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Salvia - Lady in Red
This red-spiked variety performs well in containers and small space gardens. The Salvia Lady in Red, 'Salvia coccinea', is an elegant alternative to the more familiar scarlet salvia varieties usually seen in bedding schemes. They are virtually irresistible to hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Pruning these plants after flowering will produce sideshoots in spring for cuttings. They are very uniform plants and are heat and drought tolerant. The flower-spikes have all the vivacity of those popular plants, but they are longer and less cluttered with blooms, which gives the plants an airy grace and more of a shrub-like appearance. ... more
Daisy - Peach Symphony They’ll produce prolific flowers from spring right through fall. The deeply cut, dark green leaves are aromatic when bruised. These beauties make a unique addition to any combination. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage additional bloom. The Daisy Peach Symphony 'Osteospermum hybrid', joins the hands down best of the Osteospermum in the Proven Winners Symphony series. The daisy is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds, plus they are resistant to deer. These daisys are winter hardy to USDA Zones 10-11 and they are grown as an annual in other cooler climatic zones. Daisy's require a sunny spot with fertile, well-drained soil and should be kept well watered in the summer. For zones 9-11, this plant can also be a perennial. |
