Pacific Northwest Gardening: Favorite Annuals?, 1 by kosk0025

kosk0025 wrote:
Pixy---that bed is GORGEOUS! I love those orange coleus---what a fabulous plant. Here is a question re: when you do the reverse with coleus---move them from outdoors to indoors: Do you have to pinch off their seeds/flowers for them to survive, or will they keep going regardless? (You can see in my October pic, they all had grown flowers/seeds by that point).

Sharon---your lobelia seedlings look great! Thank you for sharing those---I think I'll have to add annual lobelias to my seed starting routine next year.

Someone asked about what I had planted in the cradle planter next to the coleus. It's my absolute favorite planter---picked it up at Farmington Gardens (a good retail nursery in Beaverton area) 4 years ago, so I always try to have something going in it. Last year, I had my ranunculus that ended up blooming in summer in it. The pic is what it looks like just this morning. Popped alyssum in it so far. Around it there is a planter with Primula polyantha 'Hose in Hose golden' I picked up at Dancing Oaks. And my favorite projects my boys have ever made---birdhouses with succulent roofs.