Grab the attention of passersby by stringing a couple of railing planters together and planting the potting soil with high impact flower colors. The foundation of this colorful summer garden is a zonal geranium, sweet alyssum and new million bells.
The seen-from-the-street combination begins with inspiration from a new plant that will be available in 2012, Superbells Cherry Star. A zonal geranium, Pelargonium Cola Purple, and a favorite sweet alyssum, Easter Bonnet in violet, were used to complete the container planting.
Unexpected foliage color is a good backdrop while a new flower will undoubtedly garner double takes. When assembling containers, gardeners may want to add more plants for heightened value; with foliage for variety, feathery flowers for soft edging or familiar colors for eyes to rest.
New Calibrachoa Cherry Star
Superbells Cherry Star is a new Calibrachoa hybrid that will be out in spring 2012. This million bells variety grows well in full sun and tolerates summer heat. The blooms shining deep pink color is inlaid with a well-defined star, the lines streaming from the petite yellow-painted trumpet center. The miniature petunia-like flower form is a favorite of hummingbirds and butterflies.
The Superbells Cherry Star plant eventually acts as a trailing plant that reaches 7 10 tall. Gardeners should leave 10 - 12 between plants when growing several side-by-sides in a landscape. This annual needs no deadheading.
Calibrachoa, often called million bells, is a frequently used annual for a combination in potted gardens. Only in hardiness zones 9 11, Calibrachoa is a perennial plant.
Zonal Geranium Cola Purple
Annual geranium plants are very popular in northern gardens because, although they reliably flower in hot summer locations, the plants like a cool bed to grow their roots. Pelargonium x hortorum Cola Purple was chosen for this combination for its 10 height, iridescent coral color and the zonal marked leaves. Each leaf has a rounded form with scalloped margins; an inner portion of dark burgundy is set over green.
Annual geraniums, botanically called Pelargonium, have a flower shape often described as a dense umbel, tending towards 2 3 in diameter. Pelargonium Cola Purple has flowers on stems, which rise high above the zonal leaves.
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