Mmmmmm...free samples!

On Thursday evening I got home to find a pair of large boxes waiting for me. Well, I didn't order anything and opened them with some curiosity. Inside were these two trays of plants from PanAmerican Seed. Left to right we have:

Marigold Bonanza Deep Orange
Begonia Dragon Wing
Begonia Gryphon
Petunia Shock Wave Coral Crush
Angelonia Serena Blue
Wave Purple Improved Spreading Petunia

When I got them it was too cold to put them in the ground and so I kept them on the back porch. In fact, it was so cool that I was concerned enough to put a sheet over them at night. But, the weather is now improving so once I get a chance to get a little garden clean-up going I'm going to stick them in the ground. Some will go out front and some will go in the back yard flower bed.

Sunflower Seedlings

I was happy to see these sunflower seedlings on a recent walk around the neighborhood. This particular neighbor had a beautiful patch of sunflowers here last fall and it looks like they've reseeded themselves.

I'm taking it easy this week, and expect to do only necessary writing until next week. My arm is still a problem and typing too much aggravates it. I'm also having problems gardening because I can't use tools too well.

I did do a quick piece on Flowermart trivia and have another article on something else ready to go up for the weekend. I would like to hunt up a decent picture of some iris today.