Each spring I plant a few pots with flowers to place on our patio. The plants vary from year to year, but I especially like the ornamental sweet potato vines, (Ipomoea batatas) both the lime green ‘Margarita’ and the purple/black version called ‘Blackie’. While being actual sweet potatoes or root vegetables, the Ipmoea batatas have […]
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Gardening with Dynamic Color
The UW-Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program in Wisconsin trains interested adults in university research-based horticultural concepts and practices so they may assist the UW-Extension in providing educational programs to the public on yard care, gardening and garden related environmental issues. As a proud new member of this group, one of my volunteer areas this summer […]
Fan Flower – New Wonder
I found my Fan Flower among the annuals at a new garden center and was drawn in by the beautiful blue flowers growing in interesting fan shapes. It was a Proven Winners plant and was labeled (New Wonder® Fan Flower Scaevola aemula). The tag called for full sun and said that my plant was heat […]
Moonflower (Datura)
I have grown Moonflowers (Datura) in my garden for a few years now. Datura is a woody-stalked, leafy herb that gets about 36 inches tall in my yard. It produces spiny seed pods and truly spectacular white trumpet shaped flowers that face upward. They bloom in July and continue into September in my yard and […]
Snapdragons – Fall Color
My goal for our garden has been to have color from earliest spring to latest autumn. To achieve that late fall goal I have started planting a few annuals to fill in when the perennials are finished and I especially like those annuals that can survive a light freeze. I have found that marigolds, salvia […]