Tall, hot pink and long-lasting

Alisha_A · February 2010

I want something with these qualities, preferably not a bulb. I haven't had the greatest luck with bulbs. Although now that I want pink (last year I did blueish purples and yellows/golds only), my gladioli will probably pop up.

Annual or perrenial doesn't matter and I'm hoping for something of an early bloomer. Any ideas?

kastle · February 2010

define tall.

Foxglove & hollyhocks come to mind if you've got sun & they bloom in spring (which would be earlier than your glad)

nitaw · February 2010

Here's what comes to mind when you say pink and tall -

Snapdragon (Here's a tall variety from Burpee). These usually bloom early spring for me.

Cosmos - I'm not sure how early these bloom.

Hollyhock - These are super tall - like 6-8 feet tall. Also a perennial.

Poppy

Lupine

Alisha_A · February 2010

Ah yes, tall is relative! I think about 3 feet. I want them as a focal point under my windows and would like them to be around the bottom of the window, so I'll have to take a look!

I love the hollyhocks. I'll have to look more into those! I wonder if I could cut them to keep them from growing that tall?

nitaw · February 2010

You could look for a Hollyhock dwarf variety, but I didn't find too many on my web search. If it were me, I wouldn't try to cut them back all the time to keep them to a manageble height. But, that is because I just don't have the time for that much maintenance to plants. I try new things out, but I'm always mindful to buy plants that need very little deadheading and are drought tolerant.

RoRo10733 · February 2010

The cosmos I grew last year bloomed during the summer but they grew 5 feet tall and were a pain in the a@@. I ended up cutting them down because they were too heavy to stand up on their own and were falling over/crushing other flowers.

Alisha_A · February 2010

Well I do have a couple spots that would be fine for 6-8 foot flowers, so maybe I will try some there!

nitaw · February 2010

RoRo10733:
The cosmos I grew last year bloomed during the summer but they grew 5 feet tall and were a pain in the a@@. I ended up cutting them down because they were too heavy to stand up on their own and were falling over/crushing other flowers.

What kind of Cosmos did you grow? I need to make a note! I wanted to grow some this year. They look too pretty not to try them out.

I planted Zinnia's last year. Beautiful, but a mess once the powdery mildew hit them.

RoRo10733 · February 2010

I'm not sure what they were called but they were a mix of different pinks. They were beautiful apart from the fact that they were giants! I did get the "seashell" Cosmos for this years new garden. I noticed they also offer dwarf Cosmos which I may try. I saved my regular Zinnia seeds from last year and bought some of the giant cactus Zinnia seeds for this year. Very excited to try those as they look like pink spider mums (picture on seed pack.)

Fitzfern · February 2010

You also might consider some pink hellebore. I have some white ones and the plant pretty much lasts all year, then blooms early. Mine are all in bloom right now and about 2-3 feet tall.

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