Gardening is often called the only living art form.  News 13's Master Gardener, Tom MacCubbin, shows us some living art you might consider putting in your garden this spring.

I like to plant marigolds petunias and begonias, but guess what, every now and then I like something a little bit different.

Let me show you what I found at the local garden center. Yes, I like marigolds they are kind of nice, but you know they are kind of common. Also it doesn't make any sense to plant the same thing in the same spot all the time, because micro organisms build up and could rot the next plants that go in. So here is what I found.

Do you know the Dahlberg daisy down here, isn't that kind of neat? Kind of cute? It's a great border plant. Just use it along the edge of your garden. Then they had this whole collection of these little zinnias. I don't think they are going to get very tall maybe six to eight inches tall. But look at the color pattern there, kind of fades from yellow to orange color. Here is one I also like, the phlox. This is our little native phlox. Actually native to Texas and it re-seeds itself.  I like this one a lot, so  you add it to your garden this year and next year it's going to come right back. The last one, the sun is not up high enough and they are just starting to open up their flower buds, Gazania during the dry time. This is just a great annual that you can grow.

So if you want to add some color, something a little different try some of these.

I'm Tom MacCubbin.

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