Last year I had the opportunity to trial a new daylily and I can tell you it went out in a blaze of glory. This happened for a couple of reasons. The first and foremost is that its name is Blazing Glory and it is making its debut this year as part of the Proven Winners Rainbow Rhythm collection.
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Sitting on my driveway right now are three Luminary Sunset Coral tall garden phlox, Phlox paniculata. Just saying that color makes me expect a bolt of lightning to strike and a mysterious voice to say: "It s not nice to fool Mother Nature." This variety, still new to almost everyone, is so beautiful in color it defies description.
Sparkling Rose may sound like an adult libation at your favorite Italian restaurant, but in the gardening world it is a Superbena or, should I say, a Super Verbena. Some in the green industry might consider it a novelty bedding plant mainly because of its coloration. Personally, I don t like the adjective "novelty," mostly because of the dictionary s No. 2 definition of the word, which is "small and inexpensive."
A few weeks ago, I wrote a column that stressed you grow containers in a mono culture style and cluster them together to create a garden look, when designing mixed