Northeast Gardening: SUMMER 2013 #2, 0 by Pfg

Pfg wrote:
I had a guy working with me today. Got lots done I've been planning for weeks, one bed in particular I've been trying to organize for a couple of years, somehow never gets finished. But today, we made great progress. Noe there's a wide band of daylilies across the bed, tall grasses behind on the left, lots of iris on the right. SIBs part way back, TBI's yet to be planted nearer the front, Phlox and perennial sunflowers at the back.

At the Daylily farm I went to this week, they said to plant late bloomers in front of early, makes great sense, so that's what I tried to do. And since they've just stopped blooming (these are all noid's I already had), I know exactly which is which.

As soon as the worst of the digging was done there, I moved him to other places and had him keep up the heavy work. So now I have a lot of finishing to do, but at least the worst is over. There was a terrible corner in the 'poor relation' bed, naturalized phlox, thick Vinca, and weeds, weeds, weeds- volunteer Hosta, Tradescantia, ferns, grass- ugh! He got most of the worst of it today, YAY! And I have a wheelbarrow full of big clumps of Vinca to plant elsewhere tomorrow. Pics are during the lunch break, better ones tomorrow.