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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Slugs banished; the zinnias win
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I recently lamented the fact that we usually plant large quantities of begonias in our neighborhood entrance way. This year, however, we gambled on possibly being ex-communicated from the ‘hood and went with the short, narrow-leaved zinnia angustifolia.
They’ve been fabulous so far. They’ve held up to drought (has it rained in a month?) and slugs, which decimated the begonias in past seasons.
If you haven’t tried any of the narrow-leaved zinnias. I’d highly recommend giving them a try. But you have to like eye-popping color. They’re not subtle. They even seem to perform in partial shade.
Home Depot Landscape has been selling them in flats as of last weekend.
