Find dozens of high-performance Premium Annuals at Alsip Home & Nursery. Locally grown at sister company Kingsbury Acres, our Modern Miracles brand of premium annuals are sure to impress! Modern Miracles represent teh best of teh best in vegetative annuals. We chose each plant based on garden perforamnce as well as the newest must have varieties for the serious gardener. We want our customers to have the best possible success and enjoyments of their Modern Miracles purchase.
"Seed" and "Vegetative" Annuals - What's The Difference?
A big question we're always asked is the difference between our Premium Annuals and our Jumbo Annual trays. The difference is in the genetics. Seed annuals are the Danny Devitos where as vegetative annuals are the Arnold Schwarzeneggers of the flower world.
There’s nothing wrong with The Danny version, they’re great, but Arnold - or rather our Premium Annuals - have some qualiies that give them a slight edge such as….
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Frost Tolerance
Many Vegetative Annuals are frost tolerant, some down to 23 degrees. This is important because you can plant these earlier and enjoy them later into the season.
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Fuel Hungry
You can feed these annuals with every watering and it won’t be too much. This is the secret to having the best looking flowers on the street!
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Growth Determined
All their energy is dedicated toward flowering and branching as opposed to reproducing like a seed annual.
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Low Maintenance
Put the gloves away; most vegetative varieties require little or no picking of spent flowers.
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