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PIC Spring Plant Sale: Annuals & Hanging Baskets  


For fantastic color and fast results, nothing beats a beautiful array of annuals. These plants will last until the first heavy frost, and they make great choices for filling in perennial beds, window boxes and planters. Our beautiful hanging baskets make a dazzling display and are perfect presents for Mother's Day!

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    Annuals (4.5" pots)
  DahliaDwarf Dahlias are colorful, compact plants that bloom continuously from early to late summer. Easy to grow. 6-12"
  Dracaena spikes grass – drought tolerant, great for planters, can grow up to 2' high
  Dragon Wing begonia – Great for landscape or containers. Heat tolerant. Easy to root cuttings for more plants.
  Geranium – red or pink. Hardy, full and prolific bloomers that flower all summer long. They need at least 4 hours direct sunlight daily to flourish. Pinch back faded flowers to encourage new blooms, 12-20"
  Heliotropebushy plants with green veined leaves and large clusters of purple vanilla scented flowers. Blooms from summer to early fall, 10-12"
 

LantanaPopular drought-resistant, also makes an excellent container plant. Distinctive for the numerous heads of small flowers.  Will add vibrant long-lasting color to shrub groupings. Fast growing, quick to flower. 10-12"

  Wave Petunia – purple, red or white wave. The first-ever ground cover petunia; low maintenance, very heat and drought tolerant once established, 4-6"
  Sweet potato vine - lime green or dark purple. Easy and quick vine to grow with colorful trailing foliage. Tolerates heat and cascades beautifully over the edge of containers, 5-12" spreads up to 5'
  Vinca vine – variegated trailing foliage. A low-maintenance vine that grows quickly once established; great for controlling soil erosion on shady slopes and for under trees and shrubs.
     
    Market Packs (6-packs of bedding plants)
  Begonia – bronze leaves, red or white flowers, looks best in mass plantings, 8-10"
  Coleus – Wizard Mix. Fast-growing, colorful, variegated leaves. Great for containers, hanging baskets, 12-18"
  Dusty Miller – Silver Dust. A terrific border plant, or add to edges of containers or hanging baskets. Drought tolerant. Grown as an annual, but may winter over in our area. 8-10"
  Flowering Vinca – pink, low maintenance, drought tolerant, high impact. 10-12"
  Impatiens – comes in pink, red, salmon, or white. A must for any shade garden, impatiens blooms from early summer until frost, 10-12"
  Lobelia – blue, continuous bloom, trails nicely. Dependable, popular bedding plant that also does well in containers, 8-10"
  Marigold – Discovery Yellow. Simple, hardy, and productive. To bloom well, they need at least 6 hours of direct sun each day. Deadhead during the growing season. 10-12"
  Portulaca – Sundance Mix. Heat and drought tolerant succulent, also known as Moss Rose. Use in hot, dry sites, along paved surfaces and over walls, 6"
  Salvia – blue spikes. Salvias are perennials usually grown as annuals. Durable, drought tolerant, blooms early summer to fall, 18-24"
  Snapdragon – Rocket Mix. Blooms all summer. An old garden favorite; deadhead spent flowers to prolong bloom, 12"
     
    Hanging Baskets (8" diameter)
  Double Impatiens – Blackberry flowers, variegated leaves. If plants get lanky in mid-summer, cut back by half for a new round of blooms
  Fuchsia – vibrant purple corollas and pink sepals that are attractive to hummingbirds. Blooms from spring to fall; heat tolerant
  Ivy Geranium – Fills out a hanging basket beautifully – just make sure the water drains freely out of the bottom of the container.
    Sorry, Million Bells unavailable
  New Guinea Impatiens – large pink showy flowers and bigger leaves than other impatiens. Prefers morning sun, afternoon shade
  Spider Plant – A great indoor plant, tolerant of low light and cleans the air too!
  Wave Petunia – Blue. Pinch spent flowers for continuous blooms.
  Mixed Annual Basket – Extra large 10" basket filled with a variety of blooms to last all summer long. A real Mother's Day treat!

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