High fashion. A discussion about why I will remain unfashionable in the garden this spring.
I have been at twenty different garden centers this spring signing books and talking to growers and this morning I glanced at the superstore flyer to confirm - it is universal. Everyone wants us to plant one of the fashionable new black petunias.
In Alberta black flowers + black soil = black hole.
I can't imagine why the black tulips, black pansies and now black petunias are making such inroads. Give me colour- lots of colour - to brighten my garden after a long winter. Black is just not a flower colour I endorse!
Is it just marketing? You decide with your wallets.
PS Call me on CBC radio today - Calgary and Alberta Gardening questions answered.
I HELP GARDENERS GROW! Award winning journalist; television host (Bugs & Blooms); columnist on CBC radio and in the Calgary Herald; book author. Invite Donna Balzer to speak at your special event.
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