Sylvus' Garden---Lobelia and Coreopsis

Coreopsis

Or, my Garden Bargain

After reading Barbara Damrosch sing coreopsis' many praises, I bought a 3'' pot at the Eastern Market (Detroit's Farmer Market, and definitely the cheapest place to buy flowers) of Early Sunrise for a buck. It was probably the best gardening money I spent that year. They bloomed and bloomed, starting out with these many petaled flowers, and trailing off to single petaled but very pretty blossoms through most of the summer. At the very bottom of the image, you can just see hints of electric blue, ---lobelia, an annual that Damrosch also liked.

Lobelia

Or, the Beautiful Blue Hue

Unlike impatiens, the annual with which I was most familiar (my lot is mostly shade or part-shade), lobelia are not continuous performers. Or they weren't for me, anyway. I got a wave of blooms, and then they rested; and, later in the season, another wave. I loved this electric violet blue color, and preferred the trailing habit, especially for hanging pots. Another keeper, even if it does have to put in each year.

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