Thanks! I'd love to have some glads in the background! I think this year, instead
of just going to Lowes or Home Depot and looking for the same old things, I'll go
to Merrifield Garden Center. I've been told they are just wonderful. I might pay a
bit more, but then again, you get what you pay for

I'll keep you all posted on how my little flower gardens go. I'm so excited to
start planting and seeing the flowers fill out. It's really such a joy to be able
to say "oh, my apt. is the one with all the bright flowers outside"

Darby

JStubbs358 wrote:

I don't know about VA but in S. Central Tex I find Gladiolas really easy.I
reallly only do things that thrive on beneign neglect. Put in only a couple of
inches in the ground and flowers in a month that look like florist Impresses
the hell out of people. Do in FUll sun and partial shade here and do fine. for
.24 a bulb that'a cheap and gorgeous.And blooms next year etc (all at once
unless you remove and replant in stages but still. They are nice and tall. Any
color you want and the ones with different colored throats are show stoppers.
All I do Is water. Plant 2 weeks apart so they keep things blooming.

Zinnias- dreamland for little puffs and profusion for single. Again loves
neglect. Flowers may-Oct here.Bright colorful.