Hugh’s Celebration of Annuals From Seed, Part 2

More beautiful flowers from seed

Today we ’re back in Hugh Locke ’s garden in Shrub Oak , New York , enjoying some of the beautiful annuals he raise from ejaculate last year . Check out yesterday ’s Emily Post if you miss the first half of his yearly selections , and if you desire to see more of his gardening , visithis Instagram .

The ‘ Kilimanjaro White ’ marigold(Tagetes erecta nana),one of the first blanched varieties , made its debut in 1975 .

The snowy male flowers of the‘Carmencita ’ red caster bean(Ricinuscommunis)are on the same prow as the feathery cherry female prime . Deer tolerant .

The ‘ Kew downhearted ’ salpiglossis(Salpiglossis sinuata)flowers have a velvety quality that makes you want to touch them . The plant is listed as a tender perennial , but in reality it is an annual in Zone 6 .

nose candy - on - the - mountain(Euphorbia marginata)takes a retentive fourth dimension to senesce , but its late - summertime show is worth the wait . cervid resistant .

This ‘ Iron Blue ’ stock(Matthiola incana)has only one flowering stalk per plant , so I had to defy the enticement to pinch it early on .

The ‘ Violet ’ unfermented rocket(Hesperismatronalis)is a biennial that is hardly obtrusive the first year and then early the second twelvemonth ( this photo is from 2021 ) grows to 4 feet with a mass of midget bloom in outflow and early summer . cervid tolerant .

The ‘ Whisper Rose Shades ’ tobacco(Nicotianahybrid ) has lot of flyspeck cornet peak . The Romance name comes from Jean Nicotine , Gallic embassador to Portugal who in the mid-1500s sent it as medicament to Catherine de Medici . The tobacco for smoking is another species ofNicotiana . Deer resistant .

This trailing nasturtium(Tropaeolummajus)produced blooms all summer and up to the first icing .

A mass of small compositeVerbenabonariensisflowers seems to float atop wispy 6 - fundament stems .

This ‘ Helen Mount ’ viola(Violatricolor ) , also make love as the European bailiwick pansy , is an early addition of color in the bounce .

The base old maid flower does n’t always get the respectfulness a color pullulate like this deserves .

I start my semen using standard - issuance fluorescent fixture fixtures ( no expensive grow lights are needed ) and incandescent rope lights ( not LED , which do not give off any heat ) .

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