Comments on: Pretty Purple Petunias

By: spread your wings

spread your wings — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:59:32 +0000

red geraniums remind me of my mom, as well as petunias. she always has petunias in hanging baskets and geraniums at the front door.

By: Lynda Dunham-Watkins

Lynda Dunham-Watkins — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:30:51 +0000

Daisies. I love their happy faces. They were my mom’s favorite and as I grow older (could say old) they are becoming mine, also.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:33:49 +0000

I love petunias too, especially the candy stripe ones. I won’t plant till mother’s day!

By: Tori Lennox

Tori Lennox — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:41:14 +0000

I’m totally lusting after your pretty purple petunias!!!

By: Karen B

Karen B — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:20:31 +0000

My grandfather in PA had Morning Glories growing up the side of his brick garage, petunias planted along the side of the house and rose beds in the back yard. I’m not fond of roses but they were beautiful. I always plant petunias here in MN and think back to happy childhood memories when I smell them.

By: staci

staci — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:00:01 +0000

My mother raised lilies, iris, and she had a big patch of “hen and chicks” on top of the cellar. All three still grow at the farm, just where she planted them. I’ve transplanted starts of them to my home.

My dad raised hollyhocks alongside the outbuildings. I have a picture of them in bloom even though they don’t grow there anymore.

I too love petunias – the red ones are my favorites!

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:21:26 +0000

Those are lovely photos, Kacey! I love petunias, too!

By: mary

mary — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:02:05 +0000

My mom always lined the path to our door with portulaca. And daisies in the wild always remind me of her, too. We used to pick armloads from the fields around our house…

Love your petunias. Purples are my favorite, too.
xoxo,
Mary

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 02 May 2009 12:20:05 +0000

My father was the gardener in the family. He loved cosmos, bit it’s lilacs that do it for me. I don’t know why because I have no memories of anything to do with them. It’s the scent that takes me back.
I love petunias. And I pinch them back, too.

By: Mental P Mama

Mental P Mama — Sat, 02 May 2009 12:11:11 +0000

I love purple and blue flowers! Do you pinch back all your petunias? It is so much work! But they are beautiful. I think I’m going to go with mostly ivy geraniums this year. Rumor has it the hummingbirds are mad for them;)