For Your First Garden of the New Millennium, Try 3. . . For something different yet harkening back to grandma's garden, try these flowers for spring 2000. Easy-care plants are hardy and cheerful year after year, starting the second season. Silvery Pink Strawflower.
Petals are pearly and delicate-looking.
Very interesting, and fun to dry for winter bouquets and wreaths. Summer Carnival Hollyhock. Although this perennial won't bloom until the second season, it is long-lasting and very showy when it does. The tall stalks look good against a fence or white house. The very essence of old-fashioned charm.