since our weather has been changed by the corporate interests, flowering plants are fecund and productive until after thanksgiving in the wash. dc area. taking advantage of these conditions i planted marigold seed on saturday with the expectation that there will be fresh, vigorous flowers in october. they're already coming up and stretching their first leaves.
marigolds are gorgeous, vital and bursting with life. "oh", they say, "those are just common marigolds". sure they are but they sure beat half alive orchids or other (ugh) delicate plants. give me the vigorous, life enhancing plants like petunias, begonias, and of course MARIGOLDS; yea. keep your decadent plants.
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