The past couple of years there has been a lot of love in the world of petunias, thanks to one very unique variety by the name of Supertunia Lovie Dovie. We have all seen petunias, with stripes, some stars, others halos and blushes, but there is a special one with hearts.
Ask any UT freshman. Those first few weeks on the Forty Acres are eye openers, to say the least. There’s also much to be learned, which isn’t listed in any class syllabus and isn’t charged for in the tuition.
From time to time, I like to include historic personalities in this column, men and women never mentioned in my history classes, grade school through grad school. I have only heard about, read about and researched these folks within the last decade. Yet, in my humble opinion, many were differencemakers in their time. I’ll begin this Women’s Month’s series with one of Washington’s early social arbiters who wielded amazing power in the nation’s capital during her lifetime. Her name: Mary Foote Henderson (1841-1931).
The Esperanza is one of those shrubs that brings about hope and anticipation for the growing season. Actually, that is what Esperanza means in Spanish. As a gardener who got his horticultural roots in Texas, I can tell you the Esperanza is a plant to be treasured and even more so with the debut of Chicklet Orange in 2022.
Shasta daisy lover will rejoice as the Amazing Daisy collection is more than doubling with the addition of three new varieties for 2022. The Garden Guy can hardly wait to get his hands on Amazing Daisy Marshmallow.
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