Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Summertime plant shopping, 5 by speediebean

speediebean wrote:
< =D I have really really been enjoying reading about The Adventures of Critt and Aspen (Jeeessh, some people's wives, HAAAA!!!), you guys crack me up!! =)

Gita, I'm also wondering if maybe you are getting fewer blooms on that Lilac due to the mild winters we have been getting the last few years, and not many (enough?) hours of "real" cold. What cultivar is that one back there smushed against that fence?

I have finally realized that I have reached a place where I have no more place to put anything else. So sad! =( I was thinking about some little pretties while at work yesterday, and started to picture "the front of this bed"... nope, I've got something there... then "maybe the back of that bed".... nope, I've got it filled in.... "how about...." nope, I've filled it in with Irises now. I'm going to have to do some digging and clearing out back just to fit the Hydrangeas in, if they make it... and I'll have to clear and dig along the tree-line out front to fit that Peony in, if it makes it. < =/ What's a gardener to do!?!?!

Oh yeah, got a few pics of my salvages the other day after I got 'em all potted up.
First, the very sad little Peony... still don't remember which one it is. It's puny and sad, huh? But I will love it to life, DARN IT!! (someone, please re-assure me that it will be ok!?!?)

The better-looking of the 2 Hydrangeas. This one was at the very very bottom of the trash pile. I guess it really liked all that shade!

One of the Lily of the Valley... I'm hearing that they can get a little 'aggressive' if they like where they are planted, no? Yes? Perhaps best to leave them in containers for the time being until I decide what area I want taken over.

One of the Lavender "Munstead". They pretty much all (all 4) look the same, and I'm looking forward to their flourishing!!

And lastly, the "Rozanne" hardy geranium. It may be tiny, but it sure looks healthy and happy! :)