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Superbells Prism Pink Lemonade garners Classic City Award


One of my favorite green busi ness operations I follow on Facebook is Rivers Green house and Garden in Brandon, Mississippi. They have a whole sale greenhouse operation and a retail garden center a couple of miles away. They are the most picturesque destination out in the country if you ever find yourself near Jackson, Mis sissippi. They recently posted a photo of a few flats of Super bells Prism Pink Lemonade calibrachoa. Their Facebook audience started showing a lot of interest for a plant that is new, making its debut this year. This should serve as notice to you: When you see it buy it, buy a bunch for your friends, as this will be one hot commodity. Amusingly, around that same time, one of mine that I planted as part of my trials last year really started showing out. Yes, I know I got lucky on a bunch of stuff returning this year, but a lot of that was due to the labor of moving all of my containers to the garage for five days during the December arctic blast.
But back to my event that sequenced with Rivers Greenhouse and Garden promotion.

My Superbells Prism Pink Lemonade was blooming like a beautiful bouquet, if you will, with Superbells Grape Punch calibrachoa. Since I planted those last summer, I had forgotten I even made that partnership. So there they are, blooming in an incredibly magical lighting, making me look like a genius, when an Eastern tiger swallowtail decided the lemonade was on the meal plan.

I wondered how this could be, while asking myself, "Can you See Winter, Page 13