Annuals

Annual plants I grow.

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Apologies for the sparse posting lately. Life has been hectic. Here are some images from a quick walkaround on Saturday morning.

Heuchera flowers.
walkaround pix

Clematis
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Pulling back, lots more purple with the clematis: Hosta, Astilbe
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South bed: Echiinacea, Daucus, geraniums, amorphophallus, coleus.
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Same bed, opposite angle.
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Aloe flowering. First time that’s happened to me. Guess it will die and the pups will take over in that pot?
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Closer …
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Paeonia tenuifolia blooms twice.
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walkaround pix

walkaround pix

Rescued Pepperomia.
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walkaround pix

walkaround pix

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I’m often amazed by what springs forth from the compost pile. But this year I have an amazing potato, mustard and tomato crop coming.

compost garden

Container cluster is coming along despite the cool weather.
container cluster

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From Sunday’s walkaround. I find Nigella to be a most improbable flower.

nigella

Closer …
nigella

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From Sunday’s walkaround …

tuberous begonias

tuberous begonias

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bgl trials

Come visit the flower research and demonstration area at the Department of Horticulture’s Bluegrass Lane Research facility, featuring more than 1,000 varieties of perennial and annual flowers — many new or just coming onto the market.

Everyone is welcome from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 25 and 26. Bluegrass Lane is located off Warren Rd. near the Robert Trent Jones golf course northeast of campus. (See map.)

For more information, contact Melissa Kitchen: mjb239@cornell.edu

For a preview, visit the Bluegrass Lane Annual Flower Trials website.

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