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Thanks! Sometimes I hit Paulino's and I think they're cheaper than City Floral. I go to City Floral for unusual things you don't find anywhere else. Like in September, they have black and orange pansies. I fill the flower boxes with them on the front porch and by October, they fit in perfectly for Fall And people always ask me where I got the "Halloween flowers" lol!
I love that! I attend a few garden tours each June and when I see something unusual and ask where it was purchased, oftentimes the answer is City Floral. I think we're lucky to have so many options for nurseries and garden centers other than big box stores.
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Impatiens are so pretty, love the look and colors.. but sometimes the back porch here gets so hot....especially since we lost some trees...albeit the flowers would bounce back once the sun went down.
So this year I am trying Callie roses, look like impatiens but more heat resistant.
I ended up getting a flat of the pink Vinca flowers and a flat of plain old Marigolds. In the area I have set aside for annuals, I planted the Marigolds to one end with a curved line where the Vincas on the other end arc up over the Marigolds. We'll see if my creative planting turns out to be an eye-catcher or a mess lol! I think it'll look fine.
They had pink Vincas at Home Depot for fairly cheap. It was about $40 for the two flats, 40 individual plants in each flat.
My next planting will be two flower boxes that hang off the front porch. Right now they're filled with purple Pansies that have been there since early March. But they're almost to the point where they get so tall that they fall over, then look stringy and of course, they don't like the heat. I'll replace the pansies with something else soon. I may just put Geraniums in the boxes again this year. That's where City Floral (for the Denver people) becomes a better place to buy flowers. Home Depot just has plain red ones, but City Floral has the other "flourescent" colors that really pop
Denverian, It sounds like a show-stopper! I bet you'll be pleased with the results and I'll be curious to know how the vincas work out for you. Seems you hit Home Depot at just the right time (before they kill them ).
And yes to the unusual geraniums at City Floral.
Summerz, I never heard of Calibrachoa being called Callie roses. That almost sounds like double impatiens which look like mini-roses. Calibrachoa are more like mini-petunias to me. Either way, they do quite well and have an amazing range of colors. Happy planting!
Denverian, It sounds like a show-stopper! I bet you'll be pleased with the results and I'll be curious to know how the vincas work out for you. Seems you hit Home Depot at just the right time (before they kill them ).
And yes to the unusual geraniums at City Floral.
Summerz, I never heard of Calibrachoa being called Callie roses. That almost sounds like double impatiens which look like mini-roses. Calibrachoa are more like mini-petunias to me. Either way, they do quite well and have an amazing range of colors. Happy planting!
They must have just received flower shipments lol! I don't get Home Depot here. We moved here from OC, California. Out there Hopme Depot had great flowers and plants.
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And people always ask me where I got the "Halloween flowers" lol!
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