Practically Care Free Flowers, as well as Beautiful & Show Stoppers!

Liz C
by Liz C
Zinnia's - (All Hybrids....Cut & Grow, Giants, Cactus, Pinwheels) - Sunflowers & Sunflower Tree's (Multi-colored), Gladious, Butterfly Bush, Hollyhocks, Lantansa, Dahlia's, Roses, Petunia & Black Eyed Susan's, Lilys....Just some of my Favorites!
Rose
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Trust me, If I can Grow These, So Could you! Only a 3rd Yr Gardnerer....Start with the basics, care free flowers and You'll be surprised what your garden could look like!
Lily's. Grown By Bulbs. But to be honest, I found the one's you find in local grocery stores such as Shoprite, etc....seem to multiply the following year much more than single bulbs.
The Key with Zinnia's....as in most flowers but especially Zinnia's, is to always water the soil, never the leaves or fowers. If too much water and rain promotes rusty leaves, no need to worry, they are not infected, just cut off rusted leaves for healthier shoots.
Zinnia's, the more you cut the faded flowers, the longer they promote flowers and will last til Late Fall.
Red Sunflower Tree, Almost Christmas Tree shaped 4' - 5' ft. Same as other, dehead faded flowers to promote more growth
Red Sunflower Tree Mixture
White/Yellow Sunflower Tree Mixture....Easily & Quickly Grown By seed! Will last to late fall to Frost.
White Sunflower Tree's......Deadhead faded flowers to promote more bloom and will last to Fall/Frost!
Petunia's....the cheapest of the flowers in Nurserys and actually I find to be the most difficult to grow by seed. But the end results are worth it. Flowers last to fall. Just pinch off faded flowers every couple of days and will promote more growth.
Dahlia, easiy grown by tubers. They multiply each year and bloom til late fall to frost.
Dahlia
Butterfly Bushes Really do Attract Butterflies
HollyHock! Show Stoppers!!! Up to 6-8 ft. Staking Def. Recquired But Most Complimented!
Zinnia (The more you deadhead the faded flowers, the more branches that sprout and flowers bloom.) Take the faded flowers and stick elsewhere in the dirt and it will reseed itself and most likely bloom in the same season. I still have flowers growing up from last year. Despite being Annuals, reseeding can turn them into perennias.
Giant Zinnia.....Grows upt to 4-5 ft. Grow along fences, sheds, walls, etc. They love Sun!
If you cut A Rose right above it's first sprout of 5 leaves, you will promote more rose Blooms. Black eyed Zinnia's are perennials and multiply each year. And can also be split in early spring. For a Longer Bloomed show, simply dead head the Black eyed Susan flowers as they fade.
Roses & Black Eyed Susans
10-13 Sunflowers....Mid Summer to Fall Bloom. Extremely easy to grow by seed. Once Flower has Died, You can cut down, break apart the flowers and either harvest the seeds for next year and/or clean, bake & eat edible sunflower seeds.
Cactus Zinnia...... Zinnia's are one of the easiet and quickest flowers to grow by seed!
Lantana's.....Beautifully Multicolored and gives off such a Grea Scent.
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