{"id":7354,"date":"2012-05-20T04:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:17:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:17:38","slug":"my-experiment-pacific-coastal-annuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2012\/05\/my-experiment-pacific-coastal-annuals\/","title":{"rendered":"My Experiment -Pacific Coastal Annuals in New England"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEMOPHILA MENZIESII ‘BABY BLUE EYES” IS A FAVORITE CALIFORNIA WILDFLOWER, SOMTIMES GROWN IN COOLER GARDENS IN THE HIGH ATLANTIC COASTAL GARDENS OF NOVA SCOTIA AND NEWFOUNDLAND, BUT IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS? I ONLY EXPECT IT TO BE WITH US FOR A FEW WEEKS. NOTHING COMPARES WITH THIS COLOR, AND DISPLAY.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n<\/div>\n \nIt was one of my many experiments this year – attempting to to grow annuals rarely seen in New England, or in many American gardens for that matter, since the cool nights and breezy cool days that they require are rarely found anywhere except in coastal California, Oregon and Washington, and in British Columbia. Add in the fact that these are annuals that one will never find in garden centers as they prefer to be be sown in situ, disliking any root disturbance. A few good garden centers may carry young seedlings, and one should seek them out, but don’t expect them to be in bloom while in their containers, for plants must be purchased young, and slipped carefully into prepared holes with no root disturbance. My Annuals from Annies Annuals have been such a success, that next year I will be ordering many more, it’s worth the little protection that I need to provide them with cloches in mid March, for a month or two of incredible color.<\/div>\n \n<\/p>\n
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