It’s funny that melampodiums once considered ideal beginner plants are now “must haves” during hot summers. The melampodium is recognized as an award winner in the aster family and is native to Mexico ...

*Growth habit: A long-lived annual with a mounding growth habit producing plants 18 inches tall and wide. The leaves are medium green with a lancelike to oval shape growing to 3 inches long and 2 ...

A great summer annual to include in your garden is melampodium (Melampodium paludosum). Sometimes mistaken for a zinnia, it’s a small mound-shaped plant that becomes almost covered in 1-inch yellow ...

* What it is: Despite being a showy, drought-tough flower that the deer and bunnies don’t eat, melampodium has never caught on as a popular annual in Pennsylvania gardens. Newer varieties bloom in a ...

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