Uproar Rose Zinnia elegans - Planted IB2DWS - June 2024
#2 on my priority list for 2024 is to 'keep going with flowers' . That means...pushing through my discomfort around blooming perennials and annuals and planting things that I haven't in the past. This year, that means that I am expanding a little bit out from what I *do* know and what I *do* like. Last year, I had a small patio container that mixed some salmon-colored zinnias and Euphorbia . It was great and I was able to cut from the Zinnias all through the late Summer/early Fall. This Spring, I cut out a new bed on the southside and planned to spread some Zinnia seeds around (more on this soon) to serve as a sort-of cut flower garden bed. But, I also went further with flowers this year by planting some dahlia tubers. So far, I've planted six Melina Fleur Dahlia tubers (that I started indoors) . Three in the sideyard, three in the front porch bed (where the Disneyland Roses were last year). And, I put in three Orange Nugget Dahlia tubers in that Zinnia b