Northeast Gardening: FINALLY!, 1 by noknok

noknok wrote:
Good call Pirl, 'Minuet' lilacs, the last of my lilacs to bloom. Except the "French".
The bed is called the "Magenta Ghetto". Every time I order a "tomato red" peony, it opens screaming magenta. I moved them over here, new area this year, and of course got hooked on the possibilities.
Anyone know of a tomato red peony?

Ok, I'll let the compost sleep for the winter, thanks!
The edging is a dry mix method I came up with, to use up yards of sand, river gravel and the stone that's in every hole I dig. I laid over 300 feet of it this season. Here's a link that describes the technique http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/hypertufa/msg071546...
The picture shows pretty much the whole thing, including a flexible pipe containing water hose, down in the right corner. One strip has power in it. It's very strong, no winter cracking.