Comments on: Old Fashioned Flowers For Your Garden

By: Dudley Serapio

Dudley Serapio — Wed, 03 May 2023 10:10:35 +0000

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By: Pam Kessler

Pam Kessler — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:23:06 +0000

In reply to Darlene. I've never grown Balsam before. I think I'll add that to my seed list this year. Thanks for the idea!

By: Darlene

Darlene — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 03:09:57 +0000

One of my mama's favorites was a flower called Balsam. I grow it in my garden.Another is Creeping Phlox. California Poppy.Each year I try to plant some of the flowers my mama use to grow

By: Sharon McAllister

Sharon McAllister — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 03:22:08 +0000

In reply to Kate. I have the one my great grandparents. Someone in Texas sent it to me. Now I see it EVERYWHERE in town. I still would like to get the one my now 98 year old cousin talked about.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 03:11:49 +0000

In reply to Sharon McAllister. Could it be "Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate"?

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:23:42 +0000

I love this post! My maternal Grandparents farmed in the far south in Illinois(any further south, you would be in Paducah, Kentucky!) My Grammy always had fabulous flowers. I always remember her red and white striped Petunias. I never see them any more! I live on a 100 y/o farm in western NC. We are the 3rd family to own it. Every year I find something new coming back, but my favorites are the Flowering Almond and the Four O'Clocks!

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 02:33:45 +0000

Snapdragons, hens and chickens, money plant, Japanese Lanterns, petunias, clematis (okay, that’s a vine) were just some of the many flowers my mom had in our garden.

By: Carletta Arimas

Carletta Arimas — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:12:46 +0000

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By: Pam Kessler

Pam Kessler — Thu, 21 May 2020 21:51:58 +0000

In reply to Bill. Bill, I checked with a friend who lives in Georgia and she told me the Frog's Belly is Autumn Joy Sedum (another name for Sedums are Stonecrop). As for the Velvet Fuchsia, she knew of none other than the regular fuchsia which has the little hanging flowers coming off it. They use it in hanging baskets around here and then the flowers sort of hang over the edges. It comes in lots of different color combinations. I always pronounce the plant few-sha, but not sure if that's a northern thing :)

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 19 May 2020 20:30:37 +0000

I recently moved to a small town in Georgia. There a a couple of flowers with local nicknames that I have been unable to find their real names. One has a local name of Frog's Belly, and the other is called velvet Fuchsia. NOt real sure of the spelling, but if anyone can help plaease email me.