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Web Extra Plant variety not featured on-air From "Garden Sense" episode DGAR-306

The following plants would make sensible selection for a deck landscape with garden.

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Renoir Dahlia

Dahlia 'Renoir'--Renoir Dahlia

• Tender perennial with deep pink daisy-like flowers from mid summer to frost
  
• Plant in moist, but well-drained soil; water when dry
  
• Plant in full sun
  
• Fertilize weekly with nitrogen fertilizers before bloom and potassium fertilizers during bloom
  
• Height: 18-24 inches
  
• Width: 12 inches

Annual in USDA zones 2-7

Hardy in USDA zones (7b) 8-11:

• Zones 2-7: Plant in spring after danger of frost has passed; cut back foliage and bring indoors before frost or discard plants after killing frost; may survive in zone 7b with extra mulch.

• Zones 8-11: Plant in spring; mulch in fall; prune away old foliage in fall.

Lycopersicon esculentum 'Sweet 100'--Sweet 100 Cherry Tomato

• Heavy producing cherry tomato with a sprawling habit
  
• Indeterminate variety with bushy habit
  
• Produces plum-shaped bright red fruit in 65 days
  
• Plant in full sun
  
• Plant in fertile, moist but well-drained, neutral soil
  
• Height: 2-3 feet
  
• Width: 2 feet

Summer Annual

• All Zones: Sow seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before first frost; plant outdoors when daytime temperatures reach 70 degrees; water regularly when dry; remove plants after final harvest or after first killing frost.

Lycopersicon lycopersicum 'Husky Red'--Husky Red Tomato

• Upright tomato producing red slightly sweet fruit
  
• Indeterminate variety with bushy habit
  
• Produces bright red fruit in 68 days
  
• Plant in full sun
  
• Plant in fertile, moist but well-drained, neutral soil
  
• Height: 4 feet
  
• Width: 2 feet

Summer Annual

• All Zones: Sow seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before first frost; plant outdoors when daytime temperatures reach 70 degrees; water regularly when dry; remove plants after final harvest or after first killing frost.

Gardening by Zip Code If you're looking to start a gardening projectbut don't know your gardening zone—visit the National Gardening Associations's USDA Hardiness Zone Finder. Enter your Zip Code to identify the proper zone.

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