Poinsettia Varieties

Poinsettias

While you might only find them at the local plant store around the holidays in November and December, poinsettias are not just indoor flowers. Features: 1) Poinsettias come in beautiful shades of red, pink, orange, yellow and white. 2) These flowers prefer indoor temperatures close to 70°F.  This works out at my house because my […]

Lantana Varieties

Lucky Lantanas

While I have been growing Lucky Lantanas for several years, they are only annuals in Pittsburgh PA. Features: 1) The color options are beautiful!  My favorite is Lucky Sunrise Rose which has pink, orange and yellow flowers in one cluster.  My second favorite is Lucky Red which has orange and yellow flowers. There are other […]

Blooms

Bloom Successes and Failures 2020

Sometimes you have to admit the failures along with your successes when gardening!  Since I like to focus on the positives or successes, I don’t spend too much time on the failures.  Well here we go with the new me. . . Successes: I was successful in getting more sweet potato vines to add to […]