Home News One basket, thousands of blooms: Bradford gardener grows petunias from saved seeds

Petunias grown by Lisa Capra from seeds saved in previous summers fill baskets and planters along the deck of her Bradford home.

Photo courtesy of Lisa Capra

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September 11, 2026

One basket, thousands of blooms: Bradford gardener grows petunias from saved seeds

By SARA FURLONG

s.furlong@bradfordera.com

It began with one hanging basket and a question: Could the flowers filling Lisa Capra’s Bradford y...

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