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It certainly feels like spring here in San Diego, and the garden is looking great!
But I've got a baby and haven't really done a whole lot here in over a year. So how does it still look this good?
Here are four flowers that I love because they're SO EASY and will reward you with blooms for years to come.
As a seed company, we let stuff go to seed! Imagine that. We grow plenty of things to eat too, but we let a lot keep going and develop the seeds. When it comes to flowers, we get a lot of that start to take care of themselves if you just let them get to that "ugly" stage once.
Any seed, especially if you want them to get established without intentional planting, needs water. Here in Southern California, that means we need irrigation to provide moisture outside of the little rain we get in the cool months.
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There are more than 200 varieties of poppies, but all of them are experts at reseeding. Each flower develops a pod that will house dozens of seeds. The California Golden Poppy is especially cool because you can hear the long, skinny pods actually "pop" on warm summer days.
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Getting strawflower started can be tricky, but they are so good at reseeding on their own!
They're also one of my favorite cut flowers. They last so long, and part of that is because the petals just start to droop within a day or two. In fact, they keep their shape for months because they're much more like little pieces of paper than a typical flower petal.
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One of my favorite flowers, and it's also incredibly easy to grow. It's just a great all-around plant that looks nice, has medicinal properties, and much more.
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I started out with just a couple of these plants years ago, and they just pop up on their own every year! They're also pretty hearty and can handle getting moved around just fine.
We also carry blue sage, but the red variety seems to be especially easy.
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