My Flowers Live » Bedding Plants http://www.myflowerslive.com Just Wild About WildFlowers and Information and Resources about Them!!! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= en hourly 1 Impatiens http://www.myflowerslive.com/impatiens/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/impatiens/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:00:08 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=309 Few annuals that grow in shade provide the range and intensity of color of impatiens. Impatiens are the most popular bedding plants in the United States because of their beauty and ease of growth.

Height/Spread

Impatiens used to be rather tall leggy annuals, but newer varieties are compact, 6 to 18 inches tall

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/impatiens/feed/ 0 Geranium http://www.myflowerslive.com/geranium/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/geranium/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:50:23 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=305 Annual geraniums are popular for their wide range of brilliant flower color and attractive leaves. They can be grown as bedding plants and in containers on decks and patios, in hanging baskets, or in window boxes. They will grow in every part of South Carolina.

Height/Spread

There is great variation in leaf, flower

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/geranium/feed/ 0 Caladium http://www.myflowerslive.com/caladium/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/caladium/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:51:39 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=297 Caladiums are tropical foliage plants grown for their spectacular, multicolored decorative leaves. They are used as pot, border and bedding plants throughout South Carolina to provide summer color in shady locations.

‘Freida Hemple’ Caladium Karen Russ, ©2007 HGIC, Clemson Extension

Height/Spread

Fancy-leafed caladiums grow between 12 and 30 inches tall depending on

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/caladium/feed/ 0 Annual Vinca http://www.myflowerslive.com/annual-vinca/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/annual-vinca/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:54:08 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=293 With heat, drought and poor soil tolerance, annual vinca (Catharanthus roseus), also known as Madagascar periwinkle, is a very popular annual in South Carolina.

Height/Spread

The plants grow 1 or 2 feet high and about the same in width. There are new spreading types that are wider and lower. Most vinca have a

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/annual-vinca/feed/ 0 Begonia http://www.myflowerslive.com/begonia/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/begonia/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:55:10 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=295 For beautiful foliage and a constant display of color throughout the season, grow begonias.

Height/Spread

Most begonias that we grow outside will be between 8 inches and 2 feet tall.

Ornamental Features

Begonias are grown for their foliage and/or for their attractive flowers. Begonias flower throughout the summer and up to the first

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