Mid-Atlantic Gardening: 2009 Gardening Year Highlights, 1 by ladygardener1

ladygardener1 wrote:
Stormy, the Night Phlox does bloom at night. In the day time the flowers are closed up tight in a purplish-red ball. I use the plant as a filler, it doesn't take up much room, I'll put maybe 2 cells in a basket with my petunias and tuck in 2 or 3 cells in my deck railing planters. When the breeze catches the scent at night it make you want to get close and stick your nose up close.
The open flowers are about the size of a dime. I did not get a chance to look for seeds to save last year so I'll be ordering some.
If you look at the lower right in the picture you can see the color of the back of the petals.

I really like the orange tulips, I think they really stand out in the distance. The next door neighbor had a few but now with the fence up I don't get a chance to see them from my kitchen window.

This message was edited Dec 29, 2009 8:47 AM