I went to Newman's to buy fertilizer today -- some plants are looking a little pale and needy. I can manage to fill the can and add the fertilizer and get it to the gardens if I work slowly and wear the boot.
But look what I cam home with:
What was I thinking? Planting in July? All this? Can I even get these potted and planted?
Jim wanted to get out and drive around a bit so he took me to Newman's and then we actually went to Payne's and I got even more stuff.
I got annuals:
- 3 deep purple Angelonias for a pot -- probably for the corner of the deck where the Radio Red is all I have so far for my prairie pot garden.
- 2 silver dichondras for the white bowl under the tickseed I just transplanted there.
- A white lobelia for the front portal urn.
I got ground covers:
- 3 little Coral Reef ground cover sedums for the moss rock border.
- A couple good sized Blue Spruce creeping sedums for the moss rock border.
- Several large Angelina golden sedums, some for the ajuga patch, some for the moss rock border (big quart plants, will divide).
- I even got a very large Turkish speedwell to divide and plant along the moss rock border.
I got two penstemons:
- 2 nice big quart Rocky Mountain penstemons. I'll put one behind the little Blue Profusion sage in the circle garden and one next to the yellow yarrow in the driveway strip.
Whew. It just felt so normal to be walking in shoes plant shopping. I had written off the season except for weeding, trimming, moving a couple small things around and doing the watering.
But now . . .