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August 6, 2009

Freshen flowers

In my column in The Baltimore Sun Thursday, I talk about freshening up your garden and your containers, replacing plants that look leggy or tired, adding fall color or filling bald spots in the garden with something new.

There isn't room in the newspaper to include pictures of all the plants I mention, so I thought I would post them here, on Garden Variety.

Unless otherwise noted, photos are courtesy of Proven Winners

Million bells "Tequila Sunrise"

Proven Winners

Sedum "Neon"

Proven Winners

Sedum "Angelina"

Proven Winners

Heuchera or coral bells in a variety of foliage colors.

Proven Winners

Sedge grass "Toffee Twist"

Frosted Curl

Sedge grass "Frosted Curl"

Proven Winners

Euphorbia "Helena's Blush"

Coleus

Coleus, five varieties

Tomato Soup

Echinecea "Tomato Soup"

Photo courtesy of White Flower Farms

White Flower Farms

Echinacea "Mac n' Cheese

Photo courtesy of White Flower Farms

Posted by Susan Reimer at 8:00 AM | | Comments (2)
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Probably due to the mild summer, my petunias haven't done that awful, leggy thing this year, for which I'm grateful!

WOW those are beautiful. They would be a beautiful addition to any garden. What a lot of beautiful colors. They are wonderful.

Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"

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About Susan Reimer
Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.
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