Northeast Gardening: Garden Blooms #10, 1 by nutsfordaylily

nutsfordaylily wrote:
Nice mullien, Jo! I love those, too, even the common ones that are considered weeds. I let them grow around here if they are not in places where I don't want them.

Marilyn, Annie's has 2 penstemons that they say are longer lived than most. Here they are: http://anniesannuals.com/plt_lst/lists/general/lst.gen.asp?p... , http://anniesannuals.com/plt_lst/lists/general/lst.gen.asp?p... . The one called Thorn I had gotten last year, but it did not survive the winter. This year I ordered Midnight, and we will see how it will do. That 'Sweet Joanne' Penstemon I ordered last year and did very well. The foliage is very similar to the 'Red Rocks' Penstemon, if you're familiar with that one.

Here is white malva and Salvia 'Snow Hill'.

Karen