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Zonal geraniums at Michigan State University’s trials received frost for two nights right after they were transplanted outdoors in mid-May, said Norm Lownds, professor in the Plant and Soil Sciences Department. May was cooler than normal with average rainfall and the first week of June brought above-average rain. The rest of June was dry with higher-than-normal temperatures. “Generally it was warmer and drier than normal,” Lownds said. “When we did get rain it tended to come in large amounts over a few days and then it would be dry again.”
Geranium (vegetative): ‘Meri Flame.’
Impatiens (double): ‘Fiesta Olé Peppermint.’
Impatiens: ‘Pixie Red Bicolor’ and ‘Pixie Rose.’
New Guinea impatiens: ‘Celebration Orange,’ ‘Celebrette Purple’ and ‘Celebrette Purple Stripe.’
Petunia: Whispers series, ‘Candy Picotee Burgundy,’ ‘Lavender Wave,’ Explorer series and Avalanche series.
Portulaca: ‘Fairytales Cinderella.’
Rudbeckia: ‘Autumn Colors.’
Salvia: ‘Black and Blue’ and ‘Blue Angel.’
For more: Norm Lownds, Michigan State University, A240B Plant & Soil Sciences Building, East Lansing, MI 48824; (517) 432-5657; fax (517) 353-0890; lownds@msu.edu.
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