New flower Additions for This Planting Season

These are just a few of the new additions that I am considering trying out this upcoming season so I thought I would share them with all of you.

The Begonia “Odorosa” A beautiful flower that will not only give you a wonderful pink and apricot flower but will also fill the air with a wonderful scent. It also has green foliage with bronze accents. This is a full sun to full shade flower that needs very rich and well-drained soil. It will grow to heights of sixteen inches and have a width of ten to twelve inches.

The Osteospermum: This flower is also known as the Cape Daisy. It is an early spring addition and will flower all night and day. You can get this flower in three different colors, purple, pink and silver. This flower needs to be in full sun in well drained a little acidic soil. It will grow to a height of twelve to sixteen inches and a width of eighteen to twenty-four inches.

The Verbena: The Royal Peachy Keen is a sight that you have to see to believe. The flowers will turn from a salmon color to a blush pink and will bloom right up until the first frost. This flower will need full sun and well-drained soil. It will grow to heights of up to six to ten inches and have a width of up to twenty-four inches.

The Veronica “Tidal Pool” This is the perfect ground cover plant. If you have a spot in your yard or garden that everything struggles to grow this is the plant for you. It thrives in any dry sunny spot. It will have a violet-blue flower with a pale yellow center in the spring and the rest of the season it will have fuzzy leaves that will withstand the heat, humidity, rain and even cold. It requires full sun in a well- drained sandy or clay soil. It will only grow to a height of three inches but will have a spread of up to thirty inches.

The Gardenia Summer Snow: This flower which took almost ten years to create has one of the most beautiful white double blooms that is not only tolerant to the cold than any other gardenia but is also fast growing and sturdy. The green foliage is also drought tolerant and is resistant to insects. This flower requires full sun to partial shade in a well-drained partly acidic soil. It will grow to heights of a staggering five feet and have a width of about the same.

The Green Bean or Great Kahuna: This wonderful bean has received high marks for taste in 2010 and 2011 in burpee’s playoffs. This plant is small enough for container growing and in any small garden. It will grow to about two feet and give pods that will be as big as eleven inches long. It will also require full sun and moist well drained soil.

The Mandarin Cross Tomato: After an extended abscess from the U.S this beautiful slicing tomato has been reintroduced. The tomato is not only flavorful and tender there will be abundance for you to harvest. They will grow to about six to ten ounces in weight. The plant will grow to about five to seven feet and will take about eighty day to mature. This plant also requires full sun and well drained fertile soil. You should also support this plant with stakes or wire cages big enough to support the plant.