Make way for new award-winning garden plants of 2021
Source: Bruce J. Black, Horticulture Educator, Illinois Extension
Illinois Extension
GALESBURG After a long winter thumbing through seed and plant catalogs for inspiration, March is the time when Illinois gardeners can finally start seeds for the spring garden.
But gardening starts long before the first seed is planted and planning is essential for both first-time and experienced gardeners.
“Finding space for new plants that are suited for your USDA hardiness and having blossoms all year long can be a challenge,” says University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Bruce J. Black. “After mapping out your existing perennials, think about what new plants could be added to your landscape.”
Ice and snow. Ice and snow. Fluctuating temperatures and unusual warmer weather delayed this winter, but ice and snow did eventually arrive. After a long winter, we are all looking forward to spring 2021, fresh air and gardening.
While we are just now able to start seeds in March, thumbing through the 2021 seed and plant catalogs has hopefully brought you inspiration and warmth this winter.
Photo credit All-America Selections. This annual flower, Zinnia hybrida var. Profusion Red Yellow Bicolor, blossoms with a bold red center surrounded by golden petals that is great for a hanging basket or edging.
Gardening starts long before the first seed is planted and planning is essential for both first-time and experienced gardeners.
The best new annual flowers of 2021
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
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A showy new sweet potato vine, two heavy-blooming new begonias, and arguably the best yellow petunia yet top the list of interesting new annual flowers debuting in 2021.
Growers, local garden centers, and other plant experts picked those and more for our four-part, best-new-plants series that we compile each January – a good month for gardeners to plan what to plant in the coming season.
The article on best new edibles of 2021 appeared Jan. 7. The best new perennial flowers of 2021 will post on Jan. 21, and the best new trees and shrubs of 2021 is scheduled for Jan. 28.