. Great for bedding flowers, rock gardens and containers with colors of magenta, speckled pink, yellow, blue and white.
New was ‘Enchantment’ Linaria: flowers early summer thro autumn producing rich magenta and amber flowers in a mounding habit, 12-16 inches high and wide. Can be direct seeded.
Queen of Africa Lace Flower ‘Ammi majus; heirloom plant. Looks like Queen Annes’ Lace and is from the same family. Fabulous for cut flowers, produces heads of white flowers on 2-3 foot strong upright stems.
Impomea labata or Exotic Love Firecracker Vine was interesting if you’d like something quite different. Ivy shaped leaves on twining 12 inch vines, with sprays of showy tubular orange/ coral/ lemon flowers. Flowers midsummer to frost, can grow 6-10 feet tall in a season. Full sun. Start early inside.
Silverdollar Eucalptus; everlasting flower great for dried flower arranging, and is an easy growing annual or perennial in warmer climates. Fragrant round silvery green leaves, 1-2 inches in diameter, grows up to 3 feet. Start indoors.
Dichondrais an old favorite for a contrast filler in baskets with its lovely masses of soft pewter leaves. Now a new variety; Emerald Falls, has the same cascading habit but with soft leaves in an emerald green. Will tumble out of planters for up to 3 feet. Sun to shade.
If you would like to try something different in your large containers as a center piece try planting a banana tree. They will grow 2-3 feet in height the first year, with large showy leaves to compliment your flowers. Will grow up to 20 feet in warm climates or solariums and are easy to overwinter. Full sun.
Some other new plants for 2008 are; Shock wave Petunias. They resemble Calibrachea with the spreading habit of wave petunias. Tiny flowers 1 1/2 -2 inches wide on spreading plants, 8-10 inches high and 24-36 inches spread. Early to flower, self cleaning and prolific, in colors of ivory, pink vein and purple.
Others that caught my eye are Chocolate Mint Coleus, Bergamo, Double Decker Echinacea, Baby Duck-yellow petunia and Baby Bear Sunflower.
These of course were just some of the wonderful new ideas for spring. I hope it gives you some ideas for your spring planting.
Lindi Karmason
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