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[arliss]

Happy now. Lemon grass, two basils: pineapple and sweet, silver-edged, lemon, red creeping and wooly thymes, lemon verbena, golden and garden sages, French lavender and augustafolia, and two patchouli plants! One of the Russian sages is coming back from the roots, and the oregano and chives are going gangbusters. Now all we need are two or three hibiscus: a double apricot and a scarlet-throated single yellow, and/or a single red. And maybe a wave petunia or two, if I find one I like.

Comments

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Sounds lovely. Are the Wave petunias the ones that don't need deadheading? As an adult, I've avoided petunias because just the word brings back sticky-fingered nastiness.

[amaliedageek.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear Lord, yes.

::shuddering at the memory of July summers in Pennsylvania, deadheading Mom's flower bed::

[fufaraw]

Generally, they don't need deadheading. I love the way they bloom themselves silly all season, up until frost. They do very well in pots; in beds they spread, so that can be a good thing or a bad one, depending on how much space you can allow them.