Sun-Lovers

Full sun perennial flowers

Are you looking for summer color in an area of your yard that gets full sun? Many gardeners have a south facing section of their garden that receives a lot of strong sun from dawn to dusk.

These colorful plants require at least six to eight hours of direct sunlight per day:

Achillea (Yarrow), Allysum Saxatile (Basket-of-Gold), Blue Iris, Davodils, Stachys (Lambs Ear), Lavender, Monarda (Bee Balm), Cinquefoil (Potentilla) Shrub, Poppies, Echinacea (Purple Cone Flower), Salvia, Sedum Autumn Joy & Autumn Fire, Black Elderberry Shrub and Weigelas.

Seeds, seeds, seeds

I must admit, right now I am in a shopping spree.

But those web pages are too tempting... Searching for Lavender seeds I found GardensNorth.com, a company with huge variety of seeds, mostly native to Canada, germination tips and discription of plants, topped by beautiful images, I just could not stop adding to my shopping cart.

And then I need a larger house to have space for all these trays and pots... My whole desk is occupied, the tables, kitchen counter, window sills, the oven ... I will have to go to a restaurant every day for the next weeks due to lack of space to cook and eat at home. Just kidding!

See what I bought:
ANEMONE canadensis
CLEMATIS potaninii

EUPHORBIA polychroma

CHAENOMELES japonica

CORNUS officinalis

HOSTA sieboldiana elegans

LINUM flavum 'Compactum'
LAVANDULA angustifolia

MALUS floribunda

POTENTILLA fruticosa

ROSA rugosa

But that's not all: Last fall I collected pounds of Castor, Heuchera, Armeria, Salvia, Sedum and Brugmansia seeds in my garden, that are waiting to be seeded.

I will be very busy for the next weeks to nurture them all ...