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Sunflower - Moulin Rouge
The Moulin Rouge will steal the show in your gardens and bouquets. It is an excellent cut flower and can be used for a short border. The Moulin Rouge sunflower, 'Helianthus annuus (Hybrid)', is a rich velvety, deep red sunflower. A second planting 2 weeks after the initial planting and a third planting 2 weeks later will produce attractive foliage and flowers until the first fall frost. They are drought tolerant but will require considerable moisture to grow and flower profusely. It is pollenless and is excellent for cutting. It will produce 4 to 6 inch deep red flowers that will produce summer into fall Moulin Rouge sunflowers will grow in almost any soil. ... additional info
Zinnia - Canary Bird Canary Bird Zinnias are great for cut and dried flowers and are also excellent in large pots and containers. For long hot summers, nothing beats zinnias for brilliant bloom color and long bloom period. The Zinnia plant is very easy to grow. For best results mix a high phosphorus, low nitrogen fertilizer in with the soil. The Canary Bird Zinnia, 'Zinnia elegans', produces large 4 to 5 inch brilliant yellow flowers on 3 foot tall plants. Plant in late spring, about two week after average last frost. Zinnia elegans prefer rich, deep and well drained soil. The Canary Bird Zinnia is an annual plant that produces the best flowers in full sun. |
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