For the past few months, I have been driving past a plant while on the way to work, that for no particular reason caught my attention. Then just a week or so ago, I read on Irit's blog a post where she used castor bean leaves.

1. Great Plants For All Year Round Greenhouse
Profits - Castor plant Beans
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By Brown Charles - http://castorbeans.org/
Here are some great plants you can grow in your greenhouse for all year round profits.The lovely little
annual phlox in a vast selection of colors will almost always be among your best sellers. They are useful
anywhere. Suggest to your customers that these plants are most effective in the garden when planted in
groups of half dozen or more. Sow the seed in early March in light soil. Grow in the cool greenhouse and
pot up in 2 or 3-inch pots in mid-April.
This plant with its silvery-gray foliage, bright blue, pink, or pink and white flowers is a great garden
favorite. Recommend it for beds, borders, cutting rows, or accent plants. Sow the seeds in February,
planting them ½ inch deep in ordinary greenhouse soil or any seed-starter medium and grow them in
the cool greenhouse. These seedlings will be large enough to be sold from 3- or 4-inch pots in May.
Balsams are old favorites--and they are constantly being improved as in the new rose-, camellia- or
double-flowered types.
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Sow balsam seed in March in pans or flats of sandy soil. The seed germinates rapidly when grown in 65
degree temperatures. Pot into 3-inch pots when the first true leaf shows, usually about 3 weeks after
germination. They need lots of light, so grow them close to the glass. To obtain shapely plants remove
the first buds from the main stem and side shoots.

2. Calendulas, or pot marigolds, with their bright golden heads, are fine for garden color or for the cutting
garden. They thrive in most any soil, and seeds sown in early April will produce large budded plants for
late May or early June sales. Grow the seedlings in night temperature of 50 degrees.
Calendulas come in shades of cream, apricot, yellow, and orange. Grown under good conditions,
modern calendulas are mostly doubles--regular pompoms. If many single or deformed blooms show up
on supposedly doubled varieties, they probably have been grown under too high a temperature.
Owners of new homes--especially in housing developments --usually have common garden problems.
Foremost among these is lack of shade and the immediate need for impressive-looking shrubbery or
plants. The castor bean will fill both of these bills. These plants in one season will grow 8 feet tall and 5
feet wide, with very broad leaves. Suggest using castor bean plants also as patio plantings, boundary line
markers, or to add a touch of interest to the new garden.
The beans are large. Plant each one in a separate 2-inch pot in March and grow in the cool greenhouse.
In mid-May pot up in 4- or 5-inch pots.Coreopsis thrive in a sunny location. With their yellow, orange,
red, and near-brown flowers, they add splashy color to the garden and are long-lasting cut flowers. Start
seed in the cool greenhouse in mid-April and you'll have salable plants from 3-inch pots in late May.
So… What’s Next ?
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