Private, ornamental gardens change just enough from year to year to keep garden center workers on their toes. Gnomes are still the top seller at Sprague’s Nursery & Garden Center, but this year, the fantasy creatures have bobble heads. It’s one of several new arrivals to the 2011 gardening scene, which is all about new colors, hardy plants, sustainability and edible embellishments.
New annuals and perennials
“I try to get every color under the rainbow,” said Meagan Irving, greenhouse manager of Phil’s Florist and Greenhouses in Caribou. “They’re always crossing different varieties to get a new color or a new sort of growth.”
Irving is excited about her hardy, tall ‘Orange Perfection’ phlox and ‘Red Cardinal’ clematis climbing vine, which are less common colors in their respective genera.
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