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A beautiful amaryllis given to me by a friend cheers my windowsill on a snowy day. Enchanting Amaryllis |
Hello! This month I’ve attended a critique, reorganized my studio storage, held the first Dessert and Design, and met many new people. Exploring new venues a little farther afield has been fruitful, too. Here I am at the gallery in the Mebane Arts & Community Center planning for an upcoming show in the spring. ~ Annette |
Thinking of Pansies
By guest author Avery Bartlett-Golden
Given this deep fascination it is no surprise that the pansy is an automatic first choice for winter color. Blooming from late fall to mid spring they fill one of the most challenging gaps for color in a garden. Preferring organic rich soil, and shade from the sun as spring warms up pansies will be quite content to endure for many months. Dead heading will prolong and increase blooming, and leggy plants can be pinched back to encourage more vigorous growth.
Good companion plants are generally ornamental brassicaceaes like Kale, mustard, some Asian greens like Pak Choi, and Swiss chard. Another companion is snapdragons. One other less common use for pansies is as an ingredient in salads giving a slight wintergreen flavor when the sepals are included. For culinary use, it is recommended to use organic or seed grown plants to avoid chemical contamination.
Avery Bartlett-Golden is a Horticulture Science major at North Carolina State University.
Annette Bartlett-Golden paints a wide range of subjects from landscapes to animals and makes abstract works with paper. Using vibrant colors, she imparts a sense of immediacy, vivacity and optimism to her paintings and paper collages.
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