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Hello Garden Bees!

This week's plant spotlight is

Benary's Giant Salmon Rose Zinnia

This premium cut and come again zinnia is a showstopper during the hot summer months coming back again and again. With its gorgeous 4”-6” dahlia-like blooms on sturdy stems, it is a favorite in cut flower gardens.

These zinnia blooms start as a deep coral salmon color fading to a creamy salmon. Their bloom time starts mid-summer all the way to the first deep frost, it is able to handle light cold spells in between. Zinnias are native to the southern areas of the US and Mexico making this annual a must for pollinators.

Hello Garden Bees!

Our perennial highlight of the week is:

Nodding Onion
Allium ceruum


This little native onion with its delicate pink flowers blooming in soft downfacing umbels, add a bit of whimsy to the spring summer garden. Easy to grow and once established it is very drought tolerant.

A beautiful adaptable perennial bulb found from ledges, in dry meadows, to gravel, rocky or wooded slopes. Its semi-evergreen basal foliage prevents soil erosion. It’s also a great addition to outer rain garden berms, keeping the soil in place during heavy storms.

Its nodding pink flowers are an important nutritional source for native bees. The plant can be used as an edible ornamental in the herb or medicinal garden. The entire plant, from foliage to bulb, has a distinctive onion scent and flavor. The plant will readily self-seed when the blooms are allowed to go to seed.