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Our Favorite Annuals
Begonia
Height:
6" - 18"
Light: Full sun to part shade
Soil: Well drained, moist to slightly dry
Fertilizer:
5-10-5
Uses: Beds, borders, pots
Snapdragon
Height:
8"-12"-Dwarf varieties, 2'-5'-Standard
Light: Sun half day or more
Soil: Well drained,
moist
Fertilizer: 5-10-5
Uses: Beds, borders, pots, bouquets
Zinnia
Height:
8"-24"
Light: Sun half day or more
Soil: Well drained, moist to on the dry side
Fertilizer:
5-10-5
Uses: Beds, borders, egding/hedging,
pots,
bouquets
Plaintain Lily
Height:
1'-3' high, and wide or wider
Light: Sunny in cooler climates, to shady
in the hottest
Soil:
Humusy, well drained, moist.
Fertilizer: 14-14-14, timed release
Uses: Beds, borders, pots,
wild and shade
gardens
Fern
Height: 1'-3' high and wide
Light: Half sunny to shady
Soil: Humusy, well drained, moist
Fertilizer: 30-10-10 or 14-14-14
timed release
Uses: Beds and borders, rock, wild, and
shade gardens, pots; houseplants
Lavendar
Height: 1'-3'
high and wide
Light: Sunny
Soil: Well drained, moist to the dry side
Fertilizer: 5-10-5
Uses: Beds, borders, pots, hedging, cutting
fresh or dried
Boxwood
Height: 3'-6' high and wide
Light: Sunny to partly shady
Soil:
Well drained, moist
Fertilizer: 14-14-14 timed release
Uses: Hedge, borders, containers, bonsai
Hydrangea
Height: 6'-20' high and wide
Light:
Sunny to partly shady
Soil: Humusy, well drained, moist
Fertilizer: 14-14-14 timed release
Uses:
Beds, borders, hedge, wall
or fence cover, containers, cut
flowers
Rhododendron
Uses: BordHeight: 10'-30'
high and wide
Light: Half sunny, half shady
Soil: Hunusy, well drained, moist, acidic
Fertilizer:
14-14-14 timed release
borders, screening, informal hedge
Japenese Maple
Height:
to 20'
Light: Sunny to partly shady
Soil: Humusy, well drained, moist
Fertilizer: 5-10-5
Uses: Decorative accent, conatiners,
bonsai
Goldenchain
Height: 15'-20'
Light: Sunny to half shady
Soil: Well drained,
moist
Fertilizer: 5-10-5
Uses: Borders, background, arbor,
bonsai
Dogwood
Height: 10'-30' high and wide
Light: Sunny to half shady
Soil: Humusy, well drained, moist,
acidic
Fertilizer: 14-14-14,
timed release
Uses: Borders, accent tree, background
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