Bringing in a Bouquet

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We have an attractive wild carrot. I've grown ammi majus deliberately. Licoricey would be really special ;).

Clove pinks and licorice?

Whoa!

digitS'

the thinks one learns here! :)

we've had a lot of queen-anne's-lace here over the years, but because of how they spread i've weeded them out as much as i can. if we could ever get carrots to actually grow here the way QAL's have done that would be great, but alas, wabbies love 'em quicker than they grow.

i have never used QAL as a cut flower, but we do like them when we see them in the fields or along the road side. same as the chicory with the cheery blues...
 

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Stock would be a favorite annual for me, but it just gets too hot for it here. I like to grow zinnias and cosmos, larkspur and balsam. I don't do well with sweet peas, but I do like them.
As far as wild flowers, I like the wild rudbeckia (?) and queen anne's lace. there are usually plenty of wild things to pick along the gravel road.
 

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I'm imagining the larkspur with the Mother of Pearl poppies ...

I had a moment of confusion about those poppies, which should be so artistic with the larkspur. Okay, they could be in honor of my great grandmother ... I was thinking, how could I grow Mother of Pearl if I'm the grandson of Pearl ;)?

Delphiniums are some of my favorite flowers. I had several plants at one time.

Steve
 
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