Chester Day Trip - New Plants

Today was the first time we went to the garden centre in Chester. Great selection! We even found papyrus King Tut which we've had once before. Now we know where to find it every spring.

We also came home with two new dwarf trees to add to our collection:

tsuga canadensis Watnong Star

cryptomeria japonica Dinger

And a new dwarf hosta:

hosta Pamela Lee

This shot is for perspective:

hosta Pamela Lee front centre, plus Mouse Ears, Wolverine, and June (left to right)

New Daylilies from Harbour Breezes

New daylilies purchased at Harbour Breezes July 27/28, 2013

Banned in Boston

For the back yard:
Banned in Boston (above)
Creature of the Night
Lady Inara Cubiles
Louis Lorrain
Michelle Reid
Odds and Ends
Super Model
Blueberry Breakfast

Cameroons Twister

For the front yard:
Cameroons Twister (above)
Apple Swirl
Atlanta Full House
Nona's Garnet Spider
Jersey Spider

Map in Progress

It's a start!  I watched the sun in here today and it seems to be about 4 hours midday, plus dappled sun the rest of the time.

Spreading Seeds - The Henge

My urge to spread seeds overcame me yesterday evening.  I carefully opened the little seed packets that Danielle so carefully prepared for me and I spread half of each of these in the 'henge:
columbine - purple/yellow
delphinium - front light blue
delphinium - pale purple, pale blue, white centre

Also, moved pink and white physostegia from the woods garden into the henge, and a blue fescue.  Had also planted alpine columbine and blue lobelia.  Kelly has planted the sea lyme grass in a buried planter near the entrance.  I think it might be time to start a map.

More Plants from Danielle

Received Danielle's package today (yippee!) and planted:

• variegated sedum - front garden by red and orange lilies near steps
• yellow-blooming sedum - front garden in front of Annabelle hydrangea + woods garden
• green creeping Jenny - henge, crack in rock right side
• orange daylilies - in a pot temporarily
• Endless Summer hydrangea macrophylla - in a pot temporarily

Lots of seeds to plant as well!

Dixie Chip Bugleweed

I finally planted this today in front of my Snowmound spirea.

ajuga x tenorii Dixie Chip
sun/part
zone 3

New Azalea

New azalea exbury 'Mandarin Lights' planted out front - temporarily shored up till we get another load of soil.

grows to 4-5' - sun/part

Imagination Required

Changes to the ring garden:
- pulled up all the Panorama bee balm
- planted new purple campanula 'Superba' in front
- planted a division of Moonbeam coreopsis on the corner
- in the fall, Danielle phlox will go in back where there is a sorry looking cleome now

New Plants

A new euphorbia for the front rock garden.

euphorbia polychroma 'Bonfire'
cushion spurge
sun/pt - 12x18 - z4

tiarella wherryi
foamflower
shade/pt - 12x18 - z3

sempervivum 'Carmen'
hens & chicks
sun/pr - 8x8 - z4

New Plants

New iris germanica 'Orange Harvest' from Blomidon Nursery.
(planted front garden by blue iris)

Dahlias from Danielle

Kelly planted 27 dahlias that Danielle brought with her.

Planted in front:
Akita
Art Deco
Caribbean Fantasy
Giggles
Caballero
Babylon Bronze
Cafe au Lait
Yellow Star
Brookside Snowball
Glenbank Twinkle
Little Scottie
Orchid Beauty
Alpen Cherub
Cornel
Longwood Dainty
Glow
Little Ceasar
Kasasagi
Snowbound
Ben Huston
Weston Spanish Dancer
Colwood Scheri
American Beauty
Karma Bon Bini

Planted in back:
Glenbank Twinkle
Preference
Optic Illusion
Bonesta
 
see http://www.sidsdahlias.com/

New Plants from Danielle

Danielle arrived today and brought PLANTS!  (no clothes)

Planted in back:
pale pink columbine - fence garden by Jacob's ladder
yellow/purple columbine - centre garden by pineapple lilies
pink allium - centre garden near blue baloon flowers
Siberian iris (dark purple) - centre garden by moonsilk iris
dwarf iris (purple) - fence garden front
purple/white iris - Kelly's garden
tulip 'Zurel' - temp in woods

Planted in front:
dianthus 'Dynasty Red' - (tall) east side front
knautia 'Mars Midget' - east side front
red columbine - east side front
bright yellow/purple iris - front garden centre
German purple iris - front garden corner by steps
double blue iris - increased patch
dianthus 'Flashing Lights' - east side front
tulipa 'Tarda' - east side garden

New Plants

Bulbs on sale!
3 lilium LA hybrid 'Trebbiano' (pale green) - front garden near Apeldorn lilies
8 gladiolus 'Home Coming' (mostly white with pink throat) - back centre behind rock and front of Snow Fairy