Pretty Petunias and A Sunny Perennial In The Shade

The last few weeks have been brutal on petunias. High heat, followed by heavy rain is a good testing ground for petunias. There are still many petunias doing great out there!

Right now the best of the best would have to be Pan American Seeds Tidal Wave Wave Cherry. While it is hard to see in this picture, yes it is growing outside the bed (I am a little worried it will block the aisle!) This was submitted by All American Selections so is being tested at garden all around the United States.

The perennial this week is in our shade garden (which nearly got blown down yesterday by the storm) is called Sun King (I guess it was supposed to go in the sun? oops). Well it is doing excellent in the shade both in the containers and in the ground. It gives use that chartreuse color with a lot more body than  you get from Ipomea.

And keeping with my them last week of very tall plants, this weeks monsters are supplied courtesy of James Greenhouse. The darker leaf Colocasia (better know as Elephant Ears) is called is aptly name Black Coral.


The green leaf one is called Hawaiian Punch and is also aptly name since it is beating up everything around it.


Happy Gardening
Dr. Mark