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Zone 5 (Lake & Porter County)

No, annuals are plants that don't grow back year after year. 

• BLUE slip tags indicate a shade hanging basket 

• YELLOW slip tags indicate a sun hanging basket

FERTILIZER! Recommend Jack's brand fertilizers - 'Blossom Booster' is best for flowering HBs. 

Periodic trimming also promotes new growth/branching.

Tip: When customers ask what fertilizer we use, I tell them the Jack's brand is a retail equivalent to the commercial kind we use.

Mid-season you'll start to get comments like this a lot. Down to Earth is different from other annual greenhouses because we are open year-round. We continue to grow crops throughout the season to ensure we always have fresh/quality annuals available for our customers, at times when other GHs are selling out/closing for the season.

 Not meant for consumption, though technically they are edible, they have a spicy bitter taste. Since we use pesticides here at DTE, we do not recommend eating ours. 

Wave petunias and Supertunias do not require deadheading. They are bred specifically to be self-cleaning. The flowers wilt and dry, and will naturally fall away from the plant.

We put paper plates over the hangers on our thunbergia hanging baskets to deter the plants from vining around the GH line they're hanging on. 

Customers sometimes think the plate is there to provide some shade to the HB, however, Thunbergia are full sun annuals. 

When full sun is the only light level listed for a plant, that means it is going to need at least six hours of direct sunlight to grow and bloom. If you plant in a lesser amount of light, it likely will not bloom and in some cases the plant may not survive. Oftentimes, full sun loving plants also are heat tolerant and some can handle drier soils. Choose full sun plants for your sunniest garden spaces. 

When part sun to sun is listed for a plant, that means it will grow and bloom in both part sun and full sun conditions, meaning a minimum of four hours of direct sunlight. Since part sun means the plant needs some heat and intense sun to produce flowers, you would choose a spot where at least a few of those hours were in intense midday sun. Expect most part sun to sun plants to bloom most prolifically in full sun and produce fewer flowers in part sun. 

When part shade to shade is listed for a plant, that means it prefers to grow in less than six hours of direct sunlight per day with most of that being the less intense morning sun. These plants often thrive in cooler climates where moisture is plentiful, and they can easily scorch in the hot afternoon sun. Some part shade to shade plants produce flowers, but many are grown more for their decorative foliage. 

When sun or shade is listed for a plant, that means it will grow in any amount of sunlight in most parts of the country. Some plants are very flexible about how much sun they need to grow and can handle both intense sun and shade. The color of the foliage or the amount of flowers may vary a bit between light levels, but these plants are beautiful everywhere they are grown.