FLOWER POWER: These blooms are the pick of the crop
• BEES KNEES: These dynamic, true yellow petunias will be all the rage this year — as will yellow flowers in general. • LANCELOT: These lavender salvias have fuzzy green foliage and grow up to 3.5’ high and wide. • PEONIES: These bold bulbs are back in a big way, partly because their shrub-like appearance makes them appealing in colder months too. • HOSTAS: A perennial go-to, hostas are the No. 1 selling shade plants. • GERANIUMS: Not only your grandma’s flowers
any more, these richly hued petals are high maintenance as they require deadheading – which is a positive in a pandemic.
“If you can spend an hour in your garden deadheading flowers, the therapeutic value of that is huge,” says Friesen. “You’re just in your zone, and people are discovering that about plants, and what they can do for you.” POH
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