Gardening in Alaska : Lunchtime light

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Do you love to make mud pies, grow a houseplant, eat veggies, or stop to smell the bouquet on your co-workers desk? Everyone enjoys a bit of green growing around him or her and then there are those that are passionate and needy when it comes to dabbling in the dirt. With this blog, we'll try to satisfy those needs and tell you about what's going on with the Anchorage gardening scene. You know, as I finally learned, it's all about the dirt.

Photographer and gardener Fran Durner (fdurner@adn.com) writes the blog.

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Posted: August 18, 2008 - 3:00 pm

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Livingston daisies make a lovely border plant. These are planted below the dahlias. Photo by Fran DurnerWent home at lunch today and the sun was shining and the daisies were open - had to share.
These are my favorite color of the batch I have this year. Photo by Fran Durner
The Livingston daisy is a native of South Africa but seems to do very well in Alaska. The flower is reminiscent of the osteospermum though it is an entirely different family. I picked these up in six packs at a Kenai Peninsula greenhouse at the beginning of the summer.

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1 August 18, 2008 - 5:18pm | tagalak

love them

Thanks for sharing the photos of the livingston daisies..
have you ever tried growing them from seeds? I love them when I see them but have never yet bought them.... perhaps next year?

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August 19, 2008 - 7:25am | rosmarinus

Livingston daisies

Yeah but. They need sun to make them shine and it's another gloomy morning down here.
Sunday I did see a 50-foot border of them south of Soldotna on the Central Peninsula Garden Club Tour, the sun was out and they were stunning.

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August 20, 2008 - 9:16am | tagalak

It's why we garden, isn't it?

Rosemary, As a gardener, we thrive and survive knowing that next year is going to be even nicer. Let's beg for seeds from Fran's crop and plant them in all our sunshine we will get in gardening season 09.... or....
wonder how they would be as houseplants... Nickel

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August 21, 2008 - 12:31pm | talkdirt

Seeds

I've never tried to save seeds before - thanks for the nudge. I'll keep an eye on them.

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