Provided is a lean of annuals and perennials that grow well in very poor soil . If addtional infromation is required about the plant , please utilise the search feature on the page .
Bartonia ( Mentzelia aurea)Were it not for the sprawl growth , Barlonia aurea ( Menlzelia lindleyi ) would be a much more popular yearbook . The glistening , Poppy - like flowers are prosperous and are furnish with innumerous stamens at the center . The petals have an abrupt , sharp point . The prime are fragrant at Nox . The foliage is grey-haired , hairy , and deep lobed and sometimes appears almost like compound farewell . The plants turn 1 to 4 feet tall .
California Poppy ( Eschscholtzia californica)Eschscholzia californica has basal leaves , to 8 inch long , that are very finely divided and pale bluish - gullible . Funnel - shaped , single flowers are silken and upbeat , to 2 inch wide . Sow seed in place , not a good transplant . In mild wintertime areas , inseminate in the descent , in cold region sow in in other outflow .
Calliopsis ( Coreopsis tinctoria)Generally , the seed of Calliopsis is sown in the Fall or early Spring where the flora are to blossom and the seedling thinned to support 8 in to 12 in asunder . They prefer a sunny topographic point . The plants often self - sow so that a constant supplying of Calliopsis is ascertain if throw a light protection through the Winter . They are liable to bloom themselves to decease , generally becoming unsightly in mid - July . It is too much of a project to take out the seedheads of such bantam flower . If worms assail these plants at the jacket , it is heady to maturate them in another spot the next year .
Corn Poppy ( Papaver Rhceas)There are Poppies and Poppies , onetime - fashioned ones and new potpourri , and it would almost seem that they grow more dazzling and more gorgeous each class . Perhaps they are grown in a smashing number of gardens and we see their smart as a whip colors everywhere during the early Summer months , or perhaps , we too have see the closed book of grow these frail silky flowers which constantly command attending . What more startling effect could be derive than by make a mint of Giant Oriental Poppies ( Papaver orientale ) stand out boldly against . a dense desktop of dark-skinned evergreen ?
Feather Cockscomb ( Celosia plumosa)Sow the seeds either in a hotbed or window in March or April , or else sow in the undefended reason in May . safe soil should be used in planting Celosias for , unlike amaranth , they respond to feed in . Farmers ’ Bulletin notes that transplanting into rich dirt as the combs begin to organise , makes the flower head larger . The plant of the enceinte growing Feather Cockscombs should tolerate at least 2 foot aside . In some nursery these are grown as pot plants , in which cultivation they should be grown in a quick house .
Four - o’clock ( M irabilis jalapa)Gaillardia ( Gaillardia Lorenziana)Garden Balsam ( Impatiens balsamina)Godetia , Whitney ( Godetia grandiflora)Love - lies - hemorrhage ( Amaranthus caudatus)Nasturtium ( Trop&olum majus)Petunia ( Petunia hybrida)Rose Moss ( Portulaca grandiflora)Spiderflower ( Cleome spinosa)Sweet Alyssum ( Alyssum maritimum)Sweet - sultan ( Centaurea moschata )
