Happy 250th Birthday America! . Now I'm not saying I'm old, but I remember celebrating the BiCentennial. As I have mentioned before, the Semiquincentennial was the inspiration for my annual flower choices this year and I am happy with how they turned out.
Maybe I should have gone ahead and added the white Petunias. But I like them this way too. I think it's worth not having to deadhead the white Petunias. The red and purple ones hold up very well to the rain we've had.
The white Euphorbia has been swallowed up... but it's still in there.
The Supertunias out by the firepit are my favorite. They are stunning.
They have filled out so much this week in the heat.
The Latte Supertunias are amazing. In some promotional photos the veining is brown giving them a tan appearance, but these are more black (deep purple) and white which what I was hoping for. I will probably plant this combination again.
I always buy some spare plants, especially when mail ordering. That way I can choose the best plants and nurse the rest back to health. The extras went around the Pear tree, circled by the Vanilla Cream Marigolds.
I planned to keep the Pear tree watered better this year hoping for larger pears and having annuals at its feet is a good incentive to remember to water regularly.
Romence Gardens made a mistake when they shipped my order and they sent Tiara Blue Supertunias instead of the Royal Velvet that I wanted to use in the firepit pots. The more purple tone would not have looked good in that combination so I planted the Tiara Blue along the edge of another area, alternated with the Vanilla Cream Marigolds. I had planned for the Marigolds because this part of the landscape looks so empty in the summer after the daffodils are gone. Next year I will also plan for Supertunias, but maybe not this color. The purple does look appropriate over here though and the white center makes them more visible from a distance.
They accentuate the purple Clematis Vine in the background.
My Dahlias are on the verge of blooming, which is fairly early for Dahlias. I am really enjoying the Zinnias and Marigolds. I will definitely do this again.
The direct sown Celosia are beginning to bloom. There are about two dozen smaller plants in and around these large ones that are catching up fast.
This last photo is not an annual, but it is having a moment worth appreciating. Echinacea Cantaloupe and the purple Clematis vine. The centers of this Echinacea puff out and look like orange pompons and the color deepens to a rich cantaloupe. But by that time the Clematis will be past its prime.
So those are the results of my annual flower choices. Its something I plan for as much as a year in advance and spend months growing, buying and setting out plants. Now I can just enjoy them for a few months.
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