THE POWER OF THE PLANT

The last of the anemones are in bloom with a few new flowers ready to show but as they dwindle, my Salvia Divinorum are ready to burst into appearance. This being their third season in my landscape, I have mastered the art of keeping the purple upright clusters blooming all season long. It's simply a matter of daily pruning. As each purple cluster begins to lose it's luster clip it off (even before it is fully dead) and watch new clusters emerge non-stop as long as the pruning continues. These flowers want to propagate seemingly strongly, as it appears to a novice so as long as the deadheading continues new blooms will grow.

Last year in late summer, early autumn I was walking around the nursery when I came upon a bag of bulbs that seemed just right as early spring filler. Boy was I right! The anemones were a little confused as they began growing during a winter warm spell, never flowered and then really took off in early spring. The flowers are delicate yet stoic with deep shades of blues and purples. These are such a great addition to the early spring garden (even before the tulips bloomed) the anemones flowered.