Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #99, 0 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Lin, that Ric Rac is fabulous! Do you hang it so that the rains don't soak it too much? Being a cactus, I'd think it doesn't like being too wet?

I grow the nasturtiums through fall/winter/spring as annuals. They usually give up during the summer. But this is the best time to get seeds, so I just save the seed packets and start them again in the fall. They're so easy, drought tolerant and flower generously. I just tuck a few seeds into pots of things that are dormant. They keep a lot of color going in the garden through winter as long as you can keep them from freezing, and give them a sunny spot. Winters have been pretty bleak the last couple of years even 'way down here in the Sunshine State. The nasties and calendulas carried me through - along with all the wonderful greenhouse shots on DG.

The color palette has really expanded from the old blazing orange, yellows and mahogany.