Rediscovering The Classics

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Last year I became a fan of zinnias. Growing up everyone had zinnias in their flower gardens. I guess because they where so common growing up I never planted them. I picked up 2 cell packs last season and planted them in a container. They did so well now I wouldn't think of not planting some. This spring I picked up anther flower from childhood cosmo, so far I really like it. Flowering away with almost no care from me. Have you rediscovered any plant from Your childhood?
 
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I remember bachelor buttons growing along a fence row. Always came back from reseeding every year. This year I planted some in the garden, along a fence. They are just about to bloom. Those, and larkspur, are two of my favorite. If you ever want to play a dirty trick on someone, scatter a pack of cleome seeds in their flower beds. They are pretty, but they smell bad, and you can't get rid of them.
 
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That's how I feel about bachelor buttons. Can't get rid of them...

Wife and DD love them.

For me, moss rose and 4 O'Clocks. Lost, so bought seeds to restart them.
 
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Wild white rose. There are almost none of the gardeners are not planting in the garden. It blooms once, but very fragrant. When I was 6 years old, and I lived with my grandmother in the summer, I ran away from home at railway. There she blossomed. I am very loved it! I had a big dog, but she had a pack of wild dogs. And I was in the middle of the pack. Local old woman baptized foreheads and predicted that the dog will tear me. They complained to my grandmother, and she scolded me. But I ran away again. Then she took a shovel and planted a bush near our home for me. It is the descendant of the roses, is now near my house!
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That's a beautiful rose to be found in the wild Larisa. I like your story, you had a wise grandma.

We have wild roses too, probably the same as NYboy, they are called Woods rose (Rosa woodsii), and I like them. They are fragrant also, and only bloom once. (They can be a little bit of a problem. I guess...)
 
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It may be, but around here it's more likely multiflora (in either white or pink)

One really old "classic" I am quite fond of is baloon vine a.k.a. Love in a Puff (Cardiospermum) which was popular in the 19th century, and a lot of fun for kids (at least, if you live somewhere where it gets cold enough to keep it from going noxious and invasive). As a bonus, as long as I keep doing my seed hunts, I get seed for it free (it shows up in the beans a LOT as does sensitive plant)
 
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Bleeding hearts is the plant I most remember from my childhood. A large one grew beside Aunt Claris's front door and I loved it.

At home there were lilies of the valley growing beside the house. Stayed neat because of the walkway that held them in place. I made many mud cakes with lily bells as decoration.

But the annual I most like is balsam (aka Touch Me Not). It is an old fashion farmhouse flower. When the seed pods are ripe, a slight touch will send the seed shooting out as the pod pieces curl away. I do have some to plant this year, but forgot about them. I'll need to get them started soon. Fortunately, they are fast to bloom.
 
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Foxglove.

When you are 3, and you look up into foxglove flowers (because they are tall and you are small), it's like a little world in there ...

And, then the name ... did you know that a fox will wear gloves on occasion?

Steve
 
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