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Some new plants I love

May 13, 2009

I love finding new cultivars of plants. It’s just interesting to see what plant breeders are coming up with. I hope to have some of these in my garden this summer but often they are in limited supply when they are first released. If I don’t get them this year, I’ll grab them next year.

First, the annuals (these all happen to be from Proven Winners). Before I had a garden I was a container gardener, and while I don’t do nearly as many containers as I used to (you don’t realize how expensive containers are to put together until you put that in perennial plant dollars), I still love dreaming up, or more likely, stealing, um … I mean being inspired by and tweaking plant combinations I’ve seen.

There are some awesome new begonias on the market. I don’t have a lot of containers in shady areas, but I do the one at work, and I might stick some in the new shade garden for some color.

Bellagio apricot begonia (also comes in hot pink)

Mandalay flamingo begonia (also comes in apricot)

Royal queen purple violet tubeflower. This baby gets TALL: 36 to 60 inches. I can definitely see this as a great “thriller.”

Duckalicious nasturium. I adore nasturiums and this is an interesting change. I’m not sure I love the color (I have a thing about yellow, blame on a bad coreopsis experience), but the flower is so different. Plus, how can you not love a name like Duckalicious?

I’ll talk about some of the other new releases I’m craving in future posts.

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  1. RainGardener says: May 13, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    Ohhhhhhh I love the Royal queen purple violet tubeflower. They are all pretty but that one oh I’ve got to click to see where you are gonna send me to – to find out about it? LOL Boy that one hit me hard!!!

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  2. Erin Schanen says: May 13, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    Thanks Raingardener! I bet the hummingbirds just go wild for it, too!

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  3. Kathleen says: May 14, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    omg! You have my heart racing this morning with that Royal Queen Purple Violet Tubeflower! I wonder where I can get one of those?!! It’s spectacular. Not that the begonias and nasturiums weren’t, just that one takes the cake! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  4. Dirt Princess says: May 14, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    The tube flower is ourstanding!!! Amazing!

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  5. Erin Schanen says: May 14, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    I’ll post if I actually find it anywhere!

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