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Dee and Carol talk about growing flowers and veggies in containers.

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From Southern Living Plant Collection It’s A Breeze® Ivory Blush Rose.

Carol’s garden fairies reviewed her performance so far this spring in a blog post.

Carol’s blog post on forcing peonies into bloom in July.

Insect of the Week

Crane flies.

Flowers:

Queen Tut papyrus

Tattoo™ Papaya Vinca

Vegetables:

Examples of veggies good for containers from Burpee: On-Deck Corn, Patio Baby Eggplant, Sweetheart of the Patio Tomato, Mocha Swirl Sweet Peppers, Hamburg Lettuce.

On the Bookshelf:

The Creative Container Garden by Anders Royneberg with Erik Schjenven (Amazon)

Plus A Year Full of Pots: Container Flowers for All Seasons by Sarah Raven (Amazon)

Dirt:

Carol’s spinstercore gardening, and a search on Pinterest… for Unusual Plant Containers.

Rabbit Holes:

Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy, by Rumer Godden (1979). Watership Down by Richard Adams. And another Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Elda Haring

A Garden to Visit:

Wing Haven in Charlotte, North Carolina, the gardens of Elizabeth and Edwin Clarkson, and Elizabeth Lawrence.

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