One Hundred Dollars a Month

I’ve been getting quite a few emails from people wondering what seeds I’ll be planting next year. Last month I shared what vegetables I’ll be growing and sources for ordering strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, so today I thought I would share what flowers I will be growing this year. Some flowers will be started under grow lights, and others I will direct sow.

In years past, I have not grown a wide variety of flowers. More often than not I just stuck to sunflowers, daisies and a few perennials. But I really wanted to expand my flower garden this year, so that’s why the list below is soooo long.

Here’s a list of the flowers I’ll be growing in my 2013 garden:

Pansies – Swiss Giant Blend & Got the Blues {window box and front walk}

Lobelia – Cascade of Color {hanging baskets}

Zinnia – Envy, Fantasy and Fireball Blend {garden}

Alyssum – Rosie O’Day, Oriental Nights, and Tiny Tim {hanging flower baskets and walkway}

Candy Tuft – Sweet Candy Blend {front landscape, around the lamp post}

Echinacea – White Swan {front landscape near planter box}

Grass – Bunny Tails {fairy garden}

Penstemon – Rocky Mountain Blue {fairy garden}

Hyssop – True Hyssop {fairy garden}

Talinum – Jewels of Opar {fairy garden}

Cup and Saucer Vine – Blue and White Blend {garden gate arbors}

English Daisy – Pomponette Blend {front patio}

Linaria – Fairy Bouquet {for the fairy garden of course!}

Snapdragon – Tall Maximun Blend {back garden}

Chinese Lantern {growing these to dry for the fall}

Larkspur – Sublime Blend

Ornamental Eggplant – Pumpkin on a Stick {growing these for fall decorations}

Hollyhock – The Watchman {perennial garden, along the fence}

Coleus – Black Dragon and Rainbow Blend {front flower post}

Marigold – Pacific Beauty Blend {to use in the garden}

Morning Glory – Sunrise Blend {along the fence}

Poppy – Lauren’s Grape, Flander’s and Oriental Blend {back garden, growing to cut}

Sweet Pea – Villa Roma Cerise and Cupani {Villa near the front porch, Cupani along the fence}

Sunflowers – Florist’s Sunny Bouquet, Drop Dead Red, Vanilla Ice, Moulin Rouge, and Sunspot {the taller once will be planted along the fence and the shorter ones will be planted throughout the garden}.

What do you think? Did I miss anything? What are some of your favorite flowers, and what will YOU be growing in your garden this summer?

~Mavis

Go HERE to see what vegetables I am growing this year.

Go HERE to see what fruit varieties I am growing this year.