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Wow

I have to say, I'm very proud of the columbine. too bad the deck isn't set up so I can sit and enjoy it. We hard hard rain about 6am this morning, but now it is sunny and the plants are digging it. Below, some early planting up efforts, the nemesia, the revived clematis, and the trooper clematis (the dark purple one.) and, more evidence of firing regular petunias.

ps: my mother assures me she will water this year because of her automatic sprinkler sysatem. now nice for her.

Progress

A few quick shots of happy plants. still working on orientation issue....

Rockin' and Rollin'

A lot is happening over here. Consulting this blog, I can see by that at this time last year we had set up our tent. Not so this year. Whatever--I've been busy. But I have acquired the tent, from CVS, getting a $10 price break using my ExtraCare Card. Go CVS. As a side note, I'm noticing the cheapo tents this year are not so cheapo, and that the 10x12 rectangular form are harder to find than the 10x10, which I now reject for our space. But CVS carries rectangles, so I am pleased.

In other news, went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden members only preview plant sale last week. As always, a freakout, and at one point the lines to pay were so insane I wanted to blow my brains out. Additionally, while I was inching my way to the register, one of my boxes of plants toppled over...kind of traumatic, but all seemed fine.

As I think all gardeners do every year, I tried to plan to make some decisions to improve things, my choices, and behavior. (My mother said to me the other night on the phone "This year, I'm really going to water and fertilize" and I reminded her she says that every year.) For me, it's about making "healthy" plant choices (as in, accepting that I would really like regular petunias to work, but the truth is they get infested with slugs, poop out too early, and aren't worth the money or trouble.)

ERGO, I fired them, and am going full force with million bells and the like, which look great, perform great, and don't really need deadheading. This is one of my new rules.

Which leads me into my BBG plant acquisition. As I have more perennials, I always think I will buy less plants, and to some extent I do, but I also just freaked out. The list, with pics to follow, as well some updates on the progress of plants already here.

What I bought:

purple fountain grass
magillas, vanilla and the perilla, the purple one
million bells in red, pink, white, purple, orange (I told you)
the black elepant ear things
small campanula
mimulus in orange
ribbon grass in pink, green and white
buttercup (?) coreopsis
nemesia--excited about this for some reason

more, that I can't remember, but inspect photos if you wish.