Volatile spring weather muddies planting times - detroitnews.com
24 May 2012, 11:58 pm
Many gardeners grapple with when to plant seeds and transplants. Stick heat-loving begonias and impatiens into cold, wet soil and you risk having them become stunted and failing to thrive. That was a problem last spring. Eggplant, melons ...

THE ANNUAL RITE OF BEAUTIFICATION BEGINS - The Keene Sentinel
22 May 2012, 10:53 am
City employees Al Purrington, left, and Garrett Greeley plant impatiens around Keene’s Central Square common Monday morning. About 4,000 of the plants, from Ridge View Farm in Gilsum, will beautify downtown Keene this summer.

SHADE GARDENS: What is a shade garden? How best to grow it! - Patch
20 May 2012, 6:16 am
Many varieties of shapes, sizes and flower colors are available. impatiens: A favorite of most gardeners, impatiens thrive in all but the darkest shade. Hardy and colorful, impatiens almost care for themselves. Plumbago: This beautiful perennial ...

UC Marin Master Gardeners: Garden Tip - Marin Independent Journal
19 May 2012, 2:17 pm
They will welcome friends and family to your home. There are so many choices available in six-packs now. For example, you can plant petunias in the sun, impatiens in the shade. If you use 12- to 14-inch pots they'll be easy to move.

Flower Sale Benefits Roosevelt Music Students - Recordpub
18 May 2012, 10:22 am
Flower varieties available in flats include impatiens, begonias, petunias, marigolds, dusty miller, dahlias, salvia and zinnias. Hanging basket flowers include impatiens, begonias, fuchsia, and petunias. The sale this year is "cash and carry," so shoppers ...

DOUG CALDWELL: Our plants are under attack - Naples Daily News
17 May 2012, 3:38 pm
This year has started out as a frantic landscape season with the downy mildews killing our impatiens and defoliating the awabuki mirror-leaf viburnum hedges. We also see staining under the canopies of the bucida ("black olive") trees.

Plant Annual Flowers between Bulb Leaves - Columbian
16 May 2012, 10:27 pm
Now is a good time to plant annual flowers such as alyssum, petunias or impatiens between the leaves. Just dig a hole with a hand trowel and space plants about a foot apart. By the time the old bulb leaves are brown and ready to remove ...

Mother’s Day weekend means it's time to plant - Mankato Free Press
13 May 2012, 11:28 pm
If you run out and buy your impatiens and begonias earlier than that, you risk losing your annual investment to frost. As such, the mother and daughter took advantage of the sunny, warm weather and did some flower shopping together this weekend ...

Mother's Day plant sale starts today - Monroe Times
11 May 2012, 12:53 pm
Hours of the sale are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. The selections of hanging baskets feature geraniums, begonias, impatiens, fuschia and Wave petunias. Potted plants offered include geraniums, begonias, mums, New Guinea impatiens ...

High-impact plants for vibrant summer colour - The Vancouver Sun
4 May 2012, 1:49 am
The calibrachoa is recommended as a striking partner for Nemesia sunsatia ‘Lemon’. For part-shade to shade, there are exciting varieties of impatiens to check out, such as ‘Coral Reef’ (double impatiens) and ‘Salmon Bisque’ (New ...