Annuals Plant Care Advice
Welcome to Faddegon’s online resource for Annual Plant Care! Our team at Faddegon’s has curated reliable advice to help you grow stunning annuals, no matter your skill level, ensuring your annual plants thrive throughout the season.
Seeds: Growing Annuals from Seed
Posted on Sunday, January 12, 2025
Growing vegetables, flowers, and ornamental annuals from seed is not difficult, particularly with the advancements in products available today. Satisfying? You bet! Get started by planting indoors during the early spring and watch your little sprouts take root and grow! Materials Needed Seeds: Be sure to read seed packages carefully as plants will vary [...]
Containers: Quick Tips for building
Posted on Saturday, December 7, 2024
Tips for building a great container planting: It seems obvious but bears mentioning. Select plants that have the same sunlight requirements! Traditional container gardens call for the tallest plant in the middle, medium sized plants around the tall plant, and shortest or cascading plants on the edges. Looking for design inspiration? Proven Winners has loads [...]
Vines – How To Choose
Posted on Sunday, September 1, 2024
You know you would like to plant a vine but which one? We can help.
Container Gardens
Posted on Monday, August 19, 2024
Why Container Gardens? Instant Garden! Many of us need instant gratification when the weather turns warm. The first chance I get to go outside in the spring, I’m there. Yes, I LOVE to make my own containers, but I need some right away color too! For instance, I don’t plant up my own hanging baskets, [...]
Potting Soil: How Much do I Need?
Posted on Monday, July 15, 2024
A handy chart for figuring out how much potting soil will fill a container
Soil Selection – Get the Dirt on Dirt
Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Find out why choosing the right soil makes all the difference!
Plants for Hot & Dry or Damp Conditions
Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Plants for Hot & Dry Conditions Are you looking at a spot next to the driveway or sidewalk and wondering what on earth will last out there? Pool areas are notorious for needing plants that can deal with all day sun. Plants that can be completely abandoned to a spot like this may not [...]
Impatiens & Downy Mildew
Posted on Saturday, April 17, 2021
Downy Mildew has been wreaking havoc on common impatiens (Impatiens walleriana) over the last few years. This fungal disease usually appears as the summer heat begins rising. This also happens to be when most impatiens start filling in and looking lush. Diseased impatiens will wilt and then drop their leaves, leaving bare stems. Unfortunately there [...]
Shade Loving Annuals
Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2021
Annuals For Shady Spots Yes! You can have great bold colors or soft pastels in your shady areas. Each season it seems like growers come out with a few more varieties for shade gardening. Have you checked out all the new coleus’ that’s hit the market in the last few years? Some of them make [...]
Sun Loving Annuals
Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2021
Annuals For Sunny Spots This is a long list! Lots of colors, heights, shapes and combinations to choose from in this category! Ageratum Alyssum Angelonia Bacopa Calibrachoa (Million Bells) Celosia (Cockscomb) Cleome (Spider Plant) Cosmos Cuphea (Mexican Heather) Dahlberg Daisy Dahlia Daisy Dianthus (Pinks) Diascia Dusty Miller Geranium Gomphrena (Globe Amaranth) Helichrysum Heliotrope MarigoldNasturtium Nicotiana [...]