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-feel good flowers

Everyone loves these easy to grow and generously flowering plants! Petunias,
Begonias, Pelargoniums, Alyssum, Gazanias and Osteospermum provide
colour to the front of borders, or can be grown just as easily in pots.

If there’s one thing that makes us feel a little more joyful it is the sight of these
colourful flowers in the garden. I have become a huge fan of Begonias, because there

are so many different varieties, with exquisite leaves and flowers, plus they need
barely any work on my part, other than the occasional dose of fertilizer to keep them
healthy and flowering. When they get a bit straggly, cut them back and give them a
feed and they’ll reward you with lots of flowers.

All these plants are technically perennials, however in colder regions some are treated
as annuals. But if you plant them in pots, you can move them to a warmer place over
Winter and won’t need to wait for small seedlings to grow and flower in the Spring.
S.C (pics Pixabay)

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