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Dahlia 'Tropical' |
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FS, average, 32", summer. Double raspberry pink with burgundy speckles. 5" blooms. 2012: These were really pretty! I hope I remembered to lift them. |
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Dahlia (Dahlia pinnata 'Bishop's Children') |
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FS, 30-36", summer-early fall. Dark foliage with blooms in warm shades of red, orange, yellow, and pink. 2004: In a pot, very nice. |
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Devil's Trumpet (Datura metel) |
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FS, average-dry, 3-4', summer-early fall. Ha! I call this Angels Trumpet. 2014: I'm not sure what cultivar these were, I do know I had the seed saved and marked 'White'. One year I let them all go to seed early and the plant was squatty. The next year I picked the pods off and it got almost 5' tall in a pot. It was like a tree. |
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Devil's Trumpet (Datura metel 'Black Currant Swirl') |
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FS-PS, average-dry, 4-6', summer-fall. I grow these most years in a pot. They're very easy to start from seed and get quite big in a summer. They can be saved by overwintering as a houseplant, but sometimes tend to get white flies when inside. They don't seem to be as fancy when I use saved seed, but still usually have some purple swirling around in there somewhere. 2021: Got 3 from seed and put the all in one big pot. They were crowded but flowered profusely. 2020: These were unimpressive this year. Short plants, small flowers. I threw an extra one out in the veggie garden for the heck of it and surprisingly, it didn't amount to much of anything. I thought it would get really big. 2017: Did well in a pot on the back porch. 2014: Not too many blooms this year for some reason. I started from saved seed. 2012: These were nice! 2011: I love these. 2009: These were fun and quite striking. |
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Horn of Plenty (Datura metel 'Cornucopaea') |
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FS, average-dry, summer-fall. Pretty white and purple blooms. I grew these one year and they were quite nice. I couldn't find the seed again. |
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Ice Plant (Delosperma obtusum Table Mountain®) |
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2022: A buttload from seed. Put most of them in the rocks and stuck a few in the GH around one of the barrels. 2021: 4 tiny plants from seed. Very slow to get any size to them so far. Planted - E of water middle by pink crawler, in front of the water in the flat area, behind the water, not sure. I don't actually expect these to make it through the winter. It's rare for me. |
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African Daisy (Dimorphotheca tragus) |
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FS, drought tolerant,18", spring-summer. 2018: I grew these in a pot from seed. (Wild Seed Farms) They came up well and were very jolly. I would do these again. |
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Dragon Tree (Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia 'Tricolor') |
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2019 I picked up one of these to go in the center of a pot. Wow! This did really well and was much more striking than the plain green ones. I will look for these again. | |
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Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) |
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2023: I got 3 or 4 up from seed, but they just didn't thrive. I put one tiny one out by the garage door, but I don't have high hopes for it. I have no idea if it was even alive later. | |
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Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) |
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I throw these in the barrels every year. I like to have some floaters in there. 2022: This year I only got 3 plants for more $ than I used to get 5 for! They aren't the greatest looking things either, but I'm sure they'll perk up once they're outside. The weather sucks this spring and they didn't get moved out until June. |
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Pineapple Lily (Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy') |
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Overwintered this successfully for a couple years. Didn't make it through the winter with no water whatsoever. I might have left it in the greenhouse. I would get another one. | |
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Fuchsia 'Blacky' |
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Part/dappled shade, moist, 8-12". 2022: Bought as a plant marked "Fuchsia upright Blacky" Not sure if this is the same cultivar for sure or not. Skagit Gardens has no additional info. It's in a pot. Update: Definitely not an upright variety. Not that attractive sprawling all over the porch steps. I'm not impressed with Skagit Gardens this year for a number of reasons. I wish one of the local sources for me would find someone else as a supplier. They all buy the exact same plants every year. |
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| Lady's Eardrops (Fuchsia Marbeller™ Magenta Purple) |
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2023: Once again I was unable to find the upright fuchsias that I prefer. I bought a start of this and another variety and planted them both in the iron basket. I hope I can get them to trail up and down. They were kind of unkempt in a pot on the stairs. | ||
| Lady's Eardrops (Fuchsia Marbeller™ White-Purple) |
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2023: Trailing type, can't ever find the uprights. Planted in the iron basket with another variety and put it on the porch. They were kind of unkempt in a basket on the steps. | ||
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Fuchsia (Fuchsia triphylla 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt') |
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Part/dappled shade, moist, 2-3' summer-fall. Feed frequently for best bloom. I love these upright fuchsias. I did manage to overwinter once in the pumphouse. 2021: Found one at Fred Meyers when we were in Spokane. I wish someone around here would have these - I really like them and so do the hummingbirds. 2018: Ditto 2009: In a pot on the front porch. Did well. |
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Blanket Flower (Gaillardia pulchella 'Sundance Bicolor') |
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FS-PS, drought tolerant, 12-26", spring-fall. Tolerates poor soil. 2004: Did nicely in the garden. I would do these again. |
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Gazania (Gazania rigens Big Kiss™ White Flame) |
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2022: I got only 1 plant from seed. Put it in the GH garden, south side. It's a pretty little thing. | |
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Gazania (Gazania rigens New Day® Mix) |
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2023: From seed - I planted 5 of these in the wheelbarrow and 2 of them next to the garage door. They are really nice, healthy starts! These did really well from seed - I would start these again. | |
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Carolina Jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens 'Margarita') |
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FS-PS, likes moist soil, 10' vine, spring. Had this for several years. I kind of liked it when we were home, as it is a winter-blooming flower for me. It smelled great as a houseplant. With no one to care for our plants in the winter, it died. I won't replace it since it's kind of an untidy plant to grow in a pot in the summer months. |
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Gladiolus 'Black Sea' |
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2021: Had one overwinter in the KK garden and bloom! 2020: Planted these in random places. They are gorgeous! |
