Rob
Rave's Weekly Bodacious Garden Tip's: Week of May 7th 1.) Spray
Liquid Fence for deer and fertilize your plants. 2.) Are
your grasses and perennials cut back yet? 3.) Look for
Sawfly on your Mugo pines. Spray with Sevin if you see
any.
More Bodacious Tips
2 1/2' tall with
dense spikes of purplish red hooded flowers
May-July. Looks spectacular in a smaller gardens
or the mid-border. Biennial.
Zones 4-8
Digitalis
purpurea 'Virtuoso™ Red'
Dark violet, hooded
flowers, with speckled throats, bloom June-Oct.
on very compact, well branched plants. All
Virtuoso™ varieties are consistent in branching
and habit. Grows to 24-36” tall.