{"id":105,"date":"2006-10-28T23:41:40","date_gmt":"2006-10-29T03:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/10\/28\/glorious-annuals\/"},"modified":"2010-09-24T19:35:50","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T23:35:50","slug":"glorious-annuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/10\/28\/glorious-annuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Glorious Annuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Annuals are usually grown to provide color. Since they are only temporary plants in many gardens &#8211; if they are always treated as such, they tend to thrive anywhere. Annuals permit gardeners in cold areas to briefly ignore the prospect of inter bleakness and inject a touch of tropical summer color into their gardens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Annuals are subject to all the normal climatic considerations &#8211; wind, salt spray, and summer heat &#8211; but they are remarkably resilient plants that carry on flowering under most conditions, except severe cold.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Tender annuals must be planted in spring, after the last frosts, with a view to summer and autumn flowering. However, the so called hardy annuals are often planted in the autumn and left to over-winter for spring flowering. Pansies, Sweet William and Iceland poppies are among the best known hardy annuals. It&#8217;s true that the majority of my Pansies (provided they survive the heat of summer), Sweet William (pinks, dianthus) and Iceland poppies often do survive our Canadian zone 6B\/ USD zone 5B winters.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>With careful planning- depending upon your zone of course, it&#8217;s possible to have blooms almost all year round. 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