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Garden Photo of the Day

Garden Photo of the Day


A cute little annual combo

comments (3) February 3rd, 2011 in blogs

mgervais Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor
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Here's a charming little duo of annuals that'd be super-easy to recreate. It's simply cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus cvs.) and gomphrena (Gomphrena cvs.), both easy to either start from seed or buy in the garden center. Girly and cute, eh? This was taken at the Toledo Botanical Garden a few years ago. I was visiting my sister in southern Michigan at the time (hi Thea!!), and got an urge to drive an hour south to check this garden out. I wasn't disappointed. TBG is really nice - go visit!!

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Comments (3)

arboretum writes: add some Salvia May Night into that picture and I'm a happy camper!
best,
mindy
www.cottonarboretum.com/ Posted: 1:20 pm on February 3rd
gardengal42 writes: Thank you YES very encouraging. I think I will try that in one of my gardens (small gardens) Here in North Carolina yesterday, I worked for 3 hours in the garden. This is clean up time here. Spring is beautiful here in Greensboro... Posted: 10:23 am on February 3rd
sheilaschultz writes: A very spring-like photo... definitely encouraging with all the snow on the ground! Posted: 10:06 am on February 3rd
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