Springwell Gardens

Here’s what I will be doing for the next few weeks. If you’re in the Cary, Apex, New Hill, NC area, please consider this an invitation to join us!

First round of Sahara Rudbeckia will be planted out soon in the garden beds. These plants are workhorses in the garden. They supply lots of blooms from May through June or later when deadheaded. I am planning to offer these plants and more late winter-early next spring for the home gardener who would love to grow their own. Details to come.

It’s great to look back as I plan ahead for late summer/ early fall. These two pictures go way back- to 2014! They are great inspiration as I decide on the color palette. This year’s crop will include zinnias, dahlias, gomphrena, sedum, celosia and more in burgundy, pink and wine, (no lisianthus though😐). Later I will share another color palette inspiration from years ago. There’s lots I want to grow, but on a much smaller scale. ,

The First!!! Back in October after reading a lot of posts/ tutorials on collecting dahlia seeds and germinating them, I decided to try to collect some myself. I did have some success with germination in January, and was able to grow out about 15 dahlias from seeds. Here is the first one about to bloom. I can’t wait to see what the flower looks like!