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Although Maine is experiencing a long-term drought, adequate rain has kept the topsoil moist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s trial garden in Stillwater, Maine, said Lois Berg Stack, extension specialist. There have been no real pest outbreaks, but there’ve been a lot of earwigs, she said.
Bacopa (sutera): ‘Bermuda Sky.’
Diascia: ‘Flying Colors Trailing Antique Rose,’ ‘Flying Colors Coral.’
Lobelia (vegetative): ‘Laguna Trailing Pink.’
Millet: ‘Purple Majesty.’
Monopsis unidentata (vegetative).
Nierembergia (vegetative): ‘Blue Eyes.’
Petunia: ‘Merlin Blue Morn.’
Trifolium repens (vegetative): ‘Dark Dancer.’
Verbena (vegetative): ‘Tukana Scarlet’ and ‘Superbena Dark Blue.’
For more: Lois Berg Stack, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 495 College Ave., Orono, ME 04473; (207) 581-2949; fax (207) 581-1301; lstack@umext.maine.edu.
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