Your location is going to make a difference on which flowers can grow
there....
I'm in the southern portion of the san joaquin calley in CA and my sweet
peas are already dried up and gone. They simply can't tolerate heat.

Sweet peas do need something to grow up (unless you buy the bush seeds)...
they have tendrils (like peas) that wrap around for support. mine grow up
chain link fencing but do need help getting started. I have to tie 'em up
and from there, they're good to go.



There are many types of forget me nots. Most are annuals (completing their
life cycle in one year) Biennial means takes two seasons to complete the
life cycle.
Annuals can be come back the next year if the seed pods are allowed to burst
open.... I have a lot of volunteer flowers that come back this way ...it's
the seeds that will allow these type of flowers to come back..

There are flowers that thrive in the shade- impatiens. hydrangeas,
rudbeckia, nicotiana, violas, alyssum nemophila baby blue eyes, foxglove
(perennial) are all partial sun. With a little looking, you'll be able to
have some great flowers without full sun.
burpee.com has a garden wizard that can help.... you can order from here
also if you wish.

Telephone pole- have you considered a vine? There are many that will grow
well, don't need help climbing and don't need a lot of care. There are
annual or perrenial vines.
http://www.smgrowers.com/info/vinelist.asp

happy gardening
"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a couple of seed packets I'm trying to decide how/where to plant.

1. The sweet pea packet says they are five feet, annual; I know that
means none next year unless I plant more seeds. Will they cling to a
brick wall? Will they spiral climb like pole beans? I was thinking of
putting them around my ugly telephone poles, but if they need strings, I
don't know if that will go over with the phone company. Not that I care a
whole lot. Otherwise I'm going to have to rig up a trellis or some kind
of strings for them to climb on. If I have to put them on the east side
of the house which has the most room, will they bloom with only half a day
of sun?

2. The Forget Me Not packet has the usual, says it's a bienniel. Does
that mean it takes until the second year to flower? What happens after
that? Does it self seed or come back from the roots every year thereafter
if all goes well? Also do they have to have sun all day or could I put
them on the east side of the house?

I don't have a whole lot of room for plants that require full sun right
now unless I dig up part of the front yard for a cottage garden, but it
won't be this year.

Thanks for any advice.