Bleeding Hearts

I have always liked our bleeding hearts ("Mary's Heart"), but Patrick and Theresa's conversation made me like them even more.

Pink Blossoms

Now that I have shared our newly planted flowers, it is time for me to share some of our well-established plants and flowers.  I always enjoy seeing this plant blossom.  I have wondered what this plant with its soft pink flowers is for several years.  Thanks to Caroline on 4Real, I learned that it is a pink flowering almond.  It is one of my favorite springtime plants.

Container Flowers

On Saturday, we took advantage of Fred Meyer's garden sale and bought three planters to take the place of our old broken terra cottas.  The store had a buy 2 get 1 free deal and the employees were filling the containers with Black Gold gardening soil and purchased plants.  I am hoping to get a fourth planter on sale at some point.

We planted the same flowers in each container.  In the center, we placed a Dahlia Hybrid and then surrounded it with alyssum, impatiens, and million bells.  I can't wait to see how they bloom.

We also planted pansies and lobelia in a smaller container.

Our coco hanging baskets were filled with fuschia starts from DeGoede Bulb Farm and Garden (their granddaughter was homeschooled and is a very sweet young lady).

Petunias were purchased to add a little color to the flower beds in the front yard.

Notes about each flower can be found below.

Dahlia Hybrid Dalina Hawaii (Churchyard Flower)

Description: An elegant long-season display of showy blooms.  Annual

Light: Sun to part shade

Spacing: 12"

Height: 12-24"

Water: Medium

Clear Crystal White Alyssum (Mary's Cushion)

Uses: A reliable choice for borders, containers, and rock gardens.  Annual

Care:  Does best in light well-drained soil

Light:  Sun to part shade

Super Elfin Deep Pink Impatiens

Uses: Wonderful for borders, beds, and containers.  Annual

Care: Best in fertile, well-drained soil kept evenly.  Annual

Light: Sun to part shade

Million Bells Trailing Pink Calibrachoa

Habit: Trailing

Blooms: Planting to hard frost

Height: Short: 3-8"

Spacing: 7-8"

Zones:  Annual except in zones 9-11

             Hardy to 25 degrees

Fertilize: Regularly for best results

Water: Normal

Light: Full to part sun

Features: Heat tolerant; deer resistant; deadheading not necessary

Uses: Containers

Care: Easy

More Information: Proven Winners

Matrix Pansy (Trinity Flower or St. John and Mary)

Uses: Wonderful for borders, beds, window boxes and containers

Care: Best in fertile, well-drained soil kept evenly moist

Light: Sun to part shade

Riviera Rose Lobelia

Uses: Wonderful for borders, beds, window boxes and containers

Care: Best in fertile, well-drained soil kept evenly moist

Light: Sun to part shade

Petunia 'Dreams Red' (Our Lady's Praises)

Description: Provides an abundance of highly colored blooms all season long.

Care: Best in fertile, well-drained soil kept evenly moist

Light: Full Sun

Height: 10-15"

Space: 10-12"

*Photos by Catherine

**Additonal photos of individual flowers may be added at a later date.
***Religious Flower names found at Mary's Gardens.