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Fornari’s Favorites 2009

Be sure that you plant 'Snow Princess' alyssum in a place where it has room to spread, or in a container with equally vigorous plants. 'Snow Princess' is no shrinking violet!

     It’s tough to pick my favorites this year… so many things have done so well. I’m like the “very old man” in Wanda Gag’s book, Millions of Cats. This old man goes out to find the perfect cat for his wife, and ends up in a place where there are “hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.” He decides to only take the prettiest, and “Before he knew it, he’d chosen them all.”

     Me too. If I get started on picking the prettiest and the best, before you know it, I’ll have chosen every single plant in my garden.

     So I’ve chosen just a few, and decided that this year I’d focus on one perennial, and why it’s been a fantastic addition to the garden from April through September.

     First, let me talk annuals. I’ve loved several this summer, but I am especially enthusiastic about the following four.

     Alyssum ‘Snow Princess’ (Lobularia) If you think that all alyssum are alike, think again. I foolishly planted three of these Proven Winner alyssums in the back of the garden, thinking, “It’s an alyssum, how great can it be?” 

     It is a great plant and then some. ‘Snow Princess’ is vigorous but compact. Take a look at the photos I took that show the Proven Winner’s plant behind some alyssum I grew from seed. The ‘Snow Princess’ is still fresh, green and flower-filled in September, while the seed grown plant is stemmy and sprawling.  No contest.

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