Just as the news media reviews their top stories at the end of the year, so it is appropriate to recall some of our top gardening tips for 2008. New flowers, landscaping to save energy and reduce pollution, and a hosta virus may have had an impact on your landscaping this past year, or may for the coming year.
We began the year describing several of the newest flower introductions from seeds, winners in the All-America Selections program. These once again performed well in our trials this past season in northern Vermont. They included the black-leaved and shiny black-fruited ornamental pepper ‘Black Pearl’; the flowering tobacco with lovely mild evening fragrance and deep purple flowers ‘Perfume Deep Purple’; and ‘Diamonte Coral Rose’– a member of a relatively unknown genus (Diascia).
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