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Cool Caladiums Get Growing with TLC Caladiums are grown for their large colorful leaves as landscape bedding plants. These 1-3 feet tall plants bear bi-colored or tri-colored leaves. These plants add bold strikes of color to shady garden areas. They are easy to grow in decent soil. Caladium bulbs (actually tubers) need to be planted in shade but will have better foliage color if the area receives adequate light. Plant bulbs 2-4” deep, but wait to plant until the soil and nigh

Get Growing Today! Pink Shrimp Plant is one of the best plants for adding color and interest to part shade or shaded areas. The plant has a very tropical feel that displays gorgeous clusters of pink flowers that look like fireworks. It is a popular container-gardening plant for its beautiful flowers and no-fuss nature. Terrific for partly shaded locations and grows to a height of 24-30” and spread of 18-24”. Shrimp plants do not do well in afternoon sun exposures. Yellow Shri

Bigger and Better Begonias Bronze leaf Wax begonia varieties have been widely used for years in Oklahoma. This easy-to-grow annual does well in a variety of conditions and needs little to thrive. However, there are several other Begonia varieties with different shapes, sizes, and colors that have no problem taking the spotlight in any garden setting.They are well-suited for container gardens and for landscape beds. Big Begonia Bigger and better than standard wax begonias. Cre

That shady spot in your garden doesn’t have to be bare. There are shade perennials that will thrive without sun. Plant them once and they will come back every year. Most feature colorful foliage but some will produce flowers. Most need a moderate amount of water and well-drained soil. Plant these shade-loving perennials in beds, borders and containers for great garden color. You’ll have it made in the shade. And the part shade, too. As a guide, partial shade refers to those a

Dwarf Burning Bush A compact deciduous shrub 5 to 6 feet in height and 6 to 8 feet in width. It forms a dense, twiggy, and flat-topped mound. Dark green leaves turn a brilliant rose-red in fall. Emerald Gaiety Euonymus A low-mounding evergreen shrub that matures at 2 feet high and 5 feet wide. Foliage is deep green with a wide margin of pure gold, turning pink-red in cold weather. Manhattan Euonymus An upright, rounded evergreen shrub featuring glossy dark green leaves. Reach

Portulaca Portulaca ColorBlast Series sets a new standard for drought-tolerant color and adds excitement to this plant with the first ever striped flowers. In garden trials ColorBlast’s one inch sized flowers stayed open longer than other varieties under low light conditions and thrived in the summer’s worst heat spells. This super easy-to-grow and maintain plant is ideal for cascading out of baskets and containers and landscape and garden borders and beds. Height 4 to 6 inch

Lantana (Annual Variety) Luscious Lantana Lantana flowers have long since been admired for their extended bloom time. The mounding growth habit and colorful blooms makes this a fantastic choice for landscape, baskets and containers! The Lantana is desired most for their bright, ever-blooming colors, heat tolerance, low maintenance and mounding growth habit for landscape, beds, baskets and containers. This is a great annual for Spring, Summer, and Fall. Attracts bees, butterfl

Annual vincas, also called periwinkle, aren’t the newest annual flowers on the gardening scene, but these cultivar developments have improved flower size and colors, and drought tolerance. Phenomenal flower coverage with glistening green foliage makes these periwinkles outperform all others. They do well in the landscape as a border, filler or even in mass plantings. They’re also perfect for containers and hanging baskets, either as standalone or in combinations. Periwinkles

All these flowers can bear the Oklahoma summer heat and thrive in full sun. You can also grow them in containers. When summer heat kicks in, rely on these drought-tolerant plants to hold their own — and still look beautiful. Angelonia Produces numerous snapdragon-like blossoms in shades of lavender, purple, pink, or white. It is awonderful annual plant that copes well with heat and flowers throughout the season. Canna A profusion of large brightly colored blooms tops lush, gr