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recommendations for flowers in zone 9
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Posted by seagreen_turtle Z9 Port Orange (My Page) on Sat, Mar 7, 09 at 14:38
| Hello,
I am asking on behalf of a friend who lives in zone 9 (Florida). As I live in zone 5b myself, I don't know what to recommend to her for planting in a cutting garden. She would like tallish flowers, any color. She loves Dahlias but says they tend to be too expensive and of course there's the maintenance of digging them up every year.
Anybody have any ideas for her?
Thanks in advance! |
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RE: recommendations for flowers in zone 9
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| Seriously. Where do folks get the idea that Dahlias tend to be too expensive? The rewards of watching beautiful dahlias bloom are priceless. In your friend's zone, she wouldn't have the maintenance of digging them up every year. She can dig and divide every couple of years, and have many, many more plants for her garden as well as sharing the extra tubers with friends. Isn't that really the joy of having a cutting garden should be? I have no idea what your friend should grow in her cutting garden. Perhaps she should visit a nearby botanical garden for ideas. |
RE: recommendations for flowers in zone 9
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Sea Turtle
Sunflowers, zinnias and celosia are easy enough.
I think the issue in Zone 9 with dahlias will be disease
problems and not cost of planting or maintenance. |
RE: recommendations for flowers in zone 9
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| You can grow dahlias from seed with 60% success, you need to start them inside Feb. or out when weather is in 70,s Also zinnias marigolds , sun. , cosmos , cornflowers, carnations, dianthus, african daiseys. The list goes on and on . |
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