thistlebloom
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Steve, do they small as good as "Lemon gem"? I love the fragrance of those!
would like to see your 2013 garden
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baymule
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Major, those are some MAJORLY gorgeous bells!!majorcatfish said:
Yours are getting drowned, mine are getting scorched. They actually get sunburned and rot before they mature. 
journey11
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All of these flower photos are cheering me up. 
I love the giant marigolds, Steve. If I'm gonna plant marigolds, I go for the big ones. Snowball (hybrid) is a very charming variety. They've always been one of my favorites.
I love the giant marigolds, Steve. If I'm gonna plant marigolds, I go for the big ones. Snowball (hybrid) is a very charming variety. They've always been one of my favorites.
digitS'
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I don't actually tie them, Seedcorn. It is more like "netting" them. They are growing very close together and I don't want them flopping out of the bed and growing crooked. Bouquet material, you see 
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Lemon gems? I have only grown a couple of marigold varieties. They tend to be odoriferous in a not-so-pleasant way. If I wasn't so tired, I'd remember the little marigolds on the BIG plants that I liked. They were a little hard to handle, tho', with those hollow stems.
There are some other flowers around corners and the very first dahlias have bloomed
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Steve
.Lemon gems? I have only grown a couple of marigold varieties. They tend to be odoriferous in a not-so-pleasant way. If I wasn't so tired, I'd remember the little marigolds on the BIG plants that I liked. They were a little hard to handle, tho', with those hollow stems.
There are some other flowers around corners and the very first dahlias have bloomed
.Steve
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Lemon Gems are bushy, smothered with small marigold flowers and they smell very lemony/citrusy. I see they have a similar one now that has an orange bloom and it's called tangerine gem (?) or something similar.
They wouldn't work for bouquets, but they smell so nice on warm days.
They wouldn't work for bouquets, but they smell so nice on warm days.
the1honeycomb
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Do you grow them for your own shop? do you ever sell plants?? My Mom had Dahlias hope you post some more photos!!digitS' said:I don't actually tie them, Seedcorn. It is more like "netting" them. They are growing very close together and I don't want them flopping out of the bed and growing crooked. Bouquet material, you see
Lemon gems? I have only grown a couple of marigold varieties. They tend to be odoriferous in a not-so-pleasant way. If I wasn't so tired, I'd remember the little marigolds on the BIG plants that I liked. They were a little hard to handle, tho', with those hollow stems.
There are some other flowers around corners and the very first dahlias have bloomed
Steve
digitS'
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Used to sell to 3 different shops, the1honeycomb.
One lady sold out and went to work for another flower shop for a few years. She would still buy now and then. Another shop was owned by sisters & they retired. The 3rd still comes to buy sometimes.
Yep. There are some plant sales, too. At the farmers' market.
Steve
One lady sold out and went to work for another flower shop for a few years. She would still buy now and then. Another shop was owned by sisters & they retired. The 3rd still comes to buy sometimes.
Yep. There are some plant sales, too. At the farmers' market
.Steve
the1honeycomb
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I don't think I could justify the drive!! 
but hope you post plenty of photos! 
but hope you post plenty of photos! 
NwMtGardener
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I planted some Naughty Marietta marigolds this year just cause i loved the name! No blooms yet but i'll try and remember to post some when they do.
MontyJ
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Great pictures folks! Journey, I grew giant sunflowers once. Swore I would never do that again. Getting them out of the garden was like trying to remove a palm tree!
