Maryland Gardens and Susan’s Annuals

Let’s share experiences with plants from Susan Iglehart’s Flowers and how they do in Maryland gardens, planters, and porches. What has done well and what wasn’t good. All comments are welcome so we can learn from each other how to grow each variety to be its most beautiful and delightful best.


1. Last summer both Nemesia ‘Raspberry’ and ‘Opal Innocence’ did really well in my garden bed, lasted all summer. - Frances

2. Emilia was wonderful, reseeded several times during the summer. I’m getting more this year. - Mary

3. I am interested in annual flowers that will be in bloom for July 15th that I can grow for table center pieces at a reunion. I live in Natick, MA 01760. - Joyce (today)

my answer...
Hi Joyce,

We don’t ship our plants at this time. I wish you were around the corner and I could start wonderful annuals for you.

I would suggest you find a grower and ask for ageratum ‘blue horizon’, cosmos, zinnias, lisianthus, nicotiana, snapdragons and small sunflowers. Tell them you are looking for varieties with long enough stems to make arrangements.

Or have 10" shallow white plastic bulb pans planted with fancy leaf or scented geramiums, ‘lemon gem’ marigolds (which small like lemons) and euphorbia ‘diamond frost’, they can then be taken home and grown on the porch for the rest of the summer.

If I think of a grower I know in your area I will let you know. The only person I can think of right now is Allen Haskell Horticulturalists in New Bedford.

Good luck,

Susan