This has been a wonderful weekend for us gardeners. The weather is unseasonably warm and the sun was shining bright. The fun thing is how far ahead I am in preping my flower beds. I usually spend memorial day as a work day, but most of that stuff is done. I’ve got bedding plants popping flowers all over, and the perenials are looking great.
I even have some mystery plants that are rolling out, but I just don’t know what they are. I know I planted them and I’m looking forward to the big reveal.
So what did I do?
First off, Virginia Tech plant sale. I overspent, but I got some pretty cool stuff. I tend to avoid the mass produced items, but the plants grown and propagated by the horticulture students are top notch. I’ll try to do photos and species info in a later post, but I’m sitting on a neat papyrus, a giant hosta, a butterfly bush, a blue salvia with huge flowers (for a salvia), and an assortment of coleus.
The papyrus has inspired me to start a container water garden. I’m digging around looking for some other cool aquatic or marginal plants.
And I finally built my rain barrel and got it placed. I still need to jigger around with the downspout, but it looks good.
I will post photos soon! Sombody please keep me honest.
Location:Bertha St,Pulaski,United States
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Gorgeous photo. Seeing as it’s November now, when do you start planning ahead for next season? Or do you just “wing it” in the Spring?
No real planning. I generally start feeling it in the late winter looking at houseplants in Lowes. Once the very first green starts peaking out through the soil, I start buzzing. I ususally have to visit a greenhouse somewhere to satisfy my jungle fever.
When the spring ephemerals start hitting, I’m in heaven.