May 18, 2007
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
Summer annuals are a great way to add bold swaths of color to your garden. There are a number of longtime favorites. Annual salvias, marigolds, geraniums, vinca and petunias are common choices for full-sun, while impatiens, coleus and begonias are safe choices for the shadier part of your garden.
But this year—why not step out of your comfort zone and try some new varieties of summer annuals?
On this week’s ‘Backyard Wisdom’, Kerry Smith will share some great new options for summer color. She will tell us more about angelonias which are known as summer snapdragons as well as a plant known as the chicken gizzard plant.
I’ve already added several of those to a shady part of my garden. They look great with the New Guinea impatiens that I’ve paired them with.
You can see some of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station's latest research on summer annuals here and at this page.
Be sure to join us at 2 p.m. Saturday on Troy Public Radio for ‘Backyard Wisdom’ with Kerry.