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
All summer 18-24”
stems bear beautiful, 2", double, solid white
flowers. The edge of the wide fluttering petals
are nicely fringed.
Zones 5-9
Scabiosa 'Blue
Note'
A large-flowering
and floriferous Scabiosa that produces dense
plants that are more compact than 'Butterfly
Blue' with more vigor than 'Blue Diamonds'.
Clear blue button flowers on 8-10" stems all
summer.
Zones 4-8
Scabiosa 'Pink
Mist'
The long awaited
pink form of ‘Butterfly Blue’. So floriferous
that even as tiny little plugs they were covered
with blooms. Like the blue form, ‘Pink Mist’
will bloom May-Nov.